Megan Thee Stallion: “As a darker black woman… people expect me to take punches”

Megan Thee Stallion is making waves on the charts, on stage and within the gym.

The self-proclaimed “Hot Girl Trainer” shared her body cover story – and tasteful spreads of nude photos – about her workout routine, her workout motivation, and the way her body, mind, and spirit are interconnected as she emerges from her workout. a tumultuous personal season into a latest starting.

“I always feel like ‘I have to do better,’” Megan told the magazine. “I can’t get stuck. I can’t stay stagnant.”

That innate drive that made Megan a hip-hop darling, a three-time Grammy winner and propelled her to the highest of the charts plummeted after a gun violence incident in the summertime of 2020 that not only left her injured, but additionally ridiculed on the Internet and judged harshly by a few of her colleagues within the industry.

“A lot of people didn’t treat me like a human being for a long time,” the rapper said of the continued cruelty she faced after the assault. “As a black woman, as a darker black woman, I also feel like people expect me to take punches, take beatings, take beatings, and handle it gracefully. But I’m human.”

Megan hasn’t been shy about calling out her struggles with depression and anxiety in each the media and her music. Although she was already coping with grief and public pressure, an assault with a deadly weapon and intimidation by web trolls sent her into “dark times,” as she called them. Although she initially masked her sorrows and acted for the great of her fans – the rapper details breaking down in tears before taking the stage or making multiple public appearances – her emotions eventually caught up along with her.

“I didn’t want to get it [out] from under the covers. I stayed in my room. I wouldn’t turn on the light,” she said with tears in her eyes. “I had blackout curtains. I didn’t want to see the sun. I knew I wasn’t myself.”

“It took me a while to admit that I was depressed. But when I started talking to a therapist, I could be honest with myself.”

This truth led to a breakthrough for the hip-hop star. Although fitness was already a vital a part of her journey, Megan deepened her commitment to exercise and a healthy eating regimen to help her refocus on herself and her well-being. In addition to specializing in indoor or outdoor training sessions and Pilates five times a week, she reduced her intake of bread, pork and completely eliminated soda, juice and cognac. The results are undeniable.

“Working on myself made me exercise because I needed to focus my energy elsewhere,” she told the magazine. “I used exercise to escape and be happy.”

Now that she has regained her happiness, she is prepared to open up to her fans and followers on a latest level along with her music. Megan says she believes she has found the balance between being vulnerable while still being committed to rapping.

“I was inspired to create this album about rebirth because I feel like I am becoming a new person physically and mentally,” she said. “I’m moving into a higher space, making music that is still true to me, but additionally true to my message. I’m like a flower, but my flower has thorns.