The criminal trial against producer Tory Lanez has concluded, but Megan Thee Stallion is still waiting for justice.
Megan came forward with allegations against Lanez in August 2020, accusing him of shooting her in the feet. In December 2022, a jury found Lanez guilty of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, discharging a firearm with gross negligence, and carrying a loaded unregistered firearm in a vehicle.
Lanez's sentencing was initially scheduled for January 2023, but was recently pushed back to April. If convicted, he could be facing a maximum of 22 years in prison.
Since the incident, Megan has faced online harassment, victim-blaming, and reporting with false information. In a July cover issue of Rolling Stone, the artist expressed her frustration with the vitriol she received.
"I think it’s so crazy that people are able to get online or publish anything that is not a 100 percent fact," Megan said. "That really is messing with my life. How are you able to do it and get away with it?"
Megan also shared that she believes the hostility towards her could be rooted in misogyny and colorism, as she is a successful Black woman with a a larger frame.
"I see people saying, 'Damn, I would’ve shot that b**ch too.' In some kind of way I became the villain," she continued. "And I don’t know if people don’t take it seriously because I seem strong. I wonder if it’s because of the way I look. Is it because I’m not light enough? Is it that I’m not white enough? Am I not the shape? The height? Because I’m not petite? Do I not seem like I’m worth being treated like a woman?"
The rapper said that it was difficult to heal both physically and emotionally, and that she was taking her recovery one day at a time in the face of extensive hostility.
"I’m trying every day to get through it and be good. I feel so bad because I don’t feel like anybody’s taking me seriously, but I don’t want them to see me cry. I don’t want them to know that I feel like this, because I don’t want them to feel like, 'Oh, I got you. I’m breaking you.'"
As for Lanez, Megan said: "I want him to go to jail. I want him to go under the jail."
- Cara Delevingne Is Megan Thee Stallion's Biggest Fan ›
- Megan Thee Stallion Gives Emotional Interview About Tory Lanez Shooting ›