Megan Thee Stallion recalls pulling plug on her 'brain dead' mother after she wasn't able to 'shake back'

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA: Megan Thee Stallion has openly shared the pain of losing her mother. In her new Prime Video documentary, she delves deeper into the heartbreak she endured after her mother’s death.

The rapper’s mother, Holly Thomas, died of a brain tumor in March 2019 and the loss deeply impacted her life and career.

Health struggles of Megan Thee Stallion's mother 

In 'Megan Thee Stallion: In Her Words', the 29-year-old rapper shares the emotional journey she went through during her mother’s illness, recalling the traumatic moments leading up to Thomas' death.

Thomas, who was just 47, began experiencing severe health complications, including “back-to-back seizures,” which devastated Megan Thee Stallion.

“They had to put her under. She was just brain dead,” Megan recalls in the documentary, as animated sequences illustrate these painful memories.

“So I stayed up there every day. I was spending the night at the hospital. I just was praying that she could shake back from it,” Megan says in the film.

Megan Thee Stallion's heartbreaking decision 

Unfortunately, Holly Thomas was unable to recover, leaving Megan to make a heartbreaking decision.

“Once I realized she wasn’t coming back, I was just like, ‘Damn, I can’t keep her like this.’ Because I know she wouldn’t have wanted to stay like this,” Megan recalls, visibly emotional in the footage.

“So I had to make the decision to pull the plug, and she just passed the next day,” she adds, reflecting on the loss.

Despite her grief, Megan Thee Stallion was determined to keep performing, believing that her mother would have wanted her to keep going.

Just three weeks after Thomas’s death, Megan was back on stage, knowing her mother supported her passion and career.

"Ya'll know that 2019 has been really tough for me. I don't wanna cancel none of my shows, and I didn’t want to stop going, because that's not what my mama would want me to do," Megan says to her audience in a clip from the documentary.

Megan Thee Stallion says mother Holly Thomas was her 'number one fan'

For Megan Thee Stallion, pushing forward without her biggest cheerleader was challenging, especially after having also lost her father, Joseph Pete Jr, during her teenage years.

“She was my number one fan, through all the ass-shakin’ and cussin’,” Megan remembers, speaking warmly of her mother’s unwavering support, People noted.

The loss of both parents weighed heavily on her confidence and sense of self. “When my mama passed away, I think I really forgot who I was and I lost a lot of confidence,” she shared.

"I was so used to my mama telling me what to do and when life started getting crazy, I didn’t have her,” Megan Thee Stallion said.

At the Los Angeles premiere of her documentary on October 30, Megan Thee Stallion paid tribute to her mother who had also been a rapper performing under the name Holly-Wood.

“I wouldn’t be the woman I am today without Holly Thomas,” Megan shared. “So mommy, I love you,” she concluded, dedicating her words to her late mother, Thomas.