• Celebrity
    • Of The Essence
    • Celebrity News
    • If Not For My Girls
    • The State Of R&B
    • Time Of Essence
  • Fashion
    • 2023 Best In Black Fashion Awards
    • 2023 Fashion House
    • Red Carpet
    • Fashion News
    • Accessories
  • Beauty
    • Girls United: Beautiful Possibilities
    • 2023 Best In Black Beauty
    • Skin
    • Makeup
    • Nails
    • Hair
  • Lifestyle
    • Love
    • Parenting
    • Relationships
    • Bridal Bliss
    • Lifestyle News
    • Health & Wellness
    • ESSENCE Eats
    • Travel
    • Food & Drink
  • Entrepreneurship
    • Money & Career
  • News
    • Latest News
    • Paint The Polls Black
    • Culture
    • Politics
  • Shopping
  • Video
  • Events
    • 2023 Fashion House
    • 2023 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture
    • 2023 Wellness House
    • 2023 Black Women In Hollywood
    • 2023 ESSENCE Film Festival
    • 2023 HOLLYWOOD HOUSE
  • Studios
  • Girls United
Skip to content
SUBSCRIBE
  • MAGAZINE
  • NEWSLETTER
  • Celebrity
    • Of The Essence
    • Celebrity News
    • If Not For My Girls
    • The State Of R&B
    • Time Of Essence
  • Fashion
    • 2023 Best In Black Fashion Awards
    • 2023 Fashion House
    • Red Carpet
    • Fashion News
    • Accessories
  • Beauty
    • Girls United: Beautiful Possibilities
    • 2023 Best In Black Beauty
    • Skin
    • Makeup
    • Nails
    • Hair
      • Hair News
      • Natural
      • Relaxed
      • Transitioning
      • Weave
      • 4C
  • Lifestyle
    • Love
    • Parenting
    • Relationships
    • Bridal Bliss
    • Lifestyle News
    • Health & Wellness
    • ESSENCE Eats
    • Travel
    • Food & Drink
  • Entrepreneurship
    • Money & Career
  • News
    • Latest News
    • Paint The Polls Black
    • Culture
    • Politics
  • Shopping
  • Video
  • Events
    • 2023 Fashion House
    • 2023 ESSENCE Festival Of Culture
    • 2023 Wellness House
    • 2023 Black Women In Hollywood
    • 2023 ESSENCE Film Festival
    • 2023 HOLLYWOOD HOUSE
  • Studios
  • Girls United
Home · Entertainment

#FreeMeg? Meg Thee Stallion Says Her Label Won't Let Her Release New Music

"I was like 20, and I didn't know everything that was in that contract," she said on Instagram Live.
Megan Thee Stallion Opens Up About Missing Her Late Mother In Tribute
By Keyaira Boone · Updated November 4, 2020

Everyone’s favorite hot girl is accusing her label of cooling down her career. Megan Thee Stallion hopped on Instagram Live and revealed one her labels, 1501, is allegedly stopping her from releasing new music. 

She said their actions stemmed from her asking for a contract renegotiation after her management team at Roc Nation brought certain details of her deal to her attention. Prior to being managed by Roc Nation, Megan’s career went from reigning at backyard cyphers to rising as a new voice in hip hop, thanks to the work of her late mother Holly Thomas. But unfortunately Megan’s mom did not have access to a stable of respected entertainment lawyers like her current firm does. 

“So when I got with Roc Nation, I got management — real management — and real lawyers. They were like, ‘Do you know that this is in your contract?’ And I was like, ‘Oh, damn, that’s crazy — no, I didn’t know,” she told viewers of the Live session. 

#FreeMeg? Megan Thee Stallion Says Her Label Won’t Let Her Release New Music
Photo: Getty

Megan says she asked for a contract renegotiation assuming the label would want to work things out. “I was like 20, and I didn’t know everything that was in that contract,” she said. She did not explain specifically what she and her new management objected to in the deal. 

“I wasn’t upset,” she continued later. “I’m thinking in my head, ‘everybody cool, we all cool, we family, it’s cool, it’s nice.” 

Shortly after her request, the family reportedly began feuding. 

“Soon as I said, ‘I want to renegotiate my contract,’ everything went left. It all went bad. It all went left. So now they tellin’ a b—h she can’t drop no music. It’s really just, like, a greedy game,” said Megan.

#FreeMeg? Megan Thee Stallion Says Her Label Won’t Let Her Release New Music
NEWARK, NEW JERSEY – AUGUST 26: Megan Thee Stallion attends the 2019 MTV Video Music Awards at Prudential Center on August 26, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic)


She also refuted claims that her label “made her.” 

“I been rapping,” she said. Her statements resulted in her fans using the hashtag #freemeg to show their support on social media. “I’m not a greedy person,” she added. 

“I’m not a person that likes confrontation. I’m not a person that’s a b—h. I work with everybody, and I’m nice, and I’m real family-oriented.” She said her live session was a response to reps from her former label speaking ill of her. 

“I see the s–t that camp be saying about me, and I be like, ‘Damn — since you got so much to say, why you just won’t tell ’em why you mad? You mad because I don’t want to roll over and bow down like a little b–tch and you don’t want to renegotiate my contract.”

Megan ended her live session with the assertion that she would be just fine because of her faith in God before taking one last dig at 1501. “It be ya own people,” she said. 

TOPICS:  1501 meg Meg Thee Stallion
COMPANY INFORMATION
  • Our Company
  • Customer Service
  • Essence Ventures
  • Change Your Address
  • Contact Us
  • Job Opportunities
  • Internships
  • Media Kit
  • tag
SUBSCRIBE
  • Newsletters
  • Give a Gift of ESSENCE
  • Magazine Tablet Edition
FOLLOW US
MORE ON ESSENCE
  • Home
  • Love
  • Celebrity
  • Beauty
  • Hair
  • Fashion
  • ESSENCE festival

ESSENCE.com is part of ESSENCE Communications, Inc.

Essence may receive compensation for some links to products and services on this website. Offers may be subject to change without notice.

©2023 ESSENCE Communications Inc. All Rights Reserved. | Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Essence.com Advertising Terms

Get The ESSENCE Newsletter and
Special Offers delivered to your inbox

By clicking Sign Up, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.

Get The ESSENCE Magazine
by subscribing below
subscribe now