Megan Thee Stallion Went Full Freedom-Fighting Road Warrior In Her BET Awards Medley

Megan Thee Stallion's "quarantine girl summer" is turning out to be the hottest season of all. The Houston rapper had her first No. 1 single, and also a EP reach the best 10. It was all capped on Sunday (June 28), any time as soon as she delivered a sexy (and political) efficiency for the socially distant BET Awards.


Megan's pre-recorded efficiency started with her newest single, "Girls in the Hood," which released on Friday (June 26). She appeared out of a Mad Max fantasy: Rolling up in a desert scene on the back of a stripped-down motorbike, she wore knee-high lace-up boots and a S&M bralette decked out with silver O-rings; her shoulders were covered with red and black feathers, while her long hair streamed beyond. Because the lyrics to her newest single suggest: "I'm a hot girl / I do hot shit / Spend his revenue / On my outfit."


While lonesome oil cans sat in the background and graffiti-kissed train cars whizzed by, Megan and her crew of dancing, road-warrior vixens finished the song, then hopped onto skull-decorated four-wheelers, resetting the scene. The rapper segued into her hit single, "Savage."


Standing atop a structure of metal bars and flimsy netting, Megan twerked before a Black fist, while a sign at the structure's base read, "Black Lives Matter." Though Beyoncé, whose addition made the "Savage" remix a breakout hit, didn't join the efficiency itself, her disembodied voice sang its part. Megan finished out the efficiency ghost-riding a deconstructed sports bar, which appeared as a metallic peacock driven by a masked chauffeur. The full efficiency read as some afrofuturist apocalypse; the revolution was already here, and in this landscape, freedom and music reign.


Prior to taking the stage, Megan accepted the award for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist. She is also up for best teamwork, video of the year, album of the year, and viewer's choice award; she tied Roddy Wealthy for second-most nominations, with five nods, trailing Drake, with six.