She may be known for being very confident on stage and for starting “Hot Girl Summer”, but Megan Thee Stallion also can get vulnerable. Grammy winning superstar, Megan Thee Stallion has a new documentary coming out called “Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words” on Amazon Prime on October 31. Megan, born and raised in Houston, Texas broke out in the music scene in 2019 and then exploded in 2020 with hits like “Savage” and “Body”.
Most recently, she has hosted “Saturday Night Live” and the “MTV Video Music Awards”. In January her song “Hiss” debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 and Billboard Global 200. With debuting at number one, it made Megan the first lead female rapper to debut atop the chart. Her documentary promises to dive into her personal and professional showing a different side of the rapper that we have not seen before.
“Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words” Premise
The official premise reads: “In Her Words offers unprecedented access to the multi-faceted woman behind the persona. Follow the Houston native’s journey on the road to stardom as she tenaciously navigates fame, grief, pressure and success. The documentary unpacks Megan’s most vulnerable moments in a powerful way that allows fans to meet the real Megan Pete.”
The trailer, released this week shows Megan in a vulnerable state, one that we have not seen before. The trailer opens up with Megan telling the camera, over a video of her concerts, that she’s going to cancel her shows.
“I’m not having fun right now, and I don’t want to do it,” she proclaims. “And I feel like how could I be Megan Thee Stallion, and I’m not having fun.”
Megan’s mom unfortunately passed away in 2019 right when she was entering the mainstream which led her in “shambles”. Megan opens up about struggling following her mother’s death in the trailer saying “I wouldn’t be here without my mom,” she says. “My mom was like a gangsta rapper. I was like, ‘When I get older I really want to be like her.” Megan’s mom was a Houston rapper known as Holly-Wood and she credits everything to her.
The documentary also promises to dive into Megan’s perspective on the Troy Lanez controversy.
In July 2020, during an argument, recording artist Tory Lanez shot Megan in her feet. This incident sparked a prolonged legal struggle and resulted in widespread backlash against Lanez from those who doubted her account. By August 2023, he was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the shooting.
“The shooting, the betrayal. I was definitely getting a little too engulfed in social media,” In the trailer, Megan reflects on her thoughts, expressing feelings such as..: “Everybody hates me.” This trailer promises to give us another side of the Grammy winning superstar with her perspective on things that the media has long been involved in.
We cannot wait to see “Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words” and meet the real Megan Pete. “Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words” is out on Prime Video on October 31.
