Megan Thee Stallion Address Tory Lanez Shooting in ‘Elle’ Cover Story – Billboard

Megan Thee Stallion has damaged her silence after Tory Lanez was discovered responsible on three felony counts in connection along with his taking pictures 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 means of the authorized system.

“I don’t wish 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 really 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 status dragged by means of the mud by that particular person for the whole 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 evening of July 12, 2020,” she says of Lanez’s reported denials and obfuscations of the narrative of that evening. “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 day-after-day? Particularly from an individual who was as soon as a part of your internal circle.”

Megan additionally addressed the false narratives behind the taking pictures, which resulted in her hospitalization after struggling a foot damage throughout the incident. “I may have let the adversity break me, however I persevered, whilst individuals handled my trauma like a operating joke,” she stated. “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 business piled on with memes, jokes, and sneak disses, and fully ignored the truth that I may have misplaced my life. As an alternative of condemning any type of violence towards a girl, 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 questioned if individuals even cared anymore. There could be occasions that I’d actually be backstage or in my resort, crying my eyes out, after which I’d have to drag Megan Pete collectively and be Megan Thee Stallion.”

Right this 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 nervousness,” she stated. “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 choose set a listening to for Could 8, hoping that sentencing will happen inside 30 days of the listening to if the movement for a brand new trial is denied. Presently, Lanez is dealing with a possible 21-year jail sentence.