♪ ♪ ♪ >> Stephen: WELCOME BACK,
EVERYBODY.
MY NEXT GUEST IS A RAPPER YOU KNOW FROM HER CHART-TOPPING HITS
"SAVAGE," "BODY," AND "HOT GIRL SUMMER."
PLEASE WELCOME MEGAN THEE STALLION!
HEY, MEGHAN, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.
>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.
>> Stephen: THIS IS A HUGE, HUGE YEAR FOR YOU.
YOU HAVE NAMED-- HERE WE GO-- HOLD ON-- ONE OF "TIME'S" 100
MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE.
THAT'S A HELL OF A COVER RIGHT THERE.
"G.Q.'S" RAPPER OF THE YEAR.
AND YOU ARE THE FIRST WOMAN WITH THREE STREAMING NUMBER-ONE SONGS
IN ONE YEAR.
PLUS NOMINATED FOR FOUR GRAMMYS.
ARE YOU TAKING A MOMENT TO ENJOY THIS?
>> ( SIGHS )
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I DON'T THINK IT REALLY STILL HASN'T EVEN HIT ME YET.
EVERY TIME SOMEBODY TELLS ME SOMETHING, GUESS WHAT YOU?
GUESS WHAT YOU HAVE?
I'M LIKE WHO?
ME?
THANK YOU.
WHEN I TALK TO MY GRANDMA SHE MAKES ME FEEL LIKE, "YOU'RE
DOING A GOOD JOB."
MY GRANDMA SAID I'M DOING GOOD SO I MUST BE DOING SOMETHING
RIGHT.
>> Stephen: YOUR ALBUM YOU RELEASED IS CALLED "GOOD NEWS,"
RELEASED LAST MONTH.
"GOOD NEWS" HAS BEEN IN SHORT SUPPLY THIS YEAR.
WHY DID YOU WANT TO NAME IT "GOOD NEWS"?
>> BECAUSE I FELT LIKE EVERY TIME I GOT ON THE INTERNET OR
ANYTHING I SAW ON TV, IT WAS JUST BAD NEWS LEFT AND RIGHT.
LIKE 2020 HAS BEEN SUCH AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER.
I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT?
I WANT TO GET ONLINE ON MY PHONE AND SEE GOOD NEWS IS TRENDING.
GOOD NEWS IS NUMBER ONE.
GOOD NEWS IS EVERYWHERE.
AND IT'S COMING FROM MEGAN THEE STALLION.
I FELT LIKE THAT WOULD BE A GREAT NAME FOR SOME AGREEMENT
MUSIC.
>> Stephen: AT THE BEGINNING OF THE QUARANTINE, YOU HAVE BEEN
HUGE FOR PEOPLE DURING QUARANTINE.
PEOPLE LOVE DANCING ALONG TO YOUR MUSIC, ESPECIALLY ON
TIKTOK.
OF COURSE, "SAVAGE" WAS A WORLD-WIDE PHENOMENON.
IN APRIL YOU REMIXED IT WITH BEYONCE.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: YOU'RE BOTH FROM HOUSTON.
I KNOW THAT YOU'RE A FAN.
DID YOU EVER IMAGINE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE HER ON SPEED DIAL?
>> OH, MY GOD, NO.
I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I EVER SAW DESTINY'S CHILD IN CONCERT,
AT THE AT THE RODEO, AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING.
AND I REMEMBER BEING A LITTLE KID LIKE, "WOW!
I WANT TO DO THIS ONE DAY" AND JUST BEING FROM HOUSTON, YOU
HAVE TO KNOW WHAT BEYONCE JUST MEANS TO US.
SHE'S-- SO BEING ABLE TO JUST SPEAK TO BEYONCE NOW, I'M LIKE,
GIRL.
PAT ON THE BACK.
THIS IS GREAT.
>> Stephen: NOW, YOU'VE ALSO BECOME FRIENDS WITH JAYZ.
AND THEY BOTH GIVE YOU ADVICE.
WHO GIVES YOU BETTER ADVICE, BEYONCE ON JAY-Z?
>> I WOULD SAY JAY"Z" GIVES THE FUN ADVICE.
>> Stephen: WHAT'S THE FUN ADVICE?
>> SAY IF I'M HAVING A BAD DAY, HE'LL BE LIKE, YOU NEED TO BE
SOMEWHERE DRIVING A BOAT.
TURN UP, HAVE A GOOD TIME.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.
HE GIVES ME LIKE THE MORE HOT GIRL ADVICE.
>> Stephen: WHAT KIND OF ADVICE DOES BEYONCE GIVE YOU?
>> BEYONCE IS LIKE, "LOOK, QUEEN, JUST RISE ABOVE."
SHE'S VERY-- SHE SAYS IT IN A NICER WAY, AND JAY-Z GIVES IT TO
ME THE OTHER WAY.
>> Stephen: YOU MADE SOMETHING OF A SPLASH S THIS FALL WITH WAP
DECLARED SONG OF THE YEAR BY "ROLLING STONE" AND "PITCH
FORK."
BUT BECAUSE OF THE EXPLICIT NATURE OF THIS SONG, YOU HAVE
GOTTEN SOME HEAT FROM SOME CULTURAL CONSERVATIVES.
HOW DID YOU DEAL WITH THAT HOSTILITY?
>> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CARDI, FOR EVEN
PUTTING ME ON THE SONG.
BUT, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS REALLY, LIKE, A LITTLE
WEIRD.
I KNOW THE REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN HAVING A BAD YEAR.
AND THEY PROBABLY NEEDED TO TAKE THEIR FRUSTRATION OUT SOMEWHERE.
BUT I WANT TO TELL THEM THANK YOU FOR THE STREAMS, BECAUSE
WITHOUT YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE.
BUT, NO, I MEAN, THEM PEOPLE ARE CRAZY.
( LAUGHS ).
>> Stephen: I WOULD LIKE THAT ENGRAVED ON A CARD JUST TO HAND
OUT TO PEOPLE-- "THEM PEOPLE CRAZY."
>> THEM PEOPLE CRAZY.
YEAH, THANK YOU FOR STREAMING.
WAP.
EVERYBODY STILL LISTENING TO IT NOW.
>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK.
STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY.
WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL ASK MEGAN ABOUT THE BODY ODY
CHALLENGE.