[64] "Savage" also helped boost Suga's sales, propelling it up to number 7 on the Billboard 200. According to Harris, there was a lot of alcohol and, at one point, Megan Thee Stallion was in Jenner's kitchen making nachos while other people were outside swimming and playing beer pong. [5] Pete was raised in the South Park neighborhood of Houston[7] before moving with her mother to Pearland at age 14, where she lived until she turned 18. But then Harris went back to Texas, where she caught Covid, and remained out of Los Angeles for several months, during which Lanez and Megan Thee Stallion got closer which her former friend also testified to, though she termed their relationship as more of a friendship. Her statement countered an earlier TMZ report that she had injured her foot on broken glass three days prior when she was in a car with rap and R&B musician Tory Lanez (Daystar Peterson) and an unidentified woman. So, definitely she has been an inspiration to me. And, it's not even close to over yet. The song raised over $2.5 million.[145]. The criminal trial against Tory Lanez has come to an end. It looks like the video needs a re-edit before it gets released. 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On Monday (Dec. 19), Variety reported that the prosecution summoned additional testimony. Nov 26, 2020. [23] In June 2018, Megan Thee Stallion released a 10-song extended play titled Tina Snow under the label. Kelsey Harris, 27, who was close friends with and working as an assistant to Megan Thee Stallion when she was shot on July 12, 2020, was called to the stand on Wednesday to testify about what she witnessed in the car on the night of the incident. Megan Thee Stallion and her former longtime friend Kelsey Nicole Harris have been on the outs since 2020, after the Houston Hottie claimed she was shot by Tory Lanez. According to Distractify, Kelsey Nicole Harriswas not only Megans palshe also acted as a personal assistant for the Plan B rapper. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. [142] In April 2020, she donated over $10,000 to bail relief effort for Houston protestors. [165][166] The following month, Megan claimed that Peterson was the person who shot her, saying, "I didn't tell the police what happened immediately right there because I didn't want to die. Additionally, the stunning influencer has been granted immunity in the trial as she goes up against her past friend. [161], On July 15, 2020, Megan Thee Stallion stated that she had suffered gunshot wounds, and that she had undergone surgery to remove the bullets. In other news, Inside Rich Paul's net worth as Adele engagement rumors spread. She followed this with her debut compilation album Something for Thee Hotties (2021), which reached the top ten on the Billboard 200, and spawned the single "Thot Shit", which reached the top twenty in the US, and received a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance nomination. On Monday, as per The Guardian, Lanezs defense attorney George Mgdesyan argued Megans close friend Kelsey Harris was the one who shot Megan after he alleged they got into a fight. She didnt attempt to sign with anyone else, she never not once tried to leave 1501 she simply enhanced her career by accepting a MANAGEMENT deal which she needed at the scale she was/is on. [110], Megan Thee Stallion is known for her confidence, sensuality, and explicit lyrics. [8][17][19], Around this time, Megan Thee Stallion auditioned to be a cast member on Love & Hip Hop: Houston;[20] however, the proposed spin-off of the Love & Hip Hop franchise was postponed indefinitely in June 2016. Deputy District Attorney Kathy Ta continued her questioning of Harris, whose first-person account had been long-awaited, as Lanez has repeatedly denied shooting Megan whose real name is Megan Pete during a roadside assault in July 2020. He was ultimately charged with assault with a semiautomatic firearm, discharging a firearm with gross negligence, carrying a loaded gun, as well as having an unregistered firearm in a vehicle. (Megan Thee Stallion was born in San Antonio but moved to Houston in Harris County as an infant.). [9] Her mother commented that her lyrics were too sexually suggestive for her young age. [7] In November 2018, Megan Thee Stallion announced that she had signed with 300 Entertainment, making her the first female rapper to be signed by the label. [3] The first female rapper signed to the label,[22] she then performed at SXSW in March 2018. This partnership also donated $1 million dollars worth of stock to randomly-selected fans. [146] In February 2021, she launched "Hotties Helping Houston" with US House Democrat Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee of Texas, the National Association of Christian Churches disaster services, Taraji P. Henson, 300 Entertainment, Maroon 5, Revlon, Mielle Organics, Fashion Nova, and Billie Eilish to help senior citizens and single moms recovering from the area's storm related devastation. Kelsey went on to work as an assistant to Megan and the singer toldRolling Stone in February 2020: Kelsey is very business-minded, very organized, very on-time. by The Notorious B.I.G. [10] "Hot Girl Meg" is another alter ego who is described as embodying Megan Thee Stallion's carefree and outgoing side, which she compares to a "college, party girl. Kelsey Harris, who was in the car with Tory Lanez when Megan Thee Stallion was shot, testified that she didn't witness him pull the trigger and doesn't know who did it despite prior statements to the contrary. [8] When she eventually showed Thomas her rapping skills at age 18, Thomas required that Pete wait until she was 21 to pursue rapping as a career. Megan Thee Stallion won the most awards at the 2021 BET Awards ceremony with four. With this new feud starting, heres what you need to know about Kelsey: A post shared by Kelsey Nicole (@itskelseynicole_). The 27-year-old has 203,000 followers on her Instagram profile @itskelseynicole_ and is an entrepreneur and influencer who regularly posts on the platform. [69] "WAP" became her second number-one single in the U.S., breaking the record for the most streams for a song in its first week of release in the U.S. (93million). [92] A music video for the remix was later released on February 12, 2021. [93] Boy band BTS released a remix of the single "Butter" featuring the rapper, which reached number three on the Billboard Global 200. What happened between September and today that you forgot everything? D.A. [66] Megan Thee Stallion was also judge on the HBO Max voguing competition show Legendary which debuted in May 2020. Let me do this. [51][52] In February 2020, she featured on the single "Fkn Around" by Phony Ppl,[53] and appeared on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, performing "B.I.T.C.H.". Were all just taking jabs at each other.". Other inspirations she has named are the Notorious B.I.G., Lil' Kim, Queen Latifah, and Three 6 Mafia, and she credits Q-Tip as her mentor. "I told you what Im going through," Harris said. The defense claims Lanez's subsequent apologies were for revealing his relationship with Megan Thee Stallion to Harris. [6] Thomas rapped under the name "Holly-Wood" and would bring her daughter with her to recording sessions instead of putting her in daycare. According to her lawyer, Kelsey is a private person who doesnt really want to speak out about the traumatic incident. Per Distractify, they began hanging out more and more after their friendship was featured on the stunning musicians Hottie World series. Tory Lanez Charged For Allegedly Shooting Megan Thee Stallion. An attorney for Harris told CBS: "My client is a . Kelsey is seen photographed with black and blues on her thighs, knees and shins. I was like, God damnIm really in trouble [for] twerking right now! she later reflected to Rolling Stone. However, when Torys assault trial began on Dec. 12, prosecutors revealed that Kelsey is set to take the stand to back Megans claims that the Say It singer-rapper did in fact wound her. She tried to claim immunity about whether Lanez had threatened her with a gun, but eventually responded, "Yes, ma'am," to the question of whether she remembered saying it and then claimed the fifth when asked to repeat it. In December 2022, Lanez was tried and convicted on all counts in relation to the attack on her. As Canadian rapper Tory stands trial for his alleged involvement in injuring Megan two years ago, the Savage artist and Airbnb hostesss history has once again become the topic of conversations among social media users. This girl told me out her mouth, He told me, Oh, thank you for not saying nothing. Oxygen Insider is your all-access pass to never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more. [39][40], On August 9, 2019, Megan Thee Stallion released the single "Hot Girl Summer", featuring fellow American rapper Nicki Minaj and singer Ty Dolla Sign. Hollywood Life, Latest Hollywood Celebrity & Entertainment News. But during her testimony, Harris demanded immunity, repeatedly tried to invoke her Fifth Amendment rights against self-incriminations and testified that she'd repeatedly lied to prosecutors in prior statements, while also claiming that anxiety, postpartum depression and the amount of alcohol she'd consumed on the night of the shooting made her memory too hazy to recall details of the events she'd previously described. As the star of Rolling Stone's 2022 Hot Issue, Megan Thee Stallion got a lot off of her chest. As previously reported the Houston rapper ripped her former friend Kelsey Nicole in her track "Shots Fired" where she alleged that Kelsey took "hush money" from Tory Lanez to keep quiet about him shooting Meg. Megan Thee Stallion's Former Friend Testifies in Tory Lanez Trial By Victoria Bekiempis Photo: Mona Shafer Edwards/BACKGRID One day after Megan Thee Stallion finally got her day in court on. Megan Thee Stallion and her former longtime friend Kelsey Nicole Harris have been on the outs since 2020, after the Houston Hottie claimed she was shot by Tory Lanez. They added their office has no current investigation into Harris. There are many lies.. [179][180][181], In April 2022, Peterson was arrested for violating the protection order relating to the case; and he was released shortly after on an increased bond of $350,000. From showing each other support online, to taking trips together, and flooding their social media timelines with photos of their friendship antics, there was no denying that Megan and Kelsey were best friends. The Houston native was once a . [109], On August 11, 2022, Megan Thee Stallion took to Twitter to announce that her second studio album Traumazine would be released the next day. [41] It peaked at number 11 on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Megan Thee Stallion's first top 20 single,[42] and topped the Rolling Stone 100. The lyrics include, "I thought a b***h from Bexar County said . After a party, I was shot twice as I walked away from him. Im from Victoria, Texas." [7][8][9][12] She garnered fans by posting her freestyles on her Instagram while in college. In her Grammy Awards acceptance speech with Beyonc for "Savage", she said: "Ever since I was little, I was like, 'you know what? She also claimed not to remember Megan Thee Stallion being injured and bleeding after the shooting in the back of the Escalade. "[111] On her Texas rap origins, she told Rolling Stone, "I don't feel like we ever really had a female rapper come from Houston or Texas and shut shit down. Alongside another friend, known only as Daren, the trio reportedly became campus celebrities after sharing twerking videos. Variety and the Flying V logos are trademarks of Variety Media, LLC. [150], In October 2021, as part of her wide-ranging agreement with Popeyes, she made a six-figure donation to the charitable organization Houston Random Acts of Kindness. [55][56][57][58], On March 6, 2020, she released the EP, Suga, against the wishes of 1501, after a judge granted a temporary restraining order against the label. On Dec. 23, more than two years after Megan Thee Stallion accused the 30-year-old rapper of shooting her in the feet, a jury found him . Who you takin shots at, goofy-ass bitch? I am beyond proud of you and all you have accomplished & know youre on the way to achieve much more! Kelsey Harris was Megan Thee Stallion's former close friend who was present when Tory Lanez allegedly shot the singer. "They were both going back and forth about artistry, I guess, she said, according to Law & Crime. Kelsey Harris, 27, who was close friends with and working as an assistant to Megan Thee Stallion when she was shot on July 12, 2020, was called to the stand on Wednesday to testify about what she witnessed in the car on the night of the incident. Kelsey has a YouTube channel too, and is working on a film and music project entitled #HUSTLHER, her Instagram bio reveals. [43] The week thereafter, she featured on Quality Control compilation album, Quality Control: Control the Streets, Volume 2, on the track "Pastor", alongside Quavo and City Girls. Kelsey Harris' diss track aimed at Megan Thee Stallionwas used as evidence in the Tory Laneztrial. When asked for details Harris said "I don't know," despite being offered immunity for her testimony. Folks that have been longtime Megan Thee Stallion fans are likely aware of who Kelsey is. / Watchin me succeed from your knees, s- d- / I know you want attention from the niggas that I get / Im a steak, you a side plate, shrimp, stay in your place, raps Meg. During cross-examination, Harris told the defense that she would like to make that very clear that Lanez, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, did not pay her prior to the beginning of the trial. Truthfully, I was shocked that I ended up in that place. Folks who have been longtime Megan Thee Stallion fans are likely aware of who Kelsey is. My chest is hurting my left side, back and neck hurt, but thats from the fighting and him dragging me out of the car by my hair.. Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. 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