After winning the WNBA Championship, no one has more of a right to say, “Watashi wa star” than the ladies of New York Liberty — and Megan Thee Stallion gives her full support.
Backstage at The Tonight Show Wednesday night (Oct. 23), the rapper and basketball team — both of whom made appearances on that evening’s program with Jimmy Fallon — got together to perform Meg’s viral “Mamushi” dance in a video posted to NY Liberty’s Instagram Story. Dressed in a chic black dress and high ponytail, the Grammy winner leads the pack as players Kennedy Burke, Jonquel Q Jones, Kayla Thornton and Jaylyn Sherrod mimic her dance moves with varying degrees of accuracy, smiling at the camera.
The “Hiss” rapper also shared photos with the team on Instagram, writing, “s/o to my girls for putting me on the team 😂 @nyliberty tell them how that CHICAS taste.” In one snap, Meg holds up her very own Liberty jersey and sticks her tongue out. In others, she and Jones smile candidly backstage while popping bottles from the Houston Hottie’s soon-to-be-launched tequila brand.
The group’s Tonight Show visit comes three days after the Liberty — who crashed Fallon’s monologue to show off the team’s new trophy — became first-time WNBA champions Sunday (Oct. 20), defeating the Minnesota Lynx 67-62 in overtime. It also arrives two days ahead of the release of Meg’s deluxe edition of Billboard 200 No. 3 album Megan, which will feature a remix of “Mamushi” featuring TWICE, in addition to several new tracks.
“I feel like I gotta keep the Hotties fed, I gotta keep them stimulated,” the rapper said of Megan: Act II on Fallon. “You’ve got to understand that this is the year of Megan Thee Stallion.”
