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Nothing Can Keep Megan Thee Stallion Down


Her Hot Girl Summer Tour is a joyful counter to the detractors who’ve claimed she’s “not an arena artist.”

Burning embers emblazoned across a triptych of screens as the rapper emerged to the opening notes of her latest chart-topping hit, “Hiss,” her statuesque silhouette illuminated by a red background. During her rise to stardom, which included three Grammy wins and an erotically charged megahit in “WAP,” Megan was plagued with tragedy and misfortune: She lost her mother and great-grandmother in March 2019, had a protracted fight to leave her former label after she accused it of signing her to an exploitative recording contract, and was subjected to racist, misogynist criticism from the music industry during her three-year-long legal battle with Tory Lanez. For Megan, the statement was clear: She was emerging from the ashes, shedding the skin of the trauma that had encased her, and declaring an era of dominance for the rest of this Hot Girl Summer, one stage at a time.

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