Megan Thee Stallion is an American rapper, she gained prominence when she started uploading videos of her freestyling on Instagram.
Megan Jovon Ruth Pete was born on February 15, 1995, in San Antonio, Texas, and her mother, Holly Thomas, immediately moved to Houston after her birth.
She started writing raps at age 14, Pete attended Pearland High School and graduated in 2013. Her father died during her freshman year of high school.
She adopted the stage name “Megan Thee Stallion” because she was called a “stallion” in adolescence due to her height (5′10″ or 178 cm) and “thick” body frame: voluptuous and statuesque women in the Southern United States are colloquially called stallions.
Megan partnered with Nike for a promotional campaign and fitness program through the Nike Training Club app.
Megan appeared on First We Feast and Complex Media’s Hot Ones. On October 14, 2021, it was announced that Megan Thee Stallion signed a wide-ranging deal with multinational fast-food company Popeyes that includes her own Popeyes franchise, a new hot sauce (Megan Thee Stallion Hottie Sauce), and co-branded merchandise.
Full Name: Megan Jovon Ruth Pete
Date of Birth: February 15, 1995
Place of Birth: San Antonio, Texas, U.S.
Age: 27
Nationality: American
Genre: Hip hop
Occupation: Rapper, songwriter
Record label: 1501 Certified, 300
Instruments: Piano
Net-worth: $8 Million
Relationship: She is in a relationship with fellow rapper Pardison Fontaine.
Career:
In April 2016, Megan Thee Stallion released her first single “Like a Stallion”. This was followed by the small SoundCloud-exclusive mixtapes Rich Ratchet (2016), and Megan Mix (2017).
In September 2017, Megan Thee Stallion made her professional solo debut with the commercially released EP Make It Hot.
The EP’s 2017 single “Last Week in HTx” became her most successful single during this time, amassing several million views on YouTube. In 2017, Megan Thee Stallion released the song “Stalli (Freestyle)”, as a rework of late musician XXXTentacion’s “Look at Me!”.
Megan Thee Stallion signed with 1501 Certified Entertainment, an independent label in Houston run by T. Farris and owned by former baseball player Carl Crawford.
The first female rapper signed to the label,[ she then performed at SXSW in March 2018.
Megan Thee Stallion released a 10-song extended play titled Tina Snow under the label. The EP was named after her alter ego, “Tina Snow,” who she describes as “a more raw version” of herself.
Megan Thee Stallion announced that she had signed with 300 Entertainment, making her the first female rapper to be signed by the label in 2018.
She released the single “Diamonds” with singer Normani, for the soundtrack of the superhero film Birds of Prey released the same year. That same month, she announced her debut album Suga and released the lead single “B.I.T.C.H.”.
She 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.
“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. (93 million).
Megan Thee Stallion announced the release of her debut studio album Good News, which was released on November 20, 2020. The release of the album also coincided with its fourth single “Body” as well as its music video. The album debuted at number 2 on the Billboard 200 and at number 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums with over 100,000 album-equivalent units sold.
Megan Thee Stallion graduated from Texas Southern University on December 11, 2021. Shortly after, Megan was honored with the 18th Congressional District of Texas Hero Award by Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee for her philanthropy efforts in Houston.
Songs:
Make It Hot
Tina Snow
Suga
Rich Ratchet
Megan Mix
“Pull Up Late
“Last Week in HTx”
“Cocky AF”
“Sex Talk”
“Realer”
“Cash Shit”
“Hot Girl Summer”
“Ride or Die”
“Diamonds”
“B.I.T.C.H.”
“Megan’s Piano”
Awards:
American Music Awards: Herself Favorite Female Artist Rap/Hip-Hop
Apple Music Awards 2020 Herself Breakthrough Artist of the Year
BET Awards: Coca-Cola Viewers’ Choice Award
Herself Best Female Hip-Hop Artist
BET Hip Hop Awards: Best Hip Hop Video
Song of the Year
Billboard Women in Music: “Savage (solo)”
MTV Video Music Awards: Outstanding Duo, Group, or Collaboration (Contemporary)