Big takeaways from Megan Thee Stallion's documentary

It’s been nearly two years since a jury convicted rapper Tory Lanez of shooting Megan Thee Stallion after a Los Angeles party in July 2020.

It’s been nearly two years since a jury convicted rapper Tory Lanez of shooting Megan Thee Stallion after a Los Angeles party in July 2020. Now, in a new documentary, Megan Thee Stallion, whose real name is Megan Pete, is taking the public through the tumultuous years leading up to Lanez’s December 2022 criminal trial.

In “Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words,” the rapper gives an in-depth look at the grief she endured after her mother’s death from a brain tumor in 2019 and the mental health struggles that stemmed from the shooting. She spoke candidly about the loss of her mother, the betrayal of her childhood friend Kelsey Harris — who supported Lanez after the shooting — and her fight for justice as Lanez, along with bloggers and gossip sites, disparaged her on social media, in music videos and more.

Megan Thee Stallion.Prime VideoCritics “have ran my goddamn name through the ground so bad. And I think it’s because of how I am, and what I talk about and what I look like,” Megan, 29, says in the documentary, now on Prime Video. “The betrayal, the constant torture online, everything that happened after the shooting definitely made it, like, a hundred times worse.”

The documentary marks the first time Megan has spoken at length about the shooting and her mental health since the criminal trial. The 112-minute film features interviews and real-time video footage of Megan over the years — from her 2021 graduation from Texas Southern University through her appearance at Lanez’s criminal trial. She addressed fans at a Los Angeles viewing on Wednesday, saying that she ultimately wanted to take control of her own narrative. 

Here are the biggest revelations from “Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/megan-thee-stallion-documentary-prime-video-takeaways-rcna175720

---