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Although Megan was born in San Antonio,Texas, her mother moved them to Houston shortly after giving birth.

elementary school years. Later, upon his release, he gradually reconnected with his daughter and became an influential and positive force in Megan’s life until his death during her mid-teen years. Megan spent her childhood years growing up in South Park, a Houston neighborhood where drug dealing, gang fighting, and drive-by shootings occurred all too frequently. She encountered some bullying during those early elementary school years, too, an alarming issue that has spiked in recent years around the country and led to a lot of serious mental health issues for kids who have been traumatized by bullying, both in-person and online. Her mom recognized the severity of the situation and addressed it before it had a chance to escalate and create further problems. She taught Megan some valuable lessons during that period in her young life about the importance of standing up for yourself and not allowing the hurtful words or actions of others to smother confidence and self-esteem. The young rapper listened and latched onto her mother’s words, which have been guiding factors in her life ever since. They are also a part of the messages she shares with others in her non-stop efforts to help empower women to confidently live their lives while embracing who they are. “I feel like off the strength that my mom was a rapper, and the music that her and my dad put in my ear as a child, it was bound to happen. Me watching her write and me watching her go in the studio and lay her verses down. Just to see how dedicated she was, that was normal to me. That just became the thing that I saw around my house.”

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Megan Thee Stallion