What’s up?
It’s Emile Ennis Jr. here with Clevver News and despite rising to fame, Megan Thee Stallion
just revealed why she’s decided to stay in school and finish college.
Megan Thee Stallion has been a household name for a while now thanks to some of her massive
hits like Hot Girl Summer and Savage.
Over the past year alone she’s achieved huge accomplishments like topping the Billboard
Charts with her collab with Beyoncé, making the Time Next 100 list, winning BET Awards,
and so much more.
But all the fame and fortune hasn’t stopped Megan Thee Stallion from pursuing her dreams
of getting a college degree.
Megan spoke to People Magazine about what inspires her to continue pursuing her collegiate
dreams despite her rise to fame.
Megan said quote, “I want to get my degree because I really want my mom to be proud.
She saw me going to school before she passed.”
Megan’s mom Holly Thomas, who also had a career as a rapper, died in March 2019 after
a long battle with brain cancer.
And Megan also lost her grandmother shortly after her mother died.
So Megan continued on telling People that quote, “I want my big mama to be proud.
She saw me going to school before she passed.
And 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 so Megan is currently taking online courses part-time at Texas Southern University where
she is working towards her bachelor’s degree in health administration.
She hopes to complete her coursework by next year and celebrate with a big graduation party.
Megan spoke more about the incredible women who have influenced her to finish getting
her degree.
She said quote, “I literally watched my mom and my grandmother get up and go to work
every single day.
My big mama owned three houses in South Park [Houston].
She was going hard, working to provide for our family, so I’ve always seen her drive.”
And Megan continued on saying quote, “I’ve always seen everybody in my life be independent.
My daddy passed away when I was 15, so my mama was still going hard taking care of us.
If we were going through money problems, my mother and my two grandmothers always made
sure I didn’t know.
We could’ve been struggling, but they made it work.
I’ve always seen strong women making it work, so I’ve always wanted to have that
same drive the women in my family have.”
And it’s clear how important these women are in Megan’s life.
After winning multiple BET Awards this weekend including Best Female Hip Hop Artist, Megan
tweeted thanking her mom saying quote, “Thank you mama ! I know HOLLY looking down proud
of me”
Megan also revealed that she has plans to help some of her fellow TSU classmates land
their first post-graduation jobs.
She said 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.”
And Megan somehow still makes time to study and complete her assignments in between her
busy schedule.
Over the past couple years she said that she was “either finishing schoolwork on the
way to a show, after a show, or getting it done in the morning so I can be a rapper at
night.”
And Megan Thee Stallion shared some words of encouragement for current students and
recent graduates.
She said quote, “College is a lot of stress.
You can’t let that little GPA number discourage you because at the end of the day, you got
your degree and now you’re out here living.
You’re gonna get the job that you want eventually.
You worked hard enough to complete school, so I know that you can work hard enough to
complete whatever your next goal in life is.”
And she also is encouraging her fans to follow their passions.
Megan said quote, “If I am somebody’s role model, I want them to take away that
you can still go to school, you can still pursue your dreams and you should still be
you, no matter what the circumstances are.
If that’s what they’re taking away from me, then I feel like I’m doing a good job.”
And many of Megan’s fans are taking to social media to share their support for Megan and
give her big props for staying in school while also pursuing her rap career.
One person said quote, “Knowing that Megan thee Stallion is in college and killing the
game rn?????
Sis is a force to be reckoned with goddamn”
This fan added quote, “@theestallion did her thing all while still taking college courses
like wahhh.
that alone you gotta give credit for.”
Another fan wrote what we’re all thinking saying quote, “Megan thee stallion does
online college.... imagine your classmate replies to your discussion post and you look
and its f*cking megan the stallion lmao”
And other fans have shared that artists like Megan have actually inspired them to go back
to school.
And we are definitely here for that!
If you want more on Megan Thee Stallion, click right over here for another Clevver News video.
And let us know down in the comments below what you think about Megan finishing school
and honoring her late mom.
Feel free to send her some love!
I’m your host Emile Ennis Jr., bye guys!