But it’s not just Meg’s love for Bey that she’s spoken into existence. Perhaps the most telling tweet of them all came back in May 2014 when Megan wrote, “I need a team bc I promise this rap shit gone take off for me.” Bold declaration? Not even close, because for Meg, there is no glass ceiling. On the same day, another user responded with “u rap?”, to which Megan confidently replied, “yea”. It’s clear, those three letters carried a world of determination and ambition that she resolutely brought to life.
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Her rap career did in fact take off in the most unique and special way, and to a level that only a few managed to achieve – which goes to show the power she holds.
Fast forward 12 years to September 2023, it’s the Renaissance Tour final leg in Houston, Texas (Meg and Beyonce’s hometown), and Megan Thee Stallion is sharing the NRG Stadium stage with Beyonce, singing and rapping to their record breaking track ‘Savage Remix’. As Megan took the stage, Beyoncé said, “Don’t she make you proud, Houston? She makes me proud.” Meg shouted back “I love you Beyoncé,” completing a truly epic full circle moment.
Megan Thee Stallion has managed to secure a performance alongside arguably the biggest artist in the world, Beyoncé. She’s in her hometown’s stadium, with a roaring crowd 70,000 fans deep as they chant the words back at her, word for word, mixed in with a feverous echo of ad libs from those same fans, – many who have been there since 2011 – and she’s thriving.
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Clearly, you need a little bit more than charisma to manifest success into existence, but Megan Thee Stallion has someway, somehow cracked the code? Granted, her journey hasn’t necessarily been easy, but it most certainly has been aspirational. She’s faced adversity head-on and has managed to create a long-lasting legacy for herself all under the age of 30. In a world that often underestimates Black women, she serves as a great example that resilience, talent and self-belief can shatter glass-ceilings. That, and a couple of wishful thinking tweets of course.
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