Megan Thee Stallion brought her Hot Girl Summer Tour to the 2024 BET Awards on Sunday night! The 29-year-old GRAMMY winner kicked off the night's festivities by opening the show with a performance that reminded everyone why she's thee Hot Girl of hip-hop.
Emerging from a giant egg, Megan launched into her viral hit, "Hiss." The rapper was then joined by a group of dancers as she performed "BOA" and "Where Them Girls At?" from her recently released album, Megan.
Megan Thee Stallion performs onstage during the 2024 BET Awards at Peacock Theater on June 30, 2024
Megan's epic performance on the BET Awards stage comes days after she released her third studio album, Megan. The album features 18 tracks, including the previously released singles, "Cobra," "Hiss" and "BOA."
Megan Thee Stallion performs onstage during the 2024 BET Awards at Peacock Theater on June 30, 2024
Megan is the rapper's first album release since testifying against former friend Tory Lanez during his felony assault trial in December. After a week-long trial, the Canadian musician was convicted on three counts at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles. On Aug. 8, three years after Megan accused the Canadian of shooting her in the feet, Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison.
Last September, Megan opened up to ET about what inspired her new album and getting into the right mindset to release new music.
"I feel like I'm in such a fresh space, like everything about me is new," Megan said. "My attitude, my vibe. I feel like I'm starting a new chapter in my life. I think I've just gone through so much and I'm at a point where I don't care about a lot of stuff. I'm just so comfortable with myself. I'm like, 'OK, at this point, girl, what's the worst thing that can happen?' I'm just into taking risks right now."
Explaining that she's taken all social media apps off her phone, Megan said doing so kept her from feeling pressured by the work of other musical artists.
"I don't have any inspiration from anybody out right now [because] I feel like as an artist, you see other artists doing things and it's like, 'Oh my god, I got to keep up,'" she added. "I have no clue what anybody's doing, so the music that I been making, it feels good to me."
It was far from an easy journey for the Houston-raised GRAMMY winner.
"I always like to think of myself as a confident person, I always [act] that I didn't care about much, I was nonchalant, but it took me to go through things where so many people were talking about me constantly, to where I had to realize, 'OK, maybe you're not as nonchalant and carefree as you thought you were,'" she confessed. "So, I had to take a step back [and] reevaluate myself. I had to get in a comfortable position with myself, and now I genuinely can say that I'm in love with Megan. I'm in love with Megan Thee Stallion."
Megan Thee Stallion performs onstage during the 2024 BET Awards at Peacock Theater on June 30, 2024
While Megan technically hasn't garnered any nominations for Megan just yet, she earned four nods for this year's BET Awards, including Best Female Hip Hop Artist, BET Her Award for "Hiss," and Best Collaboration and Best Video with Cardi B for their second provocative single, "Bongos."
The 2024 BET Awards, hosted by Taraji P. Henson, airs live on the BET channel from the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday, June 30, at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Check out the complete winners list here.
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