Megan Thee Stallion Gets Support From Activists & Politicians Following Drake Diss

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Megan Thee Stallion has received a flurry of love from more than a dozen prominent people in response to the online discussion triggered by Drake’s “Her Loss” lyrics.

The letter was released on Thursday (November 11) The Southern Black Girls & Women’s Consortium published the first open letter that was signed by both women and men which includes “me too” International founder Tarana Burke, Tamika D. Mallory of Until Freedom, political pundit Angela Rye, journalist Mark Lamont Hill, Texas congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee and congresswoman Maxine Waters.

The letter begins by recognizing and celebrating the many accomplishments Megan Thee Stallion has accomplished throughout her career and then addresses the numerous difficulties she’s had to face in her professional career.

“You’re a special kind of talent and a special kind of person; the place you hold in your fans’ hearts is a testament to that,” it says. “As you’ve reached an apex, but you’ve faced a number of challenges along the way.

“In the face of triumph and tragedy alike, you always keep your head held high, maintain your poise, and push forward,” the letter continues. “However, while so many of us celebrate you for your strength and perseverance, it must be said that you have been treated in ways that no young woman-no person at all should be treated.”

The letter is a reference to the incident in 2020 for which Tory Lanez has been accused of having shot Megan Thee Stallion in the foot. It also discusses the additional stress Megan was forced to go through due to the scrutiny that she’s received since she changed her version of events that led to her shooting, revealing Lanez’s involvement.

Megan Thee Stallion’s case can also be used to draw parallels to the experiences women who have suffered sexual and domestic violence face across the nation, highlighting the fact that her fame as a celebrity didn’t shield Meg from suffering.

“Violence against women is still entirely too common and acceptable in our world,” the letter states. “We find excuse after excuse to justify even the most sinister crimes, particularly when a victim is a famous person of any kind. Being a famous person, however, it does not provide a woman with any kind of sympathy in the event of being a victim.”

While it doesn’t make a case for calling Drake out the letter concludes by defending the headline-making joke in “Circo Loco,” which people believed implied it was a lie that Megan Thee Stallion lied about her shooting.

“This bitch lie about getting shots, but she still she a stallion/ She don’t even get the joke, but she still smiling,” Drizzy sings in the track which is a sample of Daft Punk’s “One More Time.”

“We salute you for the bravery it has taken to defend yourself in the court of public opinion, though you shouldn’t have had to do so at all,” the letter states in its conclusion. “We protest against those who have made fun of this horrible instance of women being abused and will overpower them by urging society to be able to take the plight of Black women with seriousness. You’re not on your own. You are loved, believed in and supported.”

After the publication of the letter Marc Lamont Hill spoke to the TMZabout the involvement in the letter and the criticism the letter prompted him to express his support of Megan Thee Stallion online.

“If one thing surprised me, it was how much anger there was from brothers who were upset that I said anything about it at all,” Hill explained. “They were angry. That to me was quite mind-boggling.”

He said that the issue goes beyond Megan Thee Stallion’s current confrontation with Drake.

“I think Hip Hop disensitizes us to misoginy,” Marc Lamont Hill offers. “I have seen a lot of sexism, misogyny and patriachy, and I’ve not always been enraged by it. This isn’t how we’re taught to view things as males, and as individuals in our society.”

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