Megan Thee Stallion’s new album Traumazine arrived on Friday (August 12), and the project finds her touching on various topics — including the ongoing Tory Lanez shooting case and her mother’s death.
On the fiery “Who Me” — a collaboration with the currently incarcerated Pooh Shiesty, who is serving five years in prison on a firearm conspiracy charge — the Houston rapper addresses the highly-publicized shooting, reasserting her claim that Tory was the triggerman in not-so-subtle fashion.
“I feel like Biggie, who shot you?/But everybody know who shot me, bitch,” she raps over the hard-hitting production from KTOE and Taz Taylor, referencing The Notorious B.I.G.’s provocative 1995 song “Who Shot Ya?”
Megan Thee Stallion has accused Tory Lanez of shooting her in both feet in July 2020. The incident allegedly took place during an argument while the pair — along with Megan’s former friend Kelsey Nicole — were leaving a party at Kylie Jenner’s house in the Hollywood Hills.
Tory has been charged with assault with a semiautomatic handgun and carrying a concealed, loaded and unregistered firearm in a vehicle. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of 22 years and eight months in prison. The case is set to go to trial on September 14.
Megan previously addressed the shooting on “Shots Fired,” the intro track from her debut album Good News, which dropped in November 2020. That song also borrowed from Biggie’s “Who Shot Ya?”
Megan Thee Stallion Wants Tory Lanez 'To Go UNDER The Jail' For Allegedly Shooting Her
Elsewhere on Traumazine, Megan Thee Stallion opens up about the death of her mother, Holly Thomas, who passed away due to a brain tumour in March 2019.
“If I could write a letter to Heaven/I would tell my mama that I shoulda been listenin’/And I would tell her sorry that I really been wildin’/And ask her to forgive me, ’cause I really been tryin,'” she raps on “Anxiety,” one of her most vulnerable songs to date.
Her mother’s death also fuels the very next song, “Flip Flop,” on which she admits, “Behind this smile, I’m fightin’ these tears/’Cause a bitch be sad as fuck/Ever since my mama died, 2019/I don’t really know who I can trust.”
She adds: “If your mama and daddy still walkin’ this Earth/Then you probably ain’t feelin’ my pain.”
Megan Thee Stallion announced her mother’s death in a since-deleted Instagram post in March 2019. Thomas used to rap herself under the name “Holly-Wood” and helped steer her daughter’s early career. Sadly, Megan’s grandmother also passed away just weeks later.
While the 27-year-old continues to wrestle with grief, it hasn’t stopped her from achieving success, both inside and outside of music. In December 2021, Megan graduated from the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences at Texas Southern University and credited her mother and grandmother for inspiring her.
“I want to get my degree because I really want my mom to be proud,” she told PEOPLE in June 2020. “I want my big mama to be proud. She saw me going to school before she passed.
“My grandmother that’s still alive used to be a teacher, so she’s on my butt about finishing school. I’m doing it for me, but I’m also doing it for the women in my family who made me who I am today.”
her precious feet. well. can’t we all just move on.
No I want the truth about footgate the ppl have a right to know!! Lol
YOU MEANN HER FEET LOOK LIKE PRECIOUS!!!!! HAHAHAHHAHAHAHA!!!!! SUPER UGLY!!!!!
It makes me cringe every time she goes public on the Lanez topic. Hope that trial gets as much coverage as Johnny Depp. Imagine what the rap game would be like if people such as Dolph, 50, PAC, The Butcher etc just whined incessantly every time they were in the public eye about getting “shot”, or about to drop some new music for the thotties.
I’m pretty sure half of get rich or die trying is about 50 getting shot 9 times and the other half is about some girls birthday or something.
I think tory shot the ground on purpose to make her “dance” but the bullets turned to shrapnel when they hit the concrete and slightly grazed her feet. As much as this dumb bitch keeps talking about the case, I hope it gets thrown out for lack of evidence. Or at the most give Tory a couple months community service and make him serve food in a California homeless shelter. That shit would be funny.
Saying you think a man shot at her, and then calling her a dumb bitch later in the same sentence is crazy lame.
THIS BROAD GOT SCOOBY-DOO FEET!!!! THAT’S WHY HE AIMED AT THOSE BIG ASS FEET!!!!! HE WAS MAD HOW UGLY THEY LOOKED!!!!! GOT HOOVES LIKE A STALLION FOR REAL!!!! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA!!!!! PATHETIC!!!!!
I’ve never seen a label pumping so much money into a falling star this is so tough to watch man! From setting up an innocent rapper for clout to abusing her mother she had it coming smh
Her label hates her, and has been infamously known for underpromoting her. You may not like her, but there’s no reason to lie smh
They need to go head and lock Tory trifling ass underneath the jail ong
Call an ambulance, Megan’s been shot! Hey guys! Did you know Megan got shot? For real! For real! Megan got shot!! I can’t believe it! Megan got shot!! They say Tory Lanez did it! Megan got shot!!!
So the trial hasn’t happened yet and no convictions made but she’s allowed to talk about it? And he isn’t? I can’t see this helping.
Tory went and got himself gag ordered cuz he was doing too much. He could’ve played it cool, but didn’t and the law told him to shut up it is what it is
Back in 98 Ras Kass was at Champs buying Jordans and he tripped over the stool and took down a whole display and was rollin around holding his knee on the ground going “ewww! Ewww!”