Megan Thee Stallion says her record label won’t let her release new music after contract drama

She launched a popular meme a scored a platinum hit with her phrase ‘hot girl summer.’

Now Megan Thee Stallion’s momentum seems to be slowing down after she claimed her record label, 1501, won’t allow her to drop any new music.

The 25-year-old rapper said in an Instagram Live video on Sunday that they put the kibosh on new music after she asked to renegotiate portions of her contract.

According to Megan, the problem arose with her contract, which she signed five years ago.

‘When I signed, I didn’t really know what was in my contract. I was young, I think I was, like, 20,’ she said. 

‘So when I got with Roc Nation [an entertainment and management company founded by Jay-Z], I got management, real management.

‘I got real lawyers, and they were like, “Do you know that this is in your contract?” And I was like, “Oh d***, that’s crazy, no I didn’t know.”‘ 

The All Dat rapper didn’t specify exactly what was objectionable about her contract, but presumably 1501 inserted language that would decrease her compensation or creative freedom.

‘I’m not mad at 1501,’ clarified Megan. ‘I wasn’t upset.’

Still, she wanted to adjust the contract to remove the problematic clauses, but that seems to have soured her relationship with the label.

‘As soon as I said I wanna renegotiate my contract, everything went left. It just went all bad,’ she said.

‘So now they’re telling a b***** she can’t drop no music. It’s really just, like, a greedy game.’

The songwriter also clarified in her video that she wasn’t trying to leave the label, just just wanted a more equitable contract.

‘I’m not a greedy person. I’m not a person that likes confrontation,’ she said, adding ‘I’m nice and I’m real family-oriented.’

Carl Crawford, the co-founder of 1501 and a former major league baseball star, seemed to reference the situation and shade Megan in a photo with music executive J. Prince posted to his Instagram on Sunday.

‘At a time when loyalty is at an all time low it’s nice to be link with @jprincerespect who is steady teaching me how to move in this cutthroat industry. And I know that terrifies some especially the ones who double cross me✊ #Paybacksab**** #1501 #mobties.’

Megan originally teased the situation Sunday on Twitter after a fan tweeted that they wanted new music.

She also shared the hashtags ‘FREEMEG’ and ‘FREETHEESTALLION’ later in the day.

After a Twitter user accused her of not reading her initial contract, she clapped back with a clarification.

‘It’s not that I literally didn’t read it it’s that I didn’t understand some of the the verbiage at the time and now that I do I just wanted it corrected.’

Earlier this month, it was revealed that the rapper would have one of her highest-profile placements to date when she appears on the cover of Rolling Stone.

Megan will grace the March 3 cover with two other rising stars: Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter SZA and pop singer and former Fifth Harmony member Normani.

For the edgy cover, Megan grabbed her prominent bust while slipping her curvy figure into a BDSM-inspired outfit with crisscrossing straps and thigh-high leather boots covered in metal studs.