Megan Thee Stallion popped out and showed Los Angeles a good time during the latest stop of her first headlining Hot Girl Summer Tour.
Two days after Kendrick Lamar's historic Pop Out: Ken & Friends show in Inglewood, Meg performed at the Crypto.com Arena in LA, where she showed love to K. Dot's chart-topping single "Not Like Us." The Mustard-produced West Coast anthem was played between GloRilla and Megan's sets, while the latter playfully rapped and twerked to the song during her performance.
Clips from the show highlight Meg's alliance with Kendrick in his feud against Drake. But Megan Thee Stallion is more than a bystander in this fight. Many credit the Houston rapper with igniting hip-hop's current hostility towards Drizzy.
While the two were once friendly, Meg's issues with Drake began in 2022 when the Toronto rapper slighted her on multiple occasions after she was shot in the foot by Tory Lanez. In one instance, Drake disrespected Megan on Her Loss track "Circo Loco," rapping “This bitch lie ’bout getting shots but she still a stallion.” He has also publicly called for Tory to be released from prison.
At the time she seemingly responded to "Circo Loco" and Drake on Twitter, writing, “remember all y’all hoe ass favorite rappers that stood behind a N**** that SHOT A FEMALE.” But it wasn't until her 2024 track "Hiss" that she truly got her lick back.
According to Genius, on the single she raps: "These n****s hate on BBLs and be walkin' 'round with the same scars" and "Cosplay gangsters, fake-ass accents /
Posted in another n**** hood like a bad bitch."
These bars and others are interpreted as shots against Drake, inspiring industry-wide attacks on the 6 God, such as Metro Boomin's "BBL Drizzy" and Kendrick's war with the same "bad bitch."
"You know I got language barriers, huh / There's no accent you can sell me," he raps on "Euphoria."
While Kendrick and Meg haven't yet connected on wax, the Compton rapper once gave her a shout on 2021 single "Family Ties" with Baby Keem, rapping, "Show my ass and take y'all to class / I can multitask like Megan, brother."
We're less than a week away from Megan Thee Stallion's latest release, her Megan album slated to drop June 28. On Friday, June 21, Meg shared the project's tracklist, which includes features from UGK, Victoria Monet, and others.
