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Megan Thee Stallion And Her Makeup Artist Have A War Of Words Over Credit For Recent ‘Vogue’ Video

<p>&num;Roommates&comma; things escalated rather quickly between rapper <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;social-media-users-think-remy-ma-shaded-megan-thee-stallion-on-state-of-the-culture&sol;">Megan Thee Stallion<&sol;a> and her makeup artist on social media recently—and it all started regarding a recent behind-the-scenes video with iconic <em>Vogue<&sol;em> magazine&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Earlier this week&comma; <em>Vogue<&sol;em> premiered its latest installment of its celebrity video series&comma; which follows a day-in-the-life of celebrity for 24 hours&period; Shortly after the video dropped&comma; Megan <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;bossip&period;com&sol;1802100&sol;battle-of-the-beat-megan-thee-stallion-gets-into-it-with-her-makeup-artist-over-credit-for-her-looks&sol;">posted a clip<&sol;a> from it on her Instagram page&period; In the particular clip&comma; she discusses how she initially started her love of makeup during her teenage years&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Well&comma; this definitely didn’t sit well with her makeup artist Akil McCoy&comma; better known as Akilaface&comma; who was not happy that Megan was taking all of the credit for his work—which he also revealed is a regular occurrence of hers&period; So&comma; to give himself the proper credit he felt he was owed&comma; he hopped in the comment section of her post and let everyone know who really beat her face&comma; writing simply &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Makeup By Akilaface&period;” Things quickly went left after that&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"B37hDgQh&lowbar;6U" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Megan respond back with &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;and me”–which prompted Akil to comment once again and spill all the tea regarding him not getting credit&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He wrote&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;No you filled in your eyebrows and put on your lighter Mac powder when I was done&period; This is not a makeup war I always do your makeup and never get credited&period; That is hurtful&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The back and forth continued with Megan hitting back with this&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Woah&period; First of all if you was really &OpenCurlyQuote;hurt’ you could’ve txt me this&period; Second you right it ain’t a war bc we all know I do my makeup and you touch it up or I let you start it and I’ll finish it&period;”<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Akil later posted a statement to his Instagram stories continuing to stand by his claims of receiving proper credit that read&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>All artists should be payed and tagged&period; Especially when you&&num;8217&semi;re talented&period; End of discussion&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"B38MNK3h7ki" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As you may have observed&comma; it’s usually customary for celebrities to tag their wardrobe stylists&comma; hair stylists and makeup artists in photo shoots&comma; video shoots and red carpet appearances—so Akil seems to be stating that he’s rarely credited for his contribution to Megan’s beauty looks&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Roommates&comma; what are your thoughts on this&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine; <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-wrap wpra-plugin-container" style&equals;"justify-content&colon; center&semi;&semi;"> <div class&equals;"wpra-reactions-container" data-ver&equals;"1&period;3&period;10" data-post&lowbar;id&equals;"53869" data-show&lowbar;count&equals;"true" data-enable&lowbar;share&equals;"onclick" data-behavior&equals;"regular" data-animation&equals;"true" data-share&lowbar;url&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;megan-thee-stallion-and-her-makeup-artist-have-a-war-of-words-over-credit-for-recent-vogue-video&sol;" data-secure&equals;"48a9db8d67"> <div class&equals;"wpra-call-to-action" style&equals;"color&colon; 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