April 29, 2022
As the Megan Thee Stallion and Tory Lanez criminal trial creeps closer, Megan stopped by CBS Mornings on April 25 to discuss the July 2020 shooting involving the Toronto rapper. Megan held back tears as she recalled the events that led up to her being shot in the foot and said immediately after she was wounded, Lanez tried to offer her $1 million dollars to keep quiet.
“He’s apologizing, like, ‘I’m so sorry. Please don’t tell nobody. I’ll give y’all a million dollars if y’all don’t say nothing,’” she said. “And I’m like, ‘What are you talking about?’ Like, ‘Why are you offering me money right now?’ Help me. Like, and if you’re sorry, just help me.”
Jonathan Wright, Megan Thee Stallion’s longtime friend and hairstylist, stopped by the Beyond The Chair podcast on Friday (April 29) and confirmed the Houston-bred rapper’s account, saying Tory Lanez did offer her hush money while claiming he got in touch with him as well.
“The n-gga DM’ed me!” he said when asked about Lanez allegedly trying to buy Megan’s silence. “I’m like, ‘Yo, you went the wrong way!'”
Wright also recalled his initial reaction to the news of the shooting, while threatening to beat Tory Lanez up if he runs into him.
“I wanted to go beat Tory ass,” he said. “I wanted to go beat Tory ass and it’s still — oh, if he run up, it’s done up.”