Megan Thee Stallion Documentary 'In Her Words' Heading to Prime Video

Megan Thee Stallion is going beyond music in his first documentary In your words. The film will debut on Prime Video on October 31st, just in time for its annual Hottieween celebration. “I’m nervous and excited for everyone to see it but it’s finally here,” the rapper wrote on Instagram.

In your words was directed by Nneka Onuorah, known for her work directing the eight-episode series Lizzo Beware of Big Grrrls and the documentary The legend of the underground. Clocking in at nearly two hours, the documentary follows Megan on her rapid rise to stardom in hip-hop and beyond.

“Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words offers unprecedented access to the multifaceted woman behind the persona,” says the film’s synopsis. “Follow the Houston native’s journey to stardom as she tenaciously navigates fame, grief, pressure and success. The documentary reveals Megan’s most vulnerable moments in a powerful way that allows fans to get to know the real Megan Pete.”

Megan had an explosive rise in late 2010, but it was 2019 that changed everything for her. Her “Big Ole Freak” Tina Neve EP was his breakthrough single and set the stage for his follow-up mixtape Fevera highly successful event for its Hot Girl Summer trend. But earlier that same year, Megan lost her mother – a Houston rapper known as Holly-Wood, who later became her manager – to brain cancer. Two weeks later, his great-grandmother also died.

Megan continued to advance, building a career empire while earning her bachelor’s degree in healthcare administration from Texas Southern University. In March 2020, just as the world was shutting down, she proved to have an unstoppable hit on her hands with “Savage,” which received a Grammy-winning remix from Beyoncé just a month later. That year saw the release of two more career-defining albums, the solo track “Girls in the Hood” and her appearance on Cardi B’s sassy viral single “WAP.”

And in the midst of it all, Megan struggled with the aftermath of being shot by Tory Lanez, a singer and former friend. In August 2023, Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison nearly eight months after being found guilty of shooting the rapper in the feet following an argument in July 2020. The years-long ordeal saw Megan constantly antagonized by the public and figures in the industry. , similar. “I was really scared that I couldn’t be Megan Thee Stallion anymore,” she said Rolling Stone in 2022.

She added: “I’m trying every day to overcome this and be good. I feel so bad because I don’t feel like anyone is taking me seriously, but I don’t want people to see me cry. I don’t want them to know that I feel that way, because I don’t want them to think, ‘Oh, I get you. I’m breaking you.’” With In your wordsMegan gets to control her own narrative.