{"id":10051,"date":"2019-10-07T18:29:29","date_gmt":"2019-10-07T18:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/jsuflash\/?p=10051"},"modified":"2019-10-07T18:29:29","modified_gmt":"2019-10-07T18:29:29","slug":"houston-rapper-megan-the-stallion-signs-with-roc-nation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/2019\/10\/07\/houston-rapper-megan-the-stallion-signs-with-roc-nation\/","title":{"rendered":"Houston rapper Megan The Stallion signs with Roc Nation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Darrelyn Braddy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Staff Writer<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After releasing rap hits including \u201cBig Ol\u2019 Freak\u201d and \u201cHot Girl Summer\u201d, Houston born rapper, Megan Thee Stallion, has finally<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10052\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10052\" style=\"width: 474px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash2025\/files\/2019\/10\/Meganthestallion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10052 \" src=\"http:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash2025\/files\/2019\/10\/Meganthestallion.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"237\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Google image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>settled with a management team.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Megan Thee Stallion posted an announcement via Instagram \u201cI am officially a part of the @rocnation fam!\u201d She included a photo of her along with Jay- Z. Jay- Z\u2019s entertainment label, Roc Nation, has signed other well known artists including Big Sean, J. Cole, DJ Khaled, Rihanna, Mariah Carey, Shakira, Vic Mensa, and Jaden Smith.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The artist found herself a swift way to the top with the release of her debut mixtape \u201cFever\u201d in May of 2019. The mixtape features artists including Da Baby and Juicy J. &#8220;Cash S\u2014t&#8221; featuring Da Baby found its way to the Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This contract signing follows the untimely death of her mother who passed due to a brain tumor.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Megan Thee Stallion, real name Megan Pete, is the daughter of rapper Holly-Wood. She grew up watching her mother record in the studio knowing she wanted to follow in her footsteps. Her mother maintained that she wait until she was 21 to attempt to make a career out of rapping.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>At age 24, she has worked her way into the industry and taken it by storm with her suggestive lyrics and confident attitude.<\/p>\n<p>She gained the nickname \u201cStallion\u201d in high school due to her height (5\u201910) and beauty. She decided to keep that nickname early on as she was beginning to find her footing in the game.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Stallion credits her fan base for her hasty success, lovingly naming them \u201chotties.\u201d To think it all began as videos of her doing a cypher at 21. She was the only female of ten rappers trying to make a name for themselves.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She showed herself strong again at a cypher in March with the rest of XXL\u2019s 2019 class. Most viewers reigned Megan and Da Baby supreme following that cypher. It only further progressed her career. Six months later she is sipping champagne and signing contracts to join the Roc Nation family.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>People are now comparing her to other female rap royalties including Nicki Minaj, Cardi B, and Lil Kim. Her confident demeanor and sexually explicit lyrics fit right in with these artists.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>She also follows them in creating her own movement, Hot Girl Summer. It promotes confidence and positivity for young females. #HotGirlSummer has trended on Instagram and Twitter promoting the movement, the single, and the artist.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This success comes with other wins for her including an August performance at the Video Music Awards and an appearance with Anna Wintour, long time editor-in-chief at Vouge, during New York Fashion week.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Megan Thee Stallion finds herself in the spotlight this year. Her fifteen minutes of fame does not seem to be over by a long shot. Her \u201chotties\u201d are looking forward to her debut album with the Roc Nation family.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully she follows in the footsteps of fellow Roc Nation artist, J. Cole, and releases something that keeps us coming back for more.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darrelyn Braddy Staff Writer After releasing rap hits including \u201cBig Ol\u2019 Freak\u201d and \u201cHot Girl Summer\u201d, Houston born rapper, Megan Thee Stallion, has finally settled with a management team. &nbsp; Megan Thee Stallion posted an announcement via Instagram \u201cI am officially a part of the @rocnation fam!\u201d She included a photo of her along with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-10051","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-variety"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10051","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10051"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10051\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.jsums.edu\/theflash\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}