Megan Thee Stallion's new documentary: What we learned

Megan Thee Stallion has taken the reins of her own story Megan Thee Stallion: In her words: a new documentary on Amazon. The nearly two-hour film looks at some of their toughest times and greatest victories. Here are 10 of his boldest moments.

Anime illustrates Megan's most traumatic moments

Megan has never shied away from the fact that she's a huge “chatterbox,” but so far her love of anime and Japanese culture has been more of a playful part of her career. However, the documentary uses the animation style to depict particularly frightening days from her life, of which there is little to no footage: the formative bullying she faced as a child because of her size, the moments her mother had never met before being hospitalized with a diagnosed brain tumor that killed her (Megan had to decide whether to end her mother's life support), the gruesome night Tory Lanez shot her (in gory detail), and facing the man in the process who could have killed her.

Megan performed in front of sold-out arenas in almost empty halls

After Megan decided to become a rapper, she performed anywhere and everywhere, as she explains in the documentary. In a clip early in her career, she storms into a small, nearly empty amphitheater to perform for just a few dozen young people – giving them a dose of the boundless energy she's known for.

She isn't afraid to show off the former best friend who “betrayed” her

In a time when celebrity documentaries can be rather superficial, Megan Thee Stallion: In her words not only gives an in-depth look at her former friendship with Kelsey Harris, but also paints a nuanced picture of their relationship. Harris was present the night Tory Lanez shot Megan, but claimed she couldn't remember anything when the Los Angeles District Attorney's Office brought her to the stand as a witness in their case against Lanez. In your 2022 Rolling Stone In the cover story, Megan said: “I'm a little ashamed because even after he shot me, I was still thinking about everyone else in the car. … I thought everyone in the car was my friend, (and) the whole time,” they didn’t think of me that way. That's what really hurts.” The documentary shows how close they were before the shooting, with clips of Megan praising Harris' tenacity, their fits of laughter, and a clip of the two talking together about Megan's death mother cry. “That’s why I want to make sure Megan is always okay,” Harris said through tears. “We are sisters.”

Megan admits she lied to Gayle King – and explains why

In a now-infamous interview with veteran CBS anchor Gayle King, Megan clearly stated that she did not have sex with Tory Lanez, a claim she would contradict in court. The documentary shows the lead-up to the CBS taping, clips from it and its aftermath – including dozens of people online who were convinced that Megan had lied about having sex with Lanez before admitting it herself. “No disrespect to journalists or interviewers, but sometimes when I talk to these people I feel like they're trying to get me,” she says in a private moment, describing their sexual relationship as “irrelevant.” the face of his unwarranted attack on her. Shortly after the CBS taping, however, she is in direct contact with her longtime manager T. Farris; He tells her that facing the fact head on will ultimately be good for her. “Yeah, bitch, I lied to Gayle King. “Bitch, first of all, I don’t know that bitch ever asked for shit like that,” she says. “I fucked that nigga once, maybe twice on a drunken night – bitch, (he) caught me every time I lost my mind.”

Diddy makes a disturbing cameo

The documentary highlights the many men in the entertainment and media industry who defended Lanez and attacked Megan after the tense shootout – including Chris Brown, Adin Ross, DaBaby, 50 Cent, LeBron James and Meek Mill – but no clip was more threatening than one of them a conversation between the now-disgraced Sean “Diddy” Combs and Lanez. “You’re one of my favorite R&B artists,” Diddy tells Lanez. “You know I have a mean, toxic side.”

We get an intimate look at Megan's real family

In her Rolling Stone In the cover story, Megan said Lanez came into her life at a time when she was traveling through Hollywood looking for a sense of family after the deaths of her parents and great-grandmother. However, the documentary offers a novel and refreshing look at her real-life relatives – including heartwarming clips of her mother Holly Thomas, who works diligently as Megan's manager and mother, and her cousin Lydia, who she grew up with and who came to her Miami home being with Megan while she awaited Lanez's verdict, as well as Lyida's adorable little daughter Phoebe (whom Megan calls “Phoebekah” and “Phoebenah”). Megan even reveals that she and her mother were so heartbroken after her father's death that they rarely spoke about it.

Megan visits her mother's grave for the first time

While visiting Houston to receive a ceremonial key to the city from the mayor, Megan makes a request: that she drive her car past her mother's grave since she has not seen it in person. The event took place in May 2022, more than three years after Thomas' death. The documentary camera accompanies her there as she weeps solemnly and leaves flowers.

Tory Lanez's murderous supporters scared Megan while she was on stage

During a montage of the many festivals Megan performed at in the summer of 2022, Megan admits she feared for her life taking on large events. Several of Lanez's supporters had wished her dead online, including one person who said, “He should have given me the gun so I could finish the job,” and another who said he needed to “aim higher.” to take a “headshot”. ” “I can’t separate trolling from real life,” she says. “Am I safe performing in front of thousands of people? I don't know who's in the crowd.” At some point after the shooting, Lanez even texted her that she looked “sad” on an Instagram Live he was watching. She wondered how he could live so carelessly while she was so paranoid – one clip showed him posing for cameras on the red carpet Rolling Stone Live Party in Los Angeles (which he wasn't invited to and was eventually escorted out of).

After SNL, Megan checked into a spa

In November 2022, Megan performed songs from Traumazine on a coveted musical guest spot Saturday Night Live, But while she was in New York, her Los Angeles home was broken into, with the perpetrators possibly knowing she was gone, according to a news report. After years of enormous stress, she said she suffered a major breakdown; She lay in bed crying for three days and had suicidal thoughts for the first time. The rapper took a month-long mental health retreat at an undisclosed location, extending what was supposed to be a two-week stay. “I received so many different types of therapy,” she says, including some that forced her to deal with the trauma of the shooting on a daily basis. “I just feel like a new slut.”

Megan broke down as Tory Lanez was sentenced

Cameras follow Megan as she spends a tense day awaiting the verdict in Lanez's trial. Her home in Miami is full of family and support, and although there are moments of joy, she is nervous. When she is told that Lanez has been convicted of the highest charge, she breaks into audible sobs. “It’s over,” a woman says with a tight hug. “Thank you, God,” Megan cries. “If I didn’t believe there was a God before, you asshole, I do now.”