EVERYBODY.

MY NEXT GUEST IS A RAPPER YOU KNOW FROM HER CHART-TOPPING HITS

"SAVAGE," "BODY," AND "HOT GIRL SUMMER."

PLEASE WELCOME MEGAN THEE STALLION!

HEY, MEGHAN, THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE.

>> THANKS FOR HAVING ME.

>> Stephen: THIS IS A HUGE, HUGE YEAR FOR YOU.

YOU HAVE NAMED-- HERE WE GO-- HOLD ON-- ONE OF "TIME'S" 100

MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE.

THAT'S A HELL OF A COVER RIGHT THERE.

"G.Q.'S" RAPPER OF THE YEAR.

AND YOU ARE THE FIRST WOMAN WITH THREE STREAMING NUMBER-ONE SONGS

IN ONE YEAR.

PLUS NOMINATED FOR FOUR GRAMMYS.

ARE YOU TAKING A MOMENT TO ENJOY THIS?

>> ( SIGHS )

YOU KNOW WHAT?

I DON'T THINK IT REALLY STILL HASN'T EVEN HIT ME YET.

EVERY TIME SOMEBODY TELLS ME SOMETHING, GUESS WHAT YOU?

GUESS WHAT YOU HAVE?

I'M LIKE WHO?

ME?

THANK YOU.

WHEN I TALK TO MY GRANDMA SHE MAKES ME FEEL LIKE, "YOU'RE

DOING A GOOD JOB."

MY GRANDMA SAID I'M DOING GOOD SO I MUST BE DOING SOMETHING

RIGHT.

>> Stephen: YOUR ALBUM YOU RELEASED IS CALLED "GOOD NEWS,"

RELEASED LAST MONTH.

"GOOD NEWS" HAS BEEN IN SHORT SUPPLY THIS YEAR.

WHY DID YOU WANT TO NAME IT "GOOD NEWS"?

>> BECAUSE I FELT LIKE EVERY TIME I GOT ON THE INTERNET OR

ANYTHING I SAW ON TV, IT WAS JUST BAD NEWS LEFT AND RIGHT.

LIKE 2020 HAS BEEN SUCH AN EMOTIONAL ROLLER COASTER.

I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, WHAT?

I WANT TO GET ONLINE ON MY PHONE AND SEE GOOD NEWS IS TRENDING.

GOOD NEWS IS NUMBER ONE.

GOOD NEWS IS EVERYWHERE.

AND IT'S COMING FROM MEGAN THEE STALLION.

I FELT LIKE THAT WOULD BE A GREAT NAME FOR SOME AGREEMENT

MUSIC.

>> Stephen: AT THE BEGINNING OF THE QUARANTINE, YOU HAVE BEEN

HUGE FOR PEOPLE DURING QUARANTINE.

PEOPLE LOVE DANCING ALONG TO YOUR MUSIC, ESPECIALLY ON

TIKTOK.

OF COURSE, "SAVAGE" WAS A WORLD-WIDE PHENOMENON.

IN APRIL YOU REMIXED IT WITH BEYONCE.

>> YES.

>> Stephen: YOU'RE BOTH FROM HOUSTON.

I KNOW THAT YOU'RE A FAN.

DID YOU EVER IMAGINE THAT YOU WOULD HAVE HER ON SPEED DIAL?

>> OH, MY GOD, NO.

I REMEMBER THE FIRST TIME I EVER SAW DESTINY'S CHILD IN CONCERT,

AT THE AT THE RODEO, AND IT WAS JUST AMAZING.

AND I REMEMBER BEING A LITTLE KID LIKE, "WOW!

I WANT TO DO THIS ONE DAY" AND JUST BEING FROM HOUSTON, YOU

HAVE TO KNOW WHAT BEYONCE JUST MEANS TO US.

SHE'S-- SO BEING ABLE TO JUST SPEAK TO BEYONCE NOW, I'M LIKE,

GIRL.

PAT ON THE BACK.

THIS IS GREAT.

>> Stephen: NOW, YOU'VE ALSO BECOME FRIENDS WITH JAYZ.

AND THEY BOTH GIVE YOU ADVICE.

WHO GIVES YOU BETTER ADVICE, BEYONCE ON JAY-Z?

>> I WOULD SAY JAY"Z" GIVES THE FUN ADVICE.

>> Stephen: WHAT'S THE FUN ADVICE?

>> SAY IF I'M HAVING A BAD DAY, HE'LL BE LIKE, YOU NEED TO BE

SOMEWHERE DRIVING A BOAT.

TURN UP, HAVE A GOOD TIME.

YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING.

HE GIVES ME LIKE THE MORE HOT GIRL ADVICE.

>> Stephen: WHAT KIND OF ADVICE DOES BEYONCE GIVE YOU?

>> BEYONCE IS LIKE, "LOOK, QUEEN, JUST RISE ABOVE."

SHE'S VERY-- SHE SAYS IT IN A NICER WAY, AND JAY-Z GIVES IT TO

ME THE OTHER WAY.

>> Stephen: YOU MADE SOMETHING OF A SPLASH S THIS FALL WITH WAP

DECLARED SONG OF THE YEAR BY "ROLLING STONE" AND "PITCH

FORK."

BUT BECAUSE OF THE EXPLICIT NATURE OF THIS SONG, YOU HAVE

GOTTEN SOME HEAT FROM SOME CULTURAL CONSERVATIVES.

HOW DID YOU DEAL WITH THAT HOSTILITY?

>> FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO CARDI, FOR EVEN

PUTTING ME ON THE SONG.

BUT, I MEAN, I FEEL LIKE THAT WAS REALLY, LIKE, A LITTLE

WEIRD.

I KNOW THE REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN HAVING A BAD YEAR.

AND THEY PROBABLY NEEDED TO TAKE THEIR FRUSTRATION OUT SOMEWHERE.

BUT I WANT TO TELL THEM THANK YOU FOR THE STREAMS, BECAUSE

WITHOUT YOU, I DON'T KNOW IF WE WOULD HAVE BEEN HERE.

BUT, NO, I MEAN, THEM PEOPLE ARE CRAZY.

( LAUGHS ).

>> Stephen: I WOULD LIKE THAT ENGRAVED ON A CARD JUST TO HAND

OUT TO PEOPLE-- "THEM PEOPLE CRAZY."

>> THEM PEOPLE CRAZY.

YEAH, THANK YOU FOR STREAMING.

WAP.

EVERYBODY STILL LISTENING TO IT NOW.

>> Stephen: WE HAVE TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT OF A BREAK.

STICK AROUND, EVERYBODY.

WHEN WE COME BACK, I'LL ASK MEGAN ABOUT THE BODY ODY

CHALLENGE.