Megan Thee Stallion op-ed calls for protecting Black women
Associated PressLOS ANGELES — An op-ed by Megan Thee Stallion on the need to protect Black women was published Tuesday as rapper Tory Lanez had his first court hearing on felony charges alleging he shot her. Truthfully, I was shocked that I ended up in that place.” In the piece titled, “Why I Speak Up For Black Women,” the hip-hop star writes that “Black women are still constantly disrespected and disregarded in so many areas of life.” In her first public comments on the matter since Lanez was charged Thursday, she explains why, on July 12, the night she was shot in the feet in the Hollywood Hills, she declined to tell police or otherwise publicize that her injuries were from gunfire. Prosecutors allege Lanez fired on Megan Thee Stallion, whose legal name is Megan Pete, after she got out of an SUV during an argument. “And we are entitled to our anger about a laundry list of mistreatment and neglect that we suffer.” Megan Thee Stallion has had a breakout run in the past two years that has put her among the biggest stars in hip-hop.