Megan Thee Stallion has been able to build quite the business empire outside of music, and she proved it once again when she graced the cover of Entrepreneur on Tuesday (May 5).
Delving into her business acumen, Megan dished on the importance of balancing her rapper life and personal life. “I feel like I had to learn how to separate Megan Pete and Megan Thee Stallion,” she admitted.
“When I’m interacting with my people and my Hotties, I want them to feel like — when they had that experience with Megan — it don’t matter if they were having a bad day, because once they met me, their day was better,” she continued. “They might have felt some type of relief.”
As her music career grows, Megan’s been focusing on building her business résumé as well. Recent shrewd moves include launching her own tequila company, Chicas Divertidas, a swimwear brand and opening a Popeyes restaurant in Miami Beach, Fla.
But as her fame and fortune increased, Megan felt like she was leaning too heavily into her Thee Stallion persona, and her celebrity status affected how those around her treated her.
“I was Megan Thee Stallion all the time. I was on all the time. And people treated me that way. Like, even people that had known me for so long in my life, they no longer treated me like the Megan that they grew up with. They started treating me like Megan Thee Stallion,” she shared. “And I didn’t like that. I’m like, ‘This is so crazy. You know me, so why are we sitting here and you’re recording everything I do? Or why are we talking about other famous people all the time?’ It was hard for me to experience.”
The 31-year-old is still navigating who’s going to be in her life for the long haul, as she recently announced her split from her NBA player ex-boyfriend, Klay Thompson.
“I had to learn who’s going to be longterm, and who’s just the reason in the season,” Megan explained. “I had to learn that, when I go home, I can’t take my whole day with me inside of my personal life. Like, whatever happened to Megan Thee Stallion today, I should not take that home to my real friends and my real relationships and my family. This is two different lives I’m living.”
Megan Thee Stallion’s persistence with her creativity and branding even brought her to Broadway. The Houston hottie wrapped up her Broadway debut on May 1, where she played the role of Zidler in Moulin Rouge! The Musical.
Check out Megan Thee Stallion‘s Entrepreneur cover below:
