Megan Thee Stallion Completes Her World Domination With 'Good News'

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Megan Thee Stallion performs at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on September 02, 2020 in Morrison, Colorado. Rich Fury/Getty Images for Visible hide caption

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Megan Thee Stallion performs at Red Rocks Amphitheatre on September 02, 2020 in Morrison, Colorado.

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Rapper Megan Thee Stallion has had a massive year. Her song with Cardi B, "WAP," topped the Billboard Hot 100 — as did, of course, her remix of "Savage" with Beyoncé. On Friday, Megan Thee Stallion dropped her first official full-length album, called Good News. It's stuffed with explicit sex and raunchy confidence, with features from fellow stars like SZA, Young Thug, 2 Chainz and Da Baby. But it also opens with "Shots Fired," in which Meg bluntly addresses the July shooting that led to bullet wounds in her feet and the arrest of rapper Tory Lanez.

Show Notes:

• Read Kiana's profile of Megan Thee Stallion for Paper Magazine.
• Read Taylor's essay, "Women in Hip-Hop Cannot Thrive While Misogynoir Exists," in Harper's Bazaar.
• Read the NPR Music series The South Got Something To Say: A Celebration Of Southern Rap.
• Watch Megan Thee Stallion's 2019 Tiny Desk concert.

The audio was produced by Mike Katzif and edited by Jessica Reedy.