Megan Thee Stallion has damaged her silence after Tory Lanez was discovered responsible on three felony counts in connection together with his capturing of the “Savage” rapper in Los Angeles on July 12, 2020. In a brand new Elle cowl story, Megan (born Megan Pete) addresses the “public humiliation” she endured and ultimately overcame whereas the case — and attendant publicity — wound its means by way of the authorized system.
“I don’t need to name myself a sufferer. As I replicate on the previous three years, I view myself as a survivor, as a result of I’ve actually survived the unimaginable,” the as-told-to story begins. “Not solely did I survive being shot by somebody I trusted and thought of a detailed good friend, however I overcame the general public humiliation of getting my title and repute dragged by way of the mud by that particular person for your entire world to see.”
Megan didn’t draw back from addressing Lanez’s social media feedback and the harrowing results they’d on her emotionally. “For years, my attacker laughed and joked about my trauma. For years, my attacker peddled false narratives about what occurred on the night time of July 12, 2020,” she says of Lanez’s reported denials and obfuscations of the narrative of that night time. “For years, my attacker tried to leverage social media to remove my energy. Think about the way it feels to be known as a liar daily? Particularly from an individual who was as soon as a part of your inside circle.”
Megan additionally addressed the false narratives behind the capturing, which resulted in her hospitalization after struggling a foot damage in the course of the incident. “I might have let the adversity break me, however I persevered, whilst individuals handled my trauma like a working joke,” she mentioned. “First, there have been conspiracy theories that I used to be by no means shot. Then got here the false narratives that my former finest good friend shot me. Even a few of my friends within the music trade piled on with memes, jokes, and sneak disses, and utterly ignored the truth that I might have misplaced my life. As a substitute of condemning any type of violence in opposition to a lady, these people tried to justify my attacker’s actions.”
The ordeal left Megan in a depressive state as she struggled to create new music and had little curiosity in rapping anymore, she revealed. “The reality is that I began falling right into a despair. I didn’t really feel like making music. I used to be in such a low place that I didn’t even know what I needed to rap about,” she wrote. “I puzzled if individuals even cared anymore. There could be instances that I’d actually be backstage or in my lodge, crying my eyes out, after which I’d have to drag Megan Pete collectively and be Megan Thee Stallion.”
At the moment, Megan acknowledges that she is in a greater place, as prayer given her the much-needed solace she wanted throughout her tumultuous previous three years. “I’m in a happier place, however I nonetheless have anxiousness,” she mentioned. “Speaking about being shot nonetheless makes me emotional. I’ve began journaling as a strategy to higher course of my ideas, hopes, and fears. Prayer has additionally performed a therapeutic position in my therapeutic, as a result of I can have trustworthy and unfiltered conversations with God with none judgment.”
On Monday (April 17), Lanez’s sentencing was delayed once more after his attorneys filed a movement to start a brand new trial. The preliminary sentencing was for January following his December responsible verdict. The decide set a listening to for Might 8, hoping that sentencing will happen inside 30 days of the listening to if the movement for a brand new trial is denied. At the moment, Lanez is going through a possible 21-year jail sentence.
