Megan Thee Stallion has taken control of her own story Megan Thee Stallion: In her words, a new documentary about Amazon. The film is almost two hours long and covers some of her toughest times and biggest victories. Here are 10 of the most daring moments.

Anime illustrates Megan’s most traumatic moments

Megan has never shied away from the fact that she’s a huge ‘weeb,’ but her love for anime and Japanese culture has been a more playful part of her journey so far. However, the documentary uses the animation style to depict particularly intimidating days in her life, for which little to no footage exists: the formative bullying she faced as a child due to her height, the moments when her mother was rushed to hospital with the previously undiagnosed brain tumor that killed her (Megan had to decide whether to end her mother’s life support), the horrific night Tory Lanez shot her (in gory detail), and having to meet the man who could have killed her at the trial kill.

Before sold-out arenas, Megan performed to nearly empty venues

Once Megan decided she wanted to be a rapper, she would perform anytime, anywhere, as she explains in the documentary. In one clip from early in her career, she enters a small, nearly empty amphitheater to perform for just a few dozen young people—giving a dose of the boundless energy she’s known for.

She doesn’t shy away from showing the former best friend who ‘betrayed’ her

In an age where celebrity documentaries can be quite superficial, Megan Thee Stallion: In her words not only provides a glimpse into her past friendship with Kelsey Harris, but paints a nuanced picture of their relationship. Harris was present the night Tory Lanez shot Megan, but claimed she remembered nothing about it when the Los Angeles district attorney brought her to the stand as a witness in their case against Lanez. In her 2022 Rolling stone Cover story, Megan said, “I’m a little ashamed because even after he shot me, I still thought about everyone else in the car…. I thought everyone in the car was my friend, (and) the whole time, They didn’t think of me that way. That’s what really hurts.” The documentary shows how close they were before the shooting, with segments of Megan praising Harris’ tenacity, their fits of laughter and a clip of the couple crying together over the death of Megan’s mother. “That’s why I want to make sure Megan is always good,” Harris says through tears. “We are sisters.”

Megan admits she lied to Gayle King – and explains why

In a now-infamous interview with CBS veteran Gayle King, Megan bluntly said she had not had sex with Tory Lanez, a claim she would later dispute in court. The documentary shows the preparation for the CBS shooting, clips of it and its aftermath – including dozens of people on the Internet who were convinced Megan had lied about having sex with Lanez before admitting it herself. “I have no respect for anyone who is a journalist or an interviewer, but sometimes when I talk to these people I feel like they are trying to get me,” she says in a private moment, calling their sexual relationship “irrelevant ” mentions. the face of his baseless attack on her. Shortly after the CBS taping, however, she comes clean with her old manager T. Farris; he tells her that it will ultimately be good for her to face the fact. “Yes, bitch, I lied to Gayle King. Bitch, first of all, I don’t know that bitch could ask about that shit,” she says. “I fucked this nigga once, maybe twice on a drunken night – bitch, (he) kept catching me every time I was crazy.”

Diddy makes a disturbing cameo

The documentary features the many men from the entertainment and media worlds who defended Lanez and attacked Megan after the treacherous shooting – including Chris Brown, Adin Ross, DaBaby, 50 Cent, LeBron James and Meek Mill – but no clip was more ominous than one of a conversation between the now disgraced Sean “Diddy” Combs and Lanez. “You are one of my favorite R&B artists,” Diddy tells Lanez. “You know I have a mean, toxic side.”

We get an intimate glimpse into Megan’s real family

In her Rolling stone In the cover story, Megan said Lanez came into her life at a time when she wanted to create a sense of family as she navigated Hollywood after the deaths of her parents and great-grandmother. However, the documentary offers a new and refreshing look at her true relatives – including heartwarming clips of her mother, Holly Thomas, who worked diligently as Megan’s manager and parent at the same time, and her cousin Lydia, who she grew up with and who moved to her home in Miami came. to be with Megan as she waited for Lanez’s sentencing, plus Lyida’s adorable daughter, Phoebe (whom Megan nicknames “Phoebekah” and “Phoebenah”). Megan even reveals that she and her mother were so heartbroken after her father’s death that they rarely talked about it.

Megan makes her first visit to her mother’s grave

While visiting Houston to receive a ceremonial key to the city from the mayor, Megan makes one request: that her car stop at her mother’s grave, since she had not seen it in person. The event took place in May 2022, more than three years after Thomas’ death. The documentary camera accompanies her there as she solemnly cries and leaves flowers.

Murderous supporters of Tory Lanez scared Megan while she was on stage

During a montage of the many festivals Megan performed at in the summer of 2022, Megan admits she feared for her life taking on major events. Several of Lanez’s supporters had wished her death online, including one person who said, “He should have given me the glock so I can finish the job,” and another who said he should “aim higher” for a headshot . ” “I can’t separate trolling from real life,” she says. “Am I safe to perform in front of thousands of people? I don’t know who’s in the crowd.” At one point after the shooting, Lanez even texted her that she looked “sad” on an Instagram Live he was watching. She wondered how he could live so carefree while she was so paranoid: one clip showed him posing for red carpet cameras at a hospital. Rolling stone live party in Los Angeles (to which he was not invited and ended up being escorted out).

After S.N.L., Megan went to a wellness center

In November 2022, Megan sang songs from Traumazine in a coveted musical guest spot Saturday evening live, but while she was in New York, her Los Angeles home was burglarized, with the perpetrators possibly knowing she was away, according to a news report. After years of enormous stress, she said she had a major breakdown; She lay in bed crying for three days and suffered from suicidal thoughts for the first time. The rapper went on a month-long mental health retreat at an undisclosed location, extending a two-week stay. “I went through so many different types of therapies,” she says, including ones that forced her to face the trauma of the shooting on a daily basis. “I just feel like a new bitch.”

Megan broke down when Tory Lanez was convicted

Cameras follow Megan as she spends a tense day waiting for the verdict in the Lanez trial. Her home in Miami is filled with family and support, and while there are moments of joy, she is tense. When she is told that Lanez has been convicted on the top charge, she bursts into audible sobs. “It’s over,” a woman tells her with a big hug. “Thank you, God,” Megan shouts. “If I didn’t think there was a God before, you son of a bitch, I do now.”