You could say rapping is in Megan’s blood. Having watched her mother, Holly Thomas, spit rhymes under the name Holly-Wood while tagging along on trips to the studio, Megan resolved to be like her. At the age of 16, she began penning her own raps, which were reportedly so explicit that they had Thomas clutching her pearls.
But after seeing how serious her daughter was about music, Thomas began managing Megan, marking the beginning of a promising career.
Speaking to Rolling Stone in March, she had this to say about her beloved Houston:
“I feel like I have to put on for my city, because we have so many legends and so many greats. But I don’t feel like we ever really had a female rapper come from Houston or Texas and shut s— down. So that’s where I’m coming from with it.”
She repeatedly refers to herself as Creole. In her song “Cocky AF,” In a May 2020 remix of Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage,” fans say Beyoncé also rapped about Creole roots.
The Texas-born rapper, whose real name is Megan Pete, topped the US chart in May with Savage.
The song, which became a viral dance craze on TikTok, also reached number three in the UK, thanks to a remix featuring Beyonce.
