Megan Thee Stallion graduates from college

HOUSTON — Rapper Megan Thee Stallion celebrated a milestone Saturday when she graduated from Texas Southern University.

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Video shared by the university showed people cheering and Megan, whose real name is Megan Pete, smiling widely and posing for photos as she accepted her diploma.

She was one of more than 840 students to graduate Saturday from Texas Southern University. The Houston native earned her degree in health administration from the school’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, according to the Houston Chronicle and KHOU-TV.

Last year, Megan told People magazine that she was taking online courses part time at Texas Southern University for herself and for the women in her family who shaped her.

“I want to get my degree because I really want my mom to be proud,” she said. “She saw me going to school before she passed.”

Megan’s mother, Holly Thomas, died in March 2019 following a battle with brain cancer, according to People. Her father died when she was a teenager, according to the entertainment news magazine.

The rapper, who earlier this year won Grammy Awards for best new artist, best rap performance and best rap song, previously said on social media that her college experience “has been a roller coaster.”

“Don’t get discouraged!” she wrote in a post on Twitter in July. “You can chase your dreams and your education at the same time.”

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