The rapper played clips of speeches from Malcolm X - “The most disrespected, unprotected, neglected person in America is the Black woman” - and contemporary activist Tamika Mallory. Most recently, she commanded the “Saturday Night Live” stage with a powerful performance emphasizing America’s failure to defend Black women like Breonna Taylor. 1 singles in 2020 - a remix of her single “Savage,” with a guest turn from Beyoncé, and her collaboration with Cardi B, “WAP.” The latter - a lively and X-rated ode to female sexuality - earned more than 240 million views on YouTube for its racy, star-packed video, and 350 million plays on Spotify. She’s also a force on the pop charts, with two No. Hailing from Houston, the emcee made her name for brash, technically exacting rapping and preternatural self-confidence (the widely memed phrase “Hot Girl Summer” came from her). Stallion is one of the most influential and popular rappers to emerge in the last few years. County prosecutors on July 24 received a felony assault with a firearm investigation from the LAPD but sent it back for further investigation. Video from the scene showed Lanez and Stallion limping barefoot. Lanez was arrested on suspicion of possession of a concealed weapon after the vehicle he was in was stopped by the LAPD.
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Initially, she told officials she thought it was a glass cut, not realizing the nature of the wound. She also said she wanted to spare Lanez the trouble and did not explain how she was injured. “I didn’t tell the police nothing because I didn’t want us to get in no more trouble,” she said in the video, explaining that she feared being shot by the police if they heard of a gun in the vehicle. Stallion acknowledged that when police first responded to a report of a shooting and found the two recording artists outside an SUV, she did not tell officers she had been shot because she was afraid of the legal repercussions and afraid for her safety. You shot me, and you got your publicist and your people going to these blogs lying,” the 25-year-old rapper said. Stallion said it was time for Lanez to admit to shooting her. But in August, she took to her Instagram Live account to accuse the fellow hip-hop artist.
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Stallion did not initially identify Lanez as the person who shot her after a night of partying.