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Making Sense Of Megan Thee Stallion's Shooting, And What Followed

Making Sense Of Megan Thee Stallion's Shooting, And What Followed Enlarge this image toggle caption Carmen Mandato/Getty Images Carmen Mandato/Getty Images After breaking through in 2019 and collaborating with Beyonce in early 2020, Megan Thee Stallion has been riding an even bigger wave of popularity this summer due to the song she's featured in with superstar Cardi B. But the rapper is also involved in another recent controversy, which has raised important questions about Black women and violence. Sponsor Message "She mentioned Black women feeling unprotected," says Clover Hope, author of the forthcoming book The Motherlode: 100+ Women Who Made Hip-Hop. She mentioned people's tendencies to kind of, just, make violence funny online.

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