MULTIPLATINUM SELLING RAPPER AND SONGWRITER HAILING FROM

HOUSETON, WE ARE SO HAPPY AND HONORED TO HAVE HER HERE WITH US

IN THE STUDIO, WELCOME THE DIVINE, THE SING YOU LAR MEGAN

THEE STALLION, EVERYBODY.

♪.

>> HOW ARE YOU?

>> I'M GOOD, HOW ARE YOU.

>> James: I AM GOOD, I FEEL SO, I'M SO THRILLED TO MEET YOU.

I'M SUCH A FAN, I AM SO HAPPY YOU ARE HERE.

BECAUSE I THINK, I DON'T THINK ANYBODY HAS HAD A BETTER 2020

THAN YOU.

YOU HAVE HAD THE MOST PHENOMENAL YEAR AND CONGRATULATIONS ON

EVERYTHING THAT IS HAPPENING IN YOUR LIFE.

IT IS EXTRAORDINARY.

LIKE FOUR GRAMMYS, BEST NEW ARTIST, RECORD OF THE YEAR FOR

THE SAFFAGE, I MEAN ARE YOU TAKING ALL OF THIS IN?

IT IS AN INCREDIBLE YEAR.

>> LITERALLY EVERY TIME SOMETHING HAPPENED TO ME I AM

ALWAYS IN SHOCK.

I'M LIKE WHO ME?

MEKAN.

AND I CALL MY GRANDMA, GRANDMA, GUESS WHAT, LIKE WHEN YOU GOT

THE GRAMMY NOMINATIONS, I'M LIKE NINI I GOT NOMINATED FOR FOUR

GRAMMYS.

SHE IS LIKE, WELL, DID YOU WIN?

I'M LIKE GIRL, NO SLARM.

>> James: A REAL WAY TO SUCK THE AIR OUT OF THE MOMENT.

>> I WAS SO EXCITED.

SHE IS LIKE CALL ME WHEN YOU WON.

>> James: YOU HAVE BEEN, I DON'T KNOW IF PEOPLE KNOW THIS,

YOU HAVE BEEN MAKING MUSIC SINCE A YOUNG AGE.

LIKE WHAT WAS THE YOUNG MEGAN THEE STALLION, WHAT WERE YOU

WRITING ABOUT?

YOU CAN REMEMBER THE FIRST RAPS THAT YOU WROTE?

>> YOU KNOW, I PROBABLY WAS RAPPING ABOUT MY TOYS AT LIKE

SEVEN.

BUT WHEN I GOT 150, I KNOW I WAS DOING A LOT OF COURSING.

I JUST CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT THE CONTENT WAS.

BUT I WAS DEFINITELY SHY ABOUT TELLING MY MOM I COULD RAP.

I DIDN'T WANT TO TELL MY GRANDMA.

I DIDN'T WANT TO TELL MY FRIENDS.

BUT WHEN I GOT TO COLLEGE, I WAS LIKE YOU KNOW WHAT, I CAN BE

WHOEVER I SAY I AM AT THIS SCHOOL.

SO I WENT TO THIS COLLEGE AND I'M LIKE I'M MEGAN THEE STALLION

AND CAN I RAP, AND EVERYBODY IS LIKE YEP, THAT'S MEGAN AND SHE

IS RAP.

>> James: EVEN THEN AT COLLEGE YOU JUST WANT STRAIGHT IN.

>> I WENT TO COLLEGE AND AT EVERY PARTY I WAS RAPPING, I

WOULD BE IN MY DORM ROOM RAPPING AND MY FRIEND WAS RECORD ME AND

PUTTING IT ON YOUTUBE, ANY OPPORTUNITY TO RAP I WAS DOING

IT.

>> James: THAT IS WHERE I WENT WRONG.

THAT IS I THINK IS WHY JAMES THE STALLION NEVER BECAME A THING AM

I KEPT IT TOO QUIET.

I KEPT MY-- MY.

>> KEPT YSH RHYMES LOW KEY.

>> James: I KEPT THEM ALL IN MY LOCKERMENT I DIDN'T KNOW THIS

ABOUT YOU, AND I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE DO BUT I DIDN'T KNOW YOU

ARE A HUGE FAN OF HORROR.

>> YES.

>> James: HOW DEEP DOES THIS PASSION FOR HORROR GO?

>> EVER SINCE I WAS YOUNG, IF I WASN'T RAPPING I WAS SCARING THE

HECK OUT OF MYSELF.

BUT I LOVE SCARY MOVIES.

MY FAVORITE SCARY MOVIE HAS TO BE EVIL DEAD, THE ONE FROM LIKE

THE 80S, THE TWO FROM THE '80S.

AND I LIKE THE 2,000 VERSION.

BUT I JUST REALLY FEEL LIKE-- I CAN'T OF LIKE ANTIHEROES TOO,

LIKE VENOM T IS LIKE OKAY, I'M SAVING THE WORLD BUT I'M ONLY

SAVING IT BECAUSE I LIVE HERE TOO.

YOU KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING, HE SAY HERO BUT HE HAS TO CURSE YOU

OUT.

I LIKE TO HE NO THE STORY BEHIND THE BAD GUY.

WHY IS HE EVIL.

YOU ARE A DEMON, BUT WHERE DID YOU COME FROM, LIKE WHY ARE YOU

HERE KILLING EVERYBODY.

>> James: I GET IT I GET IT.

>> YEAH, SO I GUESS I JUST LIKE TO HEAR PEOPLE'S STORIES, MAYBE

THAT IS WHERE THAT COMES FROM.

>> James: I GET THAT, I LOVE THAT.

THE PEOPLE BEHIND THE VILLAIN BUT SCARY MOVIES, I'M OUT.

I CAN'T DO IT, I GENUINELY CAN'T WATCH A HORROR FILM.

>> I FEEL LIKE I CAN PREDICT WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN IN EVERY

OTHER MOVIE.

>> James: I KNOW WHAT ARE HAPPEN TO ME, I WILL TURN IT OFF

AND WATCH LOVE ACTUALLY AND LEAVE HAPPILY.

NOW YOU ARE BEING HONORED ON TOP OF EVERYTHING ELSE THAT IS

HAPPENED THIS YEAR YOU ARE BEING HONORED AS BREAKOUT ARTIST OF

THE YEAR AT THE APPLE MUSIC AWARDS.

AN INCREDIBLE ACCOMPLISHMENT.

WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO YOU.

>> LIKE I SAID EARLIER, EVERY TIME SOMETHING HAPPENS TO ME, I

AM LIKE WHO ME.

I MAKE MUSIC THAT MAKES ME HAPPY.

AND I LIKE MUSIC THAT MAKES ME FEEL GOOD.

I LIKE IT WHEN I CAN LISTEN TO A SONG THAT MAYBE CAME OUT FIVE

YEARS AGO AND I'M REMEMBERING OH MY GOSH, I WAS DOING THIS,

WEARING THIS SHIRT.

AND THIS BOY MADE ME FEEL LIKE.

THIS YOU KNOW WHAT I AM SAYING.

I LIKE TO FEEL GOOD THINKING BACK ON THE MEMORY THAT SONGS

MADE ME FEEL LIKE.

SO JUST TO KNOW THAT MY MUSIC IS MAKING THAT TYPE OF IMPACT ON

OTHER PEOPLE, I'M LIKE, IT IS NOT REALLY MY TURN, AM I, Y'ALL

REALLY BE LIKING ME.

>> James: I DON'T THINK PEOPLE REALLY UNDERSTAND OR EVER BE

ABLE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE LEVEL OF WORK AND THE LEVEL OF COMMITMENT

AND THE LEVEL OF TIME AND EFFORT THAT YOU PUT INTO ALL OF THE

MUSIC, THAT IS BEING SO RICHLY REWARDED RIGHT NOW.

YOU PUT TOGETHER, I HAVE TO SAY, THE MOST WONDERFUL PERFORMANCE

HERE AT THE SHOW.

IT IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE, EVER SINCE WE HAVE BEEN IN LOCKDOWN,

ONE OF MY FAVORITE PERFORMANCES THAT WE HAVE, THAT COMES WITH

THE SHOW.

WILL YOU GET TO ENJOY NOW HERE PERFORMING A MEDLEY OF SAFFAGE

OFF HER BRILLIANT ALBUM.

GOOD NEWS, AN INCREDIBLE PERFORM ARNS OF MEGAN THEE STALLION.

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ YEAH, I'M THE HOOD MONA LISA

♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ YEAH, I'M THE HOOD MONA LISA

BREAK A ( BLEEP ) INTO PIECES ♪ HAD TO X SOME CHEESY ( BLEEP )

OUT MY CIRCLE LIKE A PIZZA ♪ I'M WAY TOO EXCLUSIVE

I DON'T SHOP ON INSTA' BOUTIQUES ♪ ALL THEM LIL' ( BLEEP )

CLOTHES ONLY FIT FAKE BOOTIES ♪ BAD BAD ( BLEEP )

( BLEEP ) ♪ THAT'S MY TRASH

YOU THE MAID, SO YOU BAGGED HIM ♪ AH, I'M A SAVAGE, YEAH

CLASSY, BOUGIE, RATCHET, YEAH ♪ SASSY, MOODY, NASTY

HEY, HEY YEAH ♪ ACTING STUPID

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

♪ WHAT'S HAPPENING?

I'M A SAVAGE, YEAH ♪ CLASSY, BOUGIE, RATCHET, YEAH

SASSY, MOODY, NASTY ♪ ACTING STUPID

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

♪ I'M A SAVAGE, YEAH CLASSY, BOUGIE, RATCHET, YEAH

♪ SASSY, MOODY, NASTY HEY, HEY YEAH

♪ ACTING STUPID WHAT'S HAPPENING?

♪ WHAT'S UP?

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

♪ WHAT'S UP?

♪ WHAT'S UP?

♪ LET'S PLAY A GAME SIMON SAYS I'M STILL THAT

♪ ( BLEEP ) I'M STILL THAT ( BLEEP ), YEAH

♪ I'M A SAVAGE, YEAH CLASSY, BOUGIE, RATCHET, YEAH

♪ SASSY, MOODY, NASTY HEY, HEY YEAH

♪ ACTING STUPID WHAT'S HAPPENING?

♪ WHAT'S UP?

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

♪ WHAT'S UP?

I'M A SAVAGE, YEAH ♪ CLASSY, BOUGIE, RATCHET, YEAH

SASSY, MOODY, NASTY ♪ ACTING STUPID

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

♪ WHAT'S HAPPENING?

WHAT'S UP?

I'M A SAVAGE, YEAH ♪ CLASSY, BOUGIE, RATCHET, YEAH

SASSY, MOODY, NASTY ♪ ACTING STUPID

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

♪ WHAT'S HAPPENING?

♪ BODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY- ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY

♪ BODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY- ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY

♪ REAL HOT GIRL ( BLEEP ) AND IF THE BEAT LIVE

♪ YOU KNOW LIL JU MADE IT BODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY

♪ ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY ♪ BODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-

ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY ♪ BODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-

ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY ♪ BODY CRAZY

CURVY, WAVY ♪ BIG ( BLEEP ), LIL' WAIST

BODY CRAZY ♪ CURVY, WAVY

BIG ( BLEEP ), LIL' WAIST ♪ BODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-

ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY ♪ LOOK AT HOW I BODIED THAT

( BLEEP ) AND GAVE IT BACK ♪ YEAH, YOU LOOK GOOD

BUT THEY STILL WANNA KNOW ♪ WHERE MEGAN AT

SAUCY LIKE A BARBECUE ♪ BUT YOU WON'T GET YOUR

BABY BACK ♪ SEE ME IN THAT DRESS AND HE

FEEL LIKE HE ALMOST TASTED THAT ♪ NUM-NUM-NUM-NUM

OKAY, THREE, TWO, ONE ♪ YOU KNOW I'M THE HOTTEST

YOU AIN'T EVER GOTTA HEAT ME UP ♪ I'M PRESENT WHEN I'M ABSENT

SPEAKIN' WHEN I'M NOT THERE ♪ ALL THEM ( BLEEP ) SCARY CATS

I CALL 'EM CAROLE BASKINS, AH ♪ BODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-

ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY ♪ BODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-

ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY ♪ BODY CRAZY

CURVY, WAVY ♪ BIG ( BLEEP ), LIL' WAIST

BODY CRAZY ♪ CURVY, WAVY

BIG ( BLEEP ), LIL' WAIST ♪ BODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-

ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY-ODY (APPLAUSE).

>> James: WHAT A PERFORMANCE, MEGAN THEE STALLION, EVERYBODY,

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, CHECK OUT HER FULL

PERFORMANCE ON THE APPLE MUSIC AWARDS THIS MONDAY.