Magan Pete Biography

Magan Pete was born February 15/1995, raised in Houston, Texas. Her late mother Holly Thomas, rapped under the name Holly-Wood and would bring her daughter with her to recording sessions. Megan was brought to the studio by her mother. Instead of putting her in daycare

Pete began revealed to her mother that she wanted to rap-writing her own raps at age 14. Thomas required that Pete wait until she was 21 to pursue rapping as a career. Her mother, although impressed by her rapping skills, commented that her lyrics were too suggestive and “ratchet” for her young age. Once she began rapping, she continued writing sexual and “ratchet” lyrics.

In 2013, a clip of Pete went viral, where she was battling against male opponents in a cipher while a student at Prairie View A&M University. The viral video helped Pete gain a larger digital presence and following on social media. She has garnered fans by posting her freestyles on her Instagram since college. She refers to her fans as “hotties”, and credits her hyperactive fan base for her early success. Pete adopted the stage name Megan Thee Stallion because she was referred to as a stallion during adolescence due to her height and beauty.

After taking time off school, she resumed her studies at Texas Southern University in health administration, where she is a third-year student as of 2019.

Career

Rich Ratchet washer fast mixtape which she released in 2016 and her first single “Like a Stallion” was produced by TA. In an after year, she released her first EP, Make It Hot. One song on the EP, “Last Week in H TX”, has four million YouTube views. In 2017, she released a video, “Stalli (Freestyle)” that is a rework of XXXTentacion’s “Look At Me!.”

In early 2018, Pete signed with 1501 Certified Ent., an indie label in Houston owned by former baseball player Carl Crawford. She then performed at SXSW in March 2018. In June of that year, under the label called Tina Snow, she released a 10-song EP. The EP is named after her alter ego, who she describes as “a more raw version” of herself. She stated in an interview that she is not afraid to talk about sexuality, nor does she feel boxed into either the “intelligent” or “freak” dichotomy. The EP was positively received by critics: Eric Torres of Pitchfork.com wrote “she provided plenty of freak anthems with quotable lyrics to wield against ain’t-shit men”; Revolt referred to her flow as “effortless”. Nandi Howard of The Fader referred to her ability to rap with “electrifying pace and precision”.

In November 2018, she announced that she had signed with 300 Entertainment; she is the first female rapper to be signed by the label.

In 2019, she released the single “Big Ole Freak” from her EP Tina Snow and also filmed a music video for the track The single “Is it Love This Time” is sampled throughout the single. On April 15th, 2019 Megan thee Stallion made her first ever entry on Billboard Hot 100 at number 99 with her single “Big Ole Freak”.

Megan Thee Stallion announced that her first full-length album, Fever, will be released on May 17, 2019. She stated that the new album will introduce her new alter ego “the college, partying Hot Girl Meg”.

When did Magen Pete mother die?

On 22nd March 2019, Megan took to Instagram to pay tribute to her late mum, Holly Thomas.

Megan posted an old photo of her and her mum at Christmastime, along with the caption: “The best mom in the whole world. The strongest woman on the planet. I can’t even put complete sentences together rn RIP mama.”

Megan’s mum was also a rapper, who performed under the stage name Holly-Wood.

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