Forbes has announced US rapper, Megan Thee Stallion as the first black woman to cover Forbes 30 under 30
Forbes made the announcement on Monday through its Instagram page.
“Since 2019, Megan has surged ahead on hip-hop’s inside rail, leaping from $500 gigs in her hometown of Houston to partnering with music’s biggest stars—Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, BTS, and Dua Lipa,” Forbes wrote
“She is the first Black woman to cover the Forbes Under 30 issue.”
Reacting to the feat in an interview with the magazine, Megan Thee Stallion said “I can’t slow down right now. I’ll take a break when I’m dead. I’m trying to really build something.
“When I start sitting, I feel like I’m not doing enough or I’m giving somebody else the opportunity to pass me.”
“It’s really hard to be the first something in 2022. I want to be bigger than just my music. I want people to know Megan as everything that she ever wanted to be. Megan the artist.
“I feel I’ve always liked to dabble and dab in a lot of different things, and I feel like I got that from my mom and my dad. My dad was a street guy, he was an entrepreneur, he had his own clothing line.
“My mother, I watched her go to work nine-to-five every day, and come home and write songs. And take me to the studio, and be a mom, and be just a good woman in general.”