Megan Thee Stallion Praises Her Late Mom as the 'Coldest Rapper Ever': 'She Was Really the One'

• Megan Thee Stallion discussed where she got her rapping skills during a July 1 appearance on Club Shay Shay podcast
• The rap star cited his late mother Holly Thomas, a former rapper, as his biggest influence growing up
• Thomas, who was also Megan’s manager, died of brain cancer in March 2019

Long before Megan Thee Stallion was performing bar-for-bar freestyles against her male counterparts, the hip-hop star was honing her skills with her rapper mom.

During the July 1 episode of Shannon Sharpe Club Shay Shay podcast, the Grammy winner, 29, revealed where she gets her rapping talent from, pointing to her late mother, Holly Thomas, as the source.

“Me and my mom went back and forth,” Megan said of Thomas, who went by the stage name Holly-Wood. “She was really real and I just wanted to beat her, I wanted to impress her and I thought she was just the coolest female rapper ever.”

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The “Boa” rapper also recalled the close mother-daughter relationship with Thomas, who died of brain cancer in March 2019, saying, “My mom was my best friend.”

“It used to be really just me, her and my dad before he died,” added Megan, whose father died when she was just 15 and a freshman in high school. “I didn’t care about having a bunch of friends and stuff because – and I was a very friendly kid – but I was an only child. So I loved being around my mom.”

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When asked what rap artists she listened to growing up, Megan doubled down on her mother’s strong influence, saying, “I used to want to be just like [her]” because “she was a rapper.” The “Cobra” artist also mentioned that Lil’ Kim was her mother’s “favorite rapper” and recalled that they met her when she was young.

“She put me on Biggie before she put me on Lil’ Kim, and I used to love Biggie so much. I still love Biggie,” Megan said. “But she said, ‘If you like Biggie, I’ve got something for you that’s going to … turn you on.'”

The “Hiss” singer added: “Then she started playing Kim to me, and I was like, what is this? So I was definitely into Kim early on, but my mom was definitely my favorite.”

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Before Megan became a global rap star, her mother was involved in music from 2001 to 2007 and later became her daughter’s manager. Speaking with Sup In 2019, the “WAP” artist recalled spending afternoons in the studio watching her mom record songs while her curious mind contemplated a future music career.

“My mom is the first female rapper I know,” she said. “I’m like, ‘Okay, yeah, this is normal. Everybody’s doing this.’”

And while Thomas thought her daughter was busy coloring or watching TV, the “Savage” musician revealed, “Really, I was at the door, thinking, Yeah, uh-huh, I’m going to do it too.”

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In May 2020, a year after her mom died, Megan paid tribute to Thomas on Instagram with a touching caption that read: “Happy Birthday Mom 💛💛💛 I miss you everyday!”

In a since-deleted post, which included a throwback photo of Thomas, the rapper added: “I know you’re watching over me, rooting for me and keeping me alive. You’re not physically here to tell me what to do so I I was trying to figure it out, remembering all the advice and lessons you taught me before.”

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