Megan Thee Stallion has gone fully independent. Amid the background of a legal battle with her former record label 1501 Certified Entertainment, the rapper said on a recent Instagram Live that she’s bankrolling all her projects as of right now.
As Billboard pointed out, Megan excitingly revealed the news on October 12, sharing that it’s a new chapter and that it’s all coming directly from “Megan Thee Stallion’s brain and Megan Thee Stallion’s wallet.”
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“This part of my album is very much so funded by Megan Thee Stallion because weโre trying to get off,” she said. “Yโall know whatโs the tea. But I have no label right now. Weโre doing everything funded straight out of Megan Thee Stallionโs pockets. So, the budget is coming from me. Motherfucking Hot Girl Productions!”
“The next shit yโall about to see is all straight from Megan Thee Stallionโs brain and Megan Thee Stallionโs wallet,” she continued. “We are in my pockets, hotties, so letโs do our big one.”
All that said, Megan said the long-term plan does include getting back on a different label โ but not anytime in the near future: “Itโs really just me this go around until we sign to a new label. But I donโt want to sign to a new label right now because I just want to do it myself.”
Recently, she released the track “Out Alpha the Alpha,” featured on the album supporting the new musical comedy film Dicks: The Musical from distributor A24.
The three-time Grammy-winning artist brings her usual bravado and swagger to the track. She also stars in the film as Gloria Masters, the CEO of the company in which filmโs main characters, played by Josh Sharp and Aaron Jackson, work.
Megan is also lending her voice talents to this newest season of Netflixโs animated show Big Mouth.
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