Megan Thee Stallion has become a renowned mental health advocate by opening up about her personal struggles on her path to stardom.
The Houston rapper sat down with actress Taraji P. Henson at the Boris Lawrence Henson Foundation’s inaugural I Am the Table Benefit Brunch in Maryland on Sunday (Oct. 12), where Megan got emotional recalling her journey and the moment she realized she needed therapy.
“Through all of that grief, I was just working and trying to be the best Megan I could be,” she said while getting choked up. “And I didn’t know I needed therapy until one day, I was just like, ‘Damn, I’m really sad, and it’s really scary how sad I am.’ And it was like, I didn’t care what happened to me. And I didn’t want to feel like that, like I should care about my life.”
Megan’s mother, Holly Thomas, passed away in 2019 from a brain tumor. Not long after, she endured the trauma that came with being shot by Tory Lanez in July 2020, which was followed by a lengthy and intense trial with plenty of social media scrutiny (Lanez was sentenced to a decade behind bars).
The LGBTQ nonprofit the Trevor Project honored Megan Thee Stallion with the 2025 Mental Health Champion award. “I’m honored to receive this year’s Mental Health Champion award from The Trevor Project,” Megan wrote in a statement. “My goal has always been to use my platform to help break stigmas around mental health and provide resources for those seeking safe spaces to have honest and heartfelt conversations.”
The three-time Billboard Hot 100-topping rapper launched the Bad B—hes Have Bad Days Too wellness website in 2022, which provided mental health resources, crisis hotlines and therapy contacts for youth. She also contributed to the Seize the Awkward campaign in 2023, which focused on breaking the stigma surrounding mental health.