She first used the phrase in a tweet on April 14, 2018. At this point, Lanez allegedly yelled "Dance, b*tch" and began shooting from inside the car. Megan, Kelsey, and their mutual friend Daren all attended Houstons Prairie View A&M University for their freshman year! [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' diss track aimed at Megan Thee Stallion was used as evidence in the Tory Lanez trial. [28], On January 22, 2019, Megan Thee Stallion released "Big Ole Freak" as a single from her EP, Tina Snow, and also filmed a music video for the track. She was however very clear that she did not shoot Megan Thee Stallion, saying she never touched the gun. ", She said her three texts to Megan Thee Stallion's bodyguard which read "Help," "Tory shot meg" and "911" were based on "assumptions. At the 63rd Annual Grammy Awards, she became the second female rapper to win Best New Artist, after Lauryn Hill in 1999. She testified that her friend was acting "off," describing the female rapper as "doing this laughing, just obnoxiously," according to Law & Crime. Shes a Houston, Texas native (naturally), and the duo met while attending classes at Prairie View A&M University. I was recently the victim of an act of violence by a man. [141], She contributed $15,400 worth of Thanksgiving turkeys and helped hand them out to 1,050 households in need at the Houston Food Bank portwall pantry, in November 2019. "[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. [100] Megan won three awards at the 2021 American Music Awards, tying with Doja Cat and BTS for the most during the night. 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. 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. RELATED: Audio of Tory Lanez's Jailhouse Phone Call to Kelsey Harris Leaked The former rapper was convicted in December of assault and other charges for shooting fellow rapper Megan Thee Stallion in the feet in 2020. After getting back in the car, she realized Harris and Lanez were still screaming at one another and exited the car a second time. 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. [105] She received acclaim at the Oscars for the surprise performance, with Rolling Stone stating: "Megan Thee Stallion Makes 'Encanto' TrackAll the More Magical at Oscars. 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. [82][83] She continued working for this cause by writing an op-ed for The New York Times titled "Why I Speak Up for Black Women",[84] which received acclaim. 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. "[10], Megan Thee Stallion cites her mother as her first and biggest influence. [50] That same month, she announced her debut album Suga and released the lead single "B.I.T.C.H.". Lanez, she said, was in the pool with Jenner, though Harris testified that she didn't go outside with Megan Thee Stallion and didn't see the interaction between her, Jenner and Lanez. [102] In the coming days after Megan's graduation, she signed an exclusive first-look deal with Netflix that will see her create and produce executive content, including television series and other projects. Kelsey has a YouTube channel too, and is working on a film and music project entitled #HUSTLHER, her Instagram bio reveals. 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Kelsey Harris was Megan Thee Stallion's former close friend who was present when Tory Lanez allegedly shot the singer. [64] "Savage" also helped boost Suga's sales, propelling it up to number 7 on the Billboard 200. The Shade Room additionally reported that Megan was allegedly upset when Kelsey shared a different version of events than Megans. According to Rolling Stone, Megan cut ties with Kelsey because she continued to hang out with Tory after the alleged shooting occurred at a Hollywood party in 2020. "Kelsey is very business-minded, very organized, very on-time. She confirmed, without repeating it, that Lanez called her and Megan Thee Stallion "b*tches and hoes," to which the Houston rapper testified on Tuesday. Variety is a part of Penske Media Corporation. Pete had previously claimed Peterson had offered her a million dollars to not tell authorities that he had shot her. He was born in May, so is around seven months old. A gun was shot. Let me do that. And all I know was, from that day on, she never said nothing else about the whole situation online. Tory strongly denies shooting Megan. Kelsey Harris, a key eyewitness to the alleged shooting, appeared in court Wednesday and was ordered . Yall talked yall shit, let my SHRIMP ass talk my shit too, wrote Kelsey in the Instagram post announcing her track. Megan Thee Stallion won the most awards at the 2021 BET Awards ceremony with four. All of the people (Megan, Tory, and Kelsey) who witnessed what happened that night are no longer friends. Megan Thee Stallion became emotional as she testified against Tory Lanez, who is accused of shooting her in the foot in July 2020. Check out never-before-seen content, free digital evidence kits, and much more! [76] Megan Thee Stallion tied with Drake when she received eight nominations at the 2020 BET Hip Hop Awards, including Artist of the Year, Song of the Year and Album of the Year. So, definitely she has been an inspiration to me. After days of evasive answers and amnesia on the witness stand, the prosecution refreshed . [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. Hollywood Life "Bexar County? [143] The same month, Megan teamed up with Amazon Music to donate to a Nursing Facility in Houston. According to Los Angeles Times reporter James Queally, Judge Herriford has allowed the prosecution to play the entire 80 minutes of Harriss September interview in court, which will most likely happen when the trial resumes either tomorrow. "[115][32] She stated that she introduced "Hot Girl Meg" on her EP, Fever. Harris testified that Megan Thee Stallion said she forgot her "slipper" and went back in the house, according to Variety, though her former friend testified on Tuesday that Megan Thee Stallion had refused to leave without Lanez so she went back to the get-together to grab him. [178] In the same month, Megan Thee Stallion released her debut studio album, Good News, on which the album opener is the diss track "Shots Fired" directed towards Peterson. In her Grammy Awards acceptance speech with Beyonc for "Savage", she said: "Ever since I was little, I was like, 'you know what? by The Notorious B.I.G. [135], Megan was on the grid of the 2021 United States Grand Prix where attempts to interview her by Martin Brundle were snubbed by her bodyguards leading to criticism, causing F1 to introduce the "Brundle Clause", prohibiting bodyguards on the race grid. In Megan's Shots. When she woke up, Lanez had already arrived Megan Thee Stallion testified that he came at her invitation and, according to Harris, was flirting. In July 2020, Megan Thee Stallion was the victim of a shooting committed by rapper Tory Lanez in Hollywood Hills, California. Kelsey was. The criminal trial against Tory Lanez has come to an end. My client is a private person and does not wish to make a public statement at this time, Rolling Stone reported the attorney said following a CBS request for comment. Then, Ta asked Harris if Pete was shot that night, to which Harris testified her team told me she stepped on glass., Harris told Ta she did not know who shot Pete and said the Houston-born rapper needs to be held accountable for spreading false information. She had made a similar statement on Wednesday, stating that Pete had painted the picture that I betrayed her, shes painted the picture that Im this bad person, bad friend, that I took hush money. A verbal disagreement between Megan, Kelsey, and Tory reportedly took place before gunshots were fired, leaving the popular lyricist with bullet fragments in her feet. So that's where I'm coming from. [38] On August 2, 2019, A Black Lady Sketch Show premiered on HBO; the show uses Megan Thee Stallion's song "Hot Girl" in the opening title sequence. Kelsey Harris, was "the one who shot her . [108], Megan Thee Stallion mentioned being part Creole in her songs "Cocky AF" and "Freak Nasty" as well as in a tweet in September 2017. Hollywood Life, Latest Hollywood Celebrity & Entertainment News. 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. That may be at least in part to her famous ex friend, but per her social media, she also claims to be the founder and CEO of booking agency KN Management, the founder of AirBnChill, and the founder of Texas night club The Royal Night Life. 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. 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Hollywood Life, Latest Hollywood Celebrity & Entertainment News. She said in testimony that she ended her long, close friendship with Harris after learning that Harris had gotten in touch with Lanez following the incident. As a result of the ordeal, the womens relationship suffered. The defense tried to block this ruling, calling it late discovery, but prosecutors said it was critical considering Kelsey had backtracked on her September statements. "[113] In a Teen Vogue interview, she spoke about Nicki Minaj as another influence: "[she] was here before us, so this is who we had to look at, at this time. [47][48] In November 2019, Time placed Megan Thee Stallion on their inaugural "Time 100 Next" list. [90] 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. 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