What is up you guys it’s Sussan Mourad here with Clevver Music and I think it’s officially
correct to say that Megan Thee Stallion WON the music scene in 2020, as her career was
catapulted into A-list status!
So in honor of her incredible year, let’s fill you in on some facts you may NOT know
about Meg!
If you’re a fan of Megan Thee Stallion you may know that she was very close to her mother,
Holly Thomas, who tragically passed away from cancer in March 2019.
Megan is very open about her mother’s cancer battle and basically does everything with
her mom’s legacy in mind.
In fact, Meg’s mom was also a rapper.
Holly went by the stage name "Holly-Wood" and she eventually began managing Megan's
career.
Holly was part of Screwed Up Click and she released a number of songs from 2001 to 2007.
Megan once confessed that her mom was one of the biggest inspirations in her career
and that she knew she wanted to be a rapper when she was five years old.
Megan used to go to the studio with Holly, and she eventually learned that she could
and wanted to be a rapper, as well.
In addition to continuing her mother’s music legacy, Megan is also continuing her educational
legacy.
Despite her rise to fame, Megan Thee Stallion is still enrolled in college and has been
since 2010.
She began her collegiate career at Prairie View A&M University in Texas.
A few years later she transferred to online-classes at Texas Southern University.
Megan is pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Health Administration.
You may be wondering… how does she do it all?
Despite her sky-rocketing music career, getting a college degree is important to Megan who
said quote, “I want to get my degree because I really want my mom to be proud.
She saw me in school before she passed.”
She continued to say, “I want my big mama to be proud,” aka her grandmother, who died
shortly after her mom.
“She saw me going to school before she passed.
My grandmother that’s still alive used to be a teacher, so she’s on my butt about
finishing school.
I’m doing it for me, but I’m also doing it for the women in my family who made me
who I am today.”
And a fun little fact, Jay-Z’s record label Roc Nation worked with Meg’s school schedule
before she even got signed to the label!
She told Billboard during a 2019 interview, “When I was getting enrolled in school,
they made sure things went smoothly.
They were supportive before I even got signed, so it feels like a family.
I could really see myself being part of the team."
AND this brings me to my third fun fact about Megan… she plans to use what she’s learned
in college and health administration to open up an assisted living facility!
It’s actually been a dream of Megan’s for a few years.
She decided to work toward the degree after watching her grandmother take care of her
great-grandmother.
In an interview with Vulture in April 2019, Megan said she'd like to "create a facility
for people who are older to go and have somebody help them with their end-of-life care".
She told People Magazine quote, “I really wanted to be an administrator over a hospital,
but I knew I still wanted to be Megan Thee Stallion.
I was like, ‘What can I do?’
I was like, ‘You know what, I’m gonna open an assisted-living facility and use the
money that I make from rapping to open it.
Then I’m gonna let my classmates run it.”
Megan is truly doing it all and I think we can learn a valuable lesson from her… work
hard, play harder!
A 4th fun fact about Hot Girl Meg is that she recently got a shout-out from Congress.
The shout-out came from Representative Maxine Waters who applauded her New York Times op-ed
speaking up for Black women.
We’ve linked that story above if you’d like more information on it:
Megan posted the letter to her social media captioning it “One of the highlights of
my year was getting a letter from Congress Woman @repmaxinewaters 💙 I am so honored
to be recognized by such an amazing woman and I promise to keep using my voice and encourage
others to use theirs ! ✊🏾”
Rep. Waters said in her letter to Megan, “"I read the op-ed you wrote that appeared in
The New York Times recently and I can't thank you enough for bringing much needed attention
to the plight of Black women, not just here in the United States -- but everywhere.
You are so right that Black women have paved the way and have done so by leading with courage
and bravery.
There is also this notion, which you touched upon, that we as Black women have the ability
to bear a heavier burden than everyone else in this society."
Love to see women supporting women and bringing each other up rather than tearing each other
down!
We need more Megan Thee Stallions in this world!
Alright, our final fun fact about Meg is that she goes to Jay-Z and Beyonce for life advice!
But there’s a catch....
Megan goes to Jay and Bey for different types of life advice.
During a December appearance on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert Megan revealed some fun
facts about Mr. & Mrs. Carter!
So when it comes to who gives better advice Megan admitted it was Jay-Z who gives the
fun advice & Beyonce who gives the more thoughtful advice.
She told Stephen Colbert quote, “Jay-Z gives the fun advice.
Like say if I’m having a bad day he’ll be like ‘girl you need to be somewhere driving
a boat.
Turn-up!
He gives me the more hot girl advice.”
She then revealed this about Beyonce.
“Beyonce is like look queen, like look queen just rise above.
She’s very, she gives it the nicer way and jay-Z gives it to me the turnt up way.”
I mean I’ll take any advice from Jay and Bey, whatever they say…
I’ll do it!
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I’m your host Sussan Mourad, you can find me on Instagram @Sussan_Mourad, I’ll catch
you next time.