Key Takeaways:

• Megan Thee Stallion’s courtside look with Klay Thompson highlights the rising crossover between hip hop and the NBA.
• She sat subsequent to Klay’s mother, Julie Thompson, sparking fan reactions and ESPN commentary.
• The second provides to Megan’s busy October, with Hottieween and new music on the way in which.

The Dallas Mavericks and Los Angeles Lakers had a really particular visitor courtside on Wednesday (Oct. 15) evening. Megan Thee Stallion confirmed up at Las Vegas’ T-Mobile Arena to help her boyfriend, NBA star Klay Thompson.

The “Whenever” rapper, who went public with Klay again in July, sat subsequent to his mother, Julie Thompson, for some “preseason action.” The Mavericks beat the Lakers 121-94, so possibly she was their good luck attraction for the night.

Either means, followers beloved seeing Megan supporting her man, together with ESPN’s Kendrick Perkins. Before tipoff, he jokingly warned the Mavericks participant to “watch that spaghetti and catfish,” referring to Klay’s favourite meal for Megan to prepare dinner for him.

“Aye, Klay, I’m telling you now,” Perkins mentioned in the course of the broadcast, “Those Texas women, man, they somethin’ else!” The level guard notably completed the sport with 12 factors. Check out the images of Megan on the sport beneath.

Wednesday evening marked the primary time Megan was noticed at one among Klay’s video games since they went public with their relationship. The Mavericks will formally kick off their common season subsequent week with a sport towards the Spurs.

October is shaping as much as be a busy month for Megan. On Monday (Oct. 13), she introduced that her annual Hottieween party will happen in Houston on Halloween (Oct. 31) evening. The Grammy Award-winning rapper teased that this yr’s occasion is “gonna be bigger than ever,” with a part of the proceeds benefiting her Pete & Thomas Foundation.

She’s additionally gearing as much as drop an unreleased song that samples Total’s “Kissin’ You.” Alongside a slow-motion video of her strolling, Megan instructed followers on Wednesday that her subsequent publish concerning the monitor would reveal its launch date. “My man, my man, my man, my baby, my baby / D**kin’ me down, spoiling me, driving me crazy,” she raps within the snippet.