Megan Thee Stallion attends the premiere of Amazon Prime Video’s” Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words” at TCL Chinese Theatre on October 30, 2024 in Hollywood, California. Source: Rodin Eckenroth / Getty
Megan Thee Stallion is reclaiming her narrative in her new Prime Video documentary, Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words, now available for streaming. The film delves into the aftermath of her traumatic 2020 shooting and the challenges she faced on her journey to stardom, sparking significant conversation online.
1. The rapper was forced to take her mother, Holly Thomas, off life support.
One poignant takeaway from the documentary is the profound influence of her mother, Holly Thomas, on Megan’s rap career. Between 2001 and 2007, Holly performed as the rapper Holly-Wood, and Megan often listened to her mother create music in the studio, which inspired her own artistic development. Tragically, the Grammy-award-winning artist lost her mother in March 2019 to an aggressive brain tumor following “back-to-back seizures,” as reported by People.
“They had to put her under. She was just brain dead,” the “WAP rapper shared in the emotional doc. “So I stayed up there every day. I was spending the night at the hospital. I just was praying that she could shake back from it.”
Megan was forced with the difficult decision of taking her mother off of life support after doctors informed her she would not be able to recover.
“Once I realized she wasn’t coming back, I was just like, ‘Damn, I can’t keep her like this.’ Because I know she wouldn’t have wanted to stay like this,” Megan said as she teared up. “So I had to make the decision to pull the plug, and she just passed the next day.”
This loss has undoubtedly shaped Megan’s journey and her powerful narrative. During the October premiere of her new documentary, the rapper gave a shout-out to her mother for teaching her how to be a strong and resilient woman.
“I wouldn’t be the woman I am today without Holly Thomas. So mommy, I love you,” she told fans.
