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Megan Thee Stallion walks the stage to accept her college degree from Texas Southern University

Dec 12, 2021, 04:13 IST
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Megan Thee Stallion attends the Glamour Women of the Year Awards at the Rainbow Room at Rockefeller Center on Monday, November 8, 2021, in New York.Evan Agostini/Invision/AP
  • Megan Thee Stallion attended her graduation ceremony at Texas Southern University on Saturday.
  • The "Thot Shit" rapper is graduating with a degree in health administration, CNN reported.
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Rapper Megan Thee Stallion on Saturday attended her graduation ceremony at Texas Southern University, a historically Black college in her Houston hometown.

Megan received her bachelor's degree in health administration, CNN reported.

Megan, whose real name is Megan Pete, posted about her graduation on Instagram in Oc, writing "2021 finna graduate collegeeee taking my graduation pics today I can't wait for y'all to see."

On Saturday she invited her social media followers on Twitter and Instagram to watch her graduation ceremony live on the TSU website.

Video from the livestream posted to Twitter showed Megan and her classmates in the College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences walking into the ceremony on Saturday afternoon.

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"I want to get my degree because I really want my mom to be proud," Megan told People in a June 2020 interview with Darlene Aderoju. "She saw me going to school before she passed."

According to CNN Megan's mother, Holly Thomas, died of brain cancer in 2019, just when Megan was gaining notoriety.

"I want my big mama to be proud. She saw me going to school before she passed," Megan told People. "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."

According to People, Megan was enrolled part-time at TSU last year and took online classes to finish her degree by this year. Megan appeared on "Strahan, Sara and Keke" in March 2020 where she voiced interest in opening assisted living homes in Houston after completing her degree.

In a November 4 post to Instagram, Megan wrote: "Showed my ass and still went to classIMA ALWAYS STAND OUT WITH NO HANDOUTS doing everything they said I can't/couldn't !""

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To celebrate her graduation, Megan partnered with Nike's Yardrunner campaign which celebrates Black athletes and global changemakers, who have graduated from historically black Colleges and universities, according to a 2019 Essence magazine article.

"I want y'all to remember that you can do whatever you wanna do and be whoever you wanna be, cause look at me!" Megan wrote in a Thursday Instagram post.

Twitter also marked the occasion by creating a special emoji for the Houston rap star.

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