1. Megan Thee Stallion signed with 1501 Certified Entertainment in 2018, and saw her mainstream breakthrough the following year with the release of her singles "Hot Girl Summer" and "Cash Shit" ; the former peaked at number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 while the latter received quadruple platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America.
Megan Thee Stallion earned two number-one songs on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2020 with her single "Savage Remix" and her guest appearance on Cardi B's single "WAP".
In July 2020, Megan Thee Stallion was shot in the foot by Canadian rapper Tory Lanez in the Hollywood Hills neighborhood of Los Angeles.
Megan Thee Stallion Jovon Ruth Pete was born on February 15,1995 in San Antonio, Texas, moved to Houston shortly after her birth with her mother, Holly Thomas.
Holly, a rapper known as "Holly-Wood", often took young Megan Thee Stallion to recording sessions instead of daycare.
When she eventually showed her mother her rapping skills at age 18, Holly required that Megan Thee Stallion wait until she was 21 to pursue rapping as a career.
Megan Thee Stallion's father died during her freshman year of high school.
Megan Thee Stallion graduated on December 11,2021, with a Bachelor of Science in health administration.
In 2016, Megan Thee Stallion released her debut single "Like a Stallion," followed by SoundCloud-exclusive mixtapes Rich Ratchet and Megan Mix in 2017.
In early 2018, Megan Thee Stallion signed with 1501 Certified Entertainment, an independent Houston label run by T Farris and owned by former baseball player Carl Crawford.
Megan Thee Stallion was the first female rapper to join the label, and subsequently performed at SXSW Festival in March 2018.
In November 2018, Megan Thee Stallion signed with 300 Entertainment, becoming the first woman on the label.
On January 22,2019, Megan Thee Stallion released "Big Ole Freak" as a single from Tina Snow, which became her first Billboard Hot 100 chart entry, peaking at number 65.
On June 20,2019, Megan Thee Stallion was selected as one of eleven artists for the 12th edition of XXLs "Freshman Class".
In July 2019, Megan Thee Stallion was featured on Chance The Rapper's debut studio album The Big Day, on the track "Handsome".
Megan Thee Stallion then appeared on the Quality Control compilation album Quality Control: Control the Streets, Volume 2 on the track "Pastor".
In September 2019, Megan Thee Stallion signed a management deal with Roc Nation.
Megan Thee Stallion als performed her first NPR Tiny Desk Concert during the Tiny Desk Fest.
In January 2020, Megan Thee Stallion released the single "Diamonds" featuring singer Normani for the soundtrack of the superhero film Birds of Prey.
Megan Thee Stallion released the song "Girls in the Hood" on June 26,2020, before featuring on Cardi B's single "WAP" and appearing in its music video in August 2020.
Megan Thee Stallion became a Global Brand Ambassador for Revlon in August 2020.
Megan Thee Stallion received her first-ever Billboard Music Award nomination when she was nominated for Top Rap Female Artist in September 2020.
Megan Thee Stallion tied with Drake when she received eight nominations at the 2020 BET Hip Hop Awards, including Artist of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year.
Megan Thee Stallion tied with Justin Bieber as the most-nominated musician at the 2020 People's Choice Awards, earning six nominations.
Megan Thee Stallion became the second-most-nominated act at the 2020 American Music Awards.
Megan Thee Stallion performed a "politically-charged" version of "Savage" that evening, in which she addressed racism, the Attorney General of Kentucky Daniel Cameron, and sent a message about the importance of protecting black women and the Black Lives Matter movement.
Megan Thee Stallion continued working for this cause by writing an op-ed for The New York Times titled "Why I Speak Up for Black Women", which received acclaim.
Megan Thee Stallion appeared in the 2020 comedy special Sarah Cooper: Everything's Fine.
Megan Thee Stallion received four nominations at the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, including Best New Artist and Record of the Year for "Savage ".
On November 13,2020, Megan Thee Stallion announced the upcoming release of her debut studio album, Good News, released on November 20,2020.
On January 14,2021, Megan Thee Stallion was featured on a remix of Ariana Grande's single "34+35", the second single from her sixth studio album Positions, alongside American singer and rapper Doja Cat.
Megan Thee Stallion took home the most awards at the 2021 BET Awards ceremony, with four nominations won.
Boy band BTS released a remix of the single "Butter" featuring Megan Thee Stallion, which reached number three on the Billboard Global 200.
Megan Thee Stallion led the nominations for the 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards along with Cardi B, with nine categories each; both rappers won the most awards during that ceremony, including three for "WAP".
Megan Thee Stallion won three awards at the 2021 American Music Awards, tying with Doja Cat and BTS for the most wins that night.
Megan Thee Stallion graduated from Texas Southern University on December 11,2021.
Shortly after, Megan Thee Stallion was honored with the 18th Congressional District of Texas Hero Award by Rep.
On March 11,2022, Megan Thee Stallion released a collaboration with English singer Dua Lipa, named "Sweetest Pie".
Megan Thee Stallion became the second woman rapper to perform at the Academy Awards, following Queen Latifah in the 81st Academy Awards ceremony.
On September 4,2023, Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion announced their new single "Bongos".
Megan Thee Stallion appeared on Good Morning America in January 2024 to announce that she will be headlining her first tour, the "Hot Girl Summer Tour".
On February 2,2024, Megan Thee Stallion signed a distribution deal with Warner Music.
On June 2,2024, she announced with self-titled third studio album, Megan Thee Stallion, which was released on June 28.
Megan Thee Stallion covered English rock band Queen's 1977 hit single "We Will Rock You" in a September 2024 Pepsi television advertisement; on September 5,2024, the song, sampling the original chorus, was released as a single.
On October 18,2024, she announced a reissue of her album Megan Thee Stallion, Megan Thee Stallion: Act II, which was released on October 25,2024.
Megan Thee Stallion featured in the title track Strategy from the EP with the same name of Twice.
Megan Thee Stallion featured in the track "Rapunzel" from AlterEgo, the first studio album of the Thai rapper Lisa.
Megan Thee Stallion uses alter egos to express different facets of her personality in music.
Megan Thee Stallion performed numerous censored versions of her hits at the event, and garnered backlash from viewers who deemed it inappropriate.
In 2020, Megan Thee Stallion appeared as a judge on the premiere season of HBO's ballroom and voguing competition series Legendary.
Megan Thee Stallion would continue appearing as a judge for the series' second season in 2021, before being replaced by Keke Palmer, in the third and final season, due to scheduling and contractual agreements.
Megan Thee Stallion guest starred in the Disney+ Marvel Cinematic Universe series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law as a fictionalized version of herself.
In January 2024, Megan Thee Stallion made a cameo appearance in the movie musical adaptation of Mean Girls; she contributed to its soundtrack, writing the original song "Not My Fault" with Renee Rapp.
Megan Thee Stallion has been the host for the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards on September 11,2024.
Megan Thee Stallion contributed $15,400 worth of Thanksgiving turkeys and helped hand them out to 1,050 households in need at the Houston Food Bank portwall pantry, in November 2019.
On February 15,2022, Megan Thee Stallion announced the launching of a nonprofit program, the Pete and Thomas Foundation, in honor of her late mother and father Holly Thomas and Joseph Pete Jr.
Megan Thee Stallion received an honorary key to the City of Houston, a symbolic cowboy hat and belt buckle.
Megan Thee Stallion mentioned being part Creole in her songs "Cocky AF" and "Freak Nasty" as well as in a tweet in September 2017.
Megan Thee Stallion mentioned her mother's death in her song "Flip Flop" from the album, Traumazine, released on August 12,2022.
Megan Thee Stallion is a self-described fan of anime and her favorites are My Hero Academia and Naruto.
In turn, Megan Thee Stallion published photos of her 2022 Halloween costume of Usagiyama.
Megan Thee Stallion has previously cosplayed as MHA character Shoto Todoroki and Usagi Tsukino from Sailor Moon.
Megan Thee Stallion confirmed her relationship with fellow rapper Pardison Fontaine via Instagram Live on February 19,2021.
Megan Thee Stallion has been dating basketball player Torrey Craig since 2024.
On July 15,2020, Megan Thee Stallion stated that she had suffered gunshot wounds, and that she had undergone surgery to remove the bullets.
On July 27,2020, Megan Thee Stallion revealed that she had been shot in both feet, and denounced rumors in an Instagram Live session where she tearfully recounted the shooting incident.
Megan Thee Stallion later confirmed that she had been offered money by Lanez and his team to keep quiet on the incident.
Megan Thee Stallion was issued a protection order against Lanez, directing him to stay at least 100 yards away from her, and to not contact her.
Megan Thee Stallion was ordered to surrender any guns he owns.
In 2015, Megan Thee Stallion was arrested on assault charges after an incident with her ex-boyfriend at SXSW.
The charges against Megan Thee Stallion were dismissed in April 2016 after her ex-boyfriend failed to appear in court.
On October 30,2024, Megan Thee Stallion filed a lawsuit against blogger Milagro Cooper for alleged harassment and "churning out falsehoods" on behalf of Tory Lanez surrounding his assault on her via firearm.
In 2020 Megan Thee Stallion filed suit against her record label 1501 Certified Entertainment to renegotiate her contract, after her management company Roc Nation found it "iffy".
When Megan published Something for Thee Hotties in 2021, the record label did not recognize it as an album, because it has 29 minutes of new material instead of 45, so the rapper would have to release two more albums in addition to Something.
On February 18,2022, Megan Thee Stallion filed suit against the label claiming that Something respects the definition of an album with at least 45 minutes of material.
The label's law firm stated that Megan Thee Stallion would be summoned for an in-person deposition in mid-October, and that a ruling would be issued by May 2023.
Shortly after the legal proceedings ended, Megan Thee Stallion founded the independent music and entertainment company Hot Girl Productions.
On February 2,2024, Megan Thee Stallion signed a distribution deal with Warner Music Group ; her masters and publishing will be released through Hot Girl.