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Megan Thee Stallion Says Tory Lanez Offered Her Money To Stay Silent After Shooting — Tory’s Team Denies Claims

In a moving cover piece for GQ where the magazine labeled the star “Rapper of The Year,” Megan Thee Stallion talks about how she’s trying to get past the traumatizing incident involving Tory Lanez and continue to focus on her successful career instead.

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While speaking with the Magazine, Megan looked back on one of “the worst experience of [her] life” — the shooting that she endured in July and the weeks that followed. She briefly recalled the moment when an argument after a pool party led to Lanez shooting her in the foot: “Like, I never put my hands on nobody,” she says. “I barely even said anything to the man who shot me when I was walking away. We were literally like five minutes away from the house.” She said after he shot her, Lanez begged her not to say anything and even offered Megan and her friend money to stay quiet. “[At this point] I’m really scared,” Megan explained, “because this is like right in the middle of all the protesting. Police are just killing everybody for no reason, and I’m thinking, ‘I can’t believe you even think I want to take some money. Like, you just shot me,’” GQ quotes. The magazine noted that a lawyer for Lanez has denied that the rapper offered Megan and her friend hush money.

Despite all the summer chaos, Megan was determined to “take control of this.” She had to remind herself, “I’m still Megan Thee Stallion.” Although she had to cut a few close friends from her circle, there’s still some people who are still standing by the superstar’s side, like Beyoncé and Jay-Z. During the interview, the 25-year-old revealed the great advice they recently gave her.

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She explained,

“She’s so calm,” Megan says of Beyoncé. “She would just be like, ‘Megan, live your life.’ Then Jay-Z will call me and be like, ‘Hey, listen, you know, you supposed to be turning up right now. You really need to be somewhere driving a boat. Live your life. Just fuck that.’ ”)

During her interview, she was also asked what she wanted for the women who listened to her music, what she hoped she was inspiring women to do:

“I want Black women to be louder,” she said. “I want us to be sassier. I want us to demand more, be more outspoken, keep speaking and just keep demanding what you deserve. Don’t change—just get better. Grow from these situations. Don’t be beating yourself up about these situations, because that’d be a lot of problems too. I feel we keep this stuff in and there’s some kind of way we flip it on ourselves. We didn’t fuck up—We didn’t do something wrong, and it’s like, ‘No, girl, relax. You just needed somebody to come stir the Kool-Aid.’ ”

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The Weeknd, Roddy Ricch & Megan Thee Stallion Lead 2020 AMA Nominations!

The nominations for the 2020 American Music Awards nominations are here!

Singer Dua Lipa appeared on “Good Morning America” this Monday to announce the nominees for this year’s award ceremony and The Weeknd, Roddy Ricch, and Megan Thee Stallion all came out on top with the most nominations.

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The Weeknd, 30, and Roddy Ricch, 22, snagged eight nominations each, including Artist of the Year. Rap star Megan Thee Stallion, 25, made her AMA debut with five nominations.

Other stars who earned multiple nods include Bad Bunny, Justin Bieber, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, DaBaby, and Doja Cat. Meanwhile, stars like Billie Eilish, Cardi B, Bad Bunny, Post Malone, and more have also been nominated this year for the 2020 AMA Awards.

This year’s ceremony will feature several new categories, including new rap and hip-hop honors and several new awards for Latin music. It is expected to be held at Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater and air live on ABC on Nov. 22. Click here for full list of nominees.

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Megan Thee Stallion Wants The Music Industry to Stop Pitting Her Against Cardi B and Nicki Minaj

In a powerful new op-ed for The New York Times titled “Why I Speak Up For Black Women,” Megan Thee Stallion briefly addresses the shooting involving Tory Lanez, but more importantly discussed an even bigger issue: the way Black women are “disrespected and disregarded” in America.

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While doing that, the 25-year-old superstar talked about the music industry and how it’s always pitting women against each other. “In every industry, women are pitted against one another, but especially in hip-hop, where it seems as if the male-dominated ecosystem can handle only one female rapper at a time.”

Megan went on to say,

“Countless times, people have tried to pit me against Nicki Minaj and Cardi B, two incredible entertainers and strong women. I’m not ‘the new’ anyone; we are all unique in our own ways.”

She continued,

“Wouldn’t it be nice if Black girls weren’t inundated with negative, sexist comments about Black women? If they were told instead of the many important things that we’ve achieved?” From there, Megan then listed Black women she wished she had learned more about in school, like Katherine Johnson, Alice H. Parker, and Marie Van Brittan Brown. 

From day one, Megan has been about unity and supporting other female rappers in the game; which she has been widely praised for. Not only did she team up with veteran rapper Nicki Minaj but she also collaborated with the talented Cardi B on her hit song “WAP,” which went No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Aside from this, Meg also touched on the shooting incident involving her former friend Tory Lanez and shared why she stayed quiet about what actually happened.

“I was recently the victim of an act of violence by a man. After a party, I was shot twice as I walked away from him. We were not in a relationship,” she said. “Truthfully, I was shocked that I ended up in that place.”

She continued,

“My initial silence about what happened was out of fear for myself and my friends. Even as a victim, I have been met with skepticism and judgment. The way people have publicly questioned and debated whether I played a role in my own violent assault proves that my fears about discussing what happened were, unfortunately, warranted.”

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