The 26-year-old Houston rapper’s lockdown has been slightly more fruitful than ours: single ‘Savage’ (later remixed featuring Beyoncé) dropped days before the world shut down and inspired millions to undertake the #Savagedancechallenge in their living rooms for TikTok glory. Having taken on the pandemic, she set about dismantling the patriarchy, teaming up with Cardi B for the sexually-charged ‘WAP’. With almost 25 million followers on Instagram (the platform on which she was discovered), streams in the tens of millions for every song, and a legion of committed fans (nicknamed ‘the Hotties’), Megan has segued from fame to mega-stardom in the past year.
Here, in an intimate conversation with broadcaster and cultural curator Julie Adenuga, we go deep with the first lady of rap.
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