Nws zoo nkaus li tsis muaj dab tsi tuaj yeem txwv hip-hop superstar Megan Thee Stallion los ntawm kev tsim lub teb chaws Ottoman tsim nyog rau nws tus qauv, Beyoncé.
It yog 11:30 pm Thaum Lub Kaum Hli, thiab Megan Thee Stallion nyob ntawm New York. Qhov kev xav hip-hop, 27, bounds up the Saturday Night Live theem, vamping rau cov neeg tuaj saib zoo siab thaum hnav cov ris tsho dub nruj thiab shimmering corset, nws cov plaub hau dai rau nws cov nyuj.
Hmo no, Megan yuav ua ob qho tib si SNL 'tus tswv tsev thiab suab paj nruag qhua, koom nrog cov koom haum tseem ceeb ntawm cov kws ntaus nkauj suav nrog Jennifer Lopez, Mick Jagger, Poj huab tais Latifah, Debbie Harry, Elton John thiab Ray Charles uas tau ua ob lub luag haujlwm rau qhov yeeb yam. Nws ua tiav nws cov monologue thiab hustles backstage hauv siab heels rau thawj zaug ntawm ntau qhov kev hloov pauv thib ob. Kub-liab liab txhuam rau lub tsev kho mob skit, tom qab ntawd ib lub tsho ua ntej thiab ris tsho rau lub log cabin scene. Tom ntej no, Grammy-winning rapper tshwm sim hauv Miss America-esque lub tsho tshaj tawm los ua nws tus nkauj tshiab, "Kev ntxhov siab" - ib zaj nkauj hais txog kev ntxhov siab thiab kev tawm tsam ntawm kev ua koob tsheej - ua ntej rov qab rov qab. "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem qeeb tam sim no," Megan hais tias Forbes Kev kwv yees khwv tau qee qhov $ 13 lab hauv 2022 los ntawm kev sib xyaw ntawm cov khoom muaj nqis, muag daim pib, kev pom zoo thiab khoom muag. Ntaus nres? Tsis yog rau ib pliag. "Kuv yuav so thaum kuv tuag," nws hais. "Kuv tabtom sim tsim ib yam dab tsi tiag tiag." Nws hais ntxiv tias, "Thaum kuv pib zaum, kuv xav tias kuv ua tsis tau txaus lossis kuv muab sijhawm rau lwm tus los hla kuv."
Txij li xyoo 2019, Megan Thee Stallion tau nce siab ua ntej ntawm hip-hop sab hauv kev tsheb ciav hlau, dhia ntawm $ 500 gigs hauv nws lub nroog Houston los koom tes nrog cov suab paj nruag lub hnub qub loj tshaj plaws - Beyoncé, Nicki Minaj, BTS thiab Dua Lipa. Xyoo 2020, Cardi B tau rub Megan los koom tes ntawm "WAP," lub suab nkauj tsis txaus ntseeg ntawm poj niam kev sib deev zoo uas tau los ua tshuaj yej ntaus ntawm lub xyoo nrog ze li ntawm 2 billion kwj ntawm Spotify thiab YouTube. “Nov yog zaj nkauj rau nws. Kuv tsis xav tias nws yuav muaj txiaj ntsig rau lwm tus, "Cardi B hais. "Nws ntxiv lub txim ntawd."
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“Nws muaj hwj chim heev thiab sexy heev. Nws yog mega-million Megan. "
Megan, uas tsaws rau Forbes ' Txhua xyoo 30 Hauv qab 30 daim ntawv teev npe peb xyoos dhau los, yog cim ntawm chav kawm tshiab ntawm poj niam hip-hop hnub qub. Nws thiab ua yeeb yam zoo li Cardi B, Lub Nroog Cov Ntxhais thiab Doja Cat yog embracing unapologetically raunchy style, yav tas los tshwj xeeb thaj chaw ntawm txiv neej rappers. Ntau lab tus ntxhais hluas cov kiv cua - uas Megan hu ua "hotties" - tsis tuaj yeem txaus. Cardi B hais tias, "Nws muaj zog thiab tau ntxim hlub heev," Cardi B hais. "Nws yog mega-million Megan."
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Ntau txhiab daus las hom, uas ib xyoo caum dhau los yuav xav tsis muaj dab tsi ua nrog Megan's raw, feem ntau X-rated nkauj, tab tom npaj. Tsis ntev los no nws tau kos npe pom zoo nrog Nike, Revlon, Nyiaj App thiab Popeyes. Stacy Taffet, tus thawj coj lag luam sab saum toj ntawm Frito-Lay, uas koom tes nrog Megan los ua Flamin' Hot Cheetos hais tias "Kev coj noj coj ua ntawm hip-hop thiab cov kws ua yeeb yam zoo li Megan tam sim no tsis muaj qhov sib piv." "Peb qhov kev sib tw Super Bowl nrog nws ua tau zoo tshaj qhov peb tau ua yav dhau los thiab dhau tag nrho peb qhov kev cia siab."
Tsis nco qab cov kev pom zoo dav dav. Megan tsuas yog txaus siab rau hauv kev tshaj tawm uas ntes nws tus swagger thiab style. "Kuv tsis tuaj yeem dag nws," nws hais. "Yog tias kuv tsis nyob hauv nws, kuv tsis xav muag nws."
Coj nws kwv yees li $ 2 lab Cheetos Super Bowl ad. Thaum lub sijhawm ua si loj, Megan thiab pop hnub qub Charlie Puth yeej tsis tau tshwm sim hauv kev lag luam. Lawv tsuas qiv lawv lub suab rau hav zoov critters. Tab sis nyob rau hauv lub lis piam ua ntej qhov chaw debuted, nkawm niam txiv tau tshaj tawm cov yeeb yaj kiab, siv lawv cov kab mob sib kis (nws muaj qee qhov 50 lab tus neeg nyob thoob plaws Instagram, TikTok thiab Twitter) los tsim cov hype. Txhawm rau hawk Cash App, mobile banking thiab crypto trading khoom los ntawm Block (yav tas los hu ua Square), nws tau tua "hottie" cov yeeb yaj kiab qhia kev qhia nyiaj txiag rau cov neeg hluas. Qhov kwv yees kwv yees $ 1 lab nrog Popeyes muab Megan kos npe "Hottie Sauce" thiab $ 250,000 rau nws lub tsev noj mov Popeyes. "Kuv yuav tsis muag ib yam dab tsi rau cov hotties yam tsis muaj kuv qhov chaw thiab tus kheej txoj kab."
Ua ntej nws yog Megan Thee Stallion, nws yog Megan Pete. Nws niam, Holly Thomas, tus sau nqi thiab cov neeg nyiam rapper, tsa nws hauv South Park, ib cheeb tsam Dub hauv Houston. Los ntawm 2016, Megan tau kawm kev saib xyuas neeg mob hauv Prairie View A&M, yog ib lub tsev kawm qib siab dub loj tshaj plaws hauv Asmeskas, thaum tsim cov yeeb yaj kiab hip-hop hauv YouTube. Xyoo 2018, nws tau ntes pob ntseg ntawm tus thawj coj hip-hop Travis Farris, uas thawj zaug hnov txog Megan los ntawm Houston strippers uas vouched rau nws lub suab. Farris hais tias "Kuv sim ua tib zoo saib cov poj niam nyiam li cas hauv suab paj nruag," Farris hais. "Thaum lawv taw tes rau lwm tus, koj yuav tsum mloog." Hauv 2018, Megan tau kos npe nrog 1501 Certified Entertainment, Houston-based ywj siab daim ntawv lo, rau $ 50,000 ua ntej. Nws thawj qhov project, Tina Snow, poob rau xyoo 2018, ncaws tawm ib txoj hlua ntawm kev koom tes nrog rappers suav nrog Ty Dolla $ign, Nicki Minaj thiab, xyoo 2020, nws tus phab ej, Beyoncé, ntawm qhov remix ntawm Megan's TikTok ntaus "Savage."
Tab sis cov hauj lwm yeej tau los ntawm kev puas tsuaj rau tus kheej. Xyoo 2019, Holly - nws niam, muse, tus cob qhia thiab tus thawj coj - tuag tom qab kev sib ntaus sib tua ntev nrog mob qog noj ntshav. Nws pog tuag tom qab tib lub hli. Thaum Lub Xya Hli 2020, tus neeg hu nkauj Tory Lanez raug liam tias tua Megan tom qab kev sib ntaus ntawm ib tog hauv Hollywood Hills. Megan hais tias cov mos txwv tawg ua rau nws ob txhais taw raug mob. Cov nyiaj sib txawv: Thaum lub sijhawm, TMZ tau tshaj tawm tias nws tau nqis los ntawm cov iav tawg. Lanez, uas yug los Daystar Peterson, tau lees tias tsis ua txhaum. Cov ntaub ntawv no yog coj mus sim rau lub caij ntuj no.
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Megan tus provocative ua tau tawm tsam los ntawm kev sib tham pundit Ben Shapiro thiab kev lag luam hnyav CeeLo Green. Lub Kaum Ib Hlis Ntuj no, nws tau ua rau muaj cua daj cua dub los ntawm kev thuam rapper Drake rau qhov xav tias hais txog kev tua hauv nws zaj nkauj "Circo Loco." Thiab thaum nws nyob hauv New York npaj rau SNL, Cov tub sab nyiag tau kwv yees li $ 300,000 tus nqi ntawm cov iav thiab cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub los ntawm nws lub tsev Los Angeles.
Ntawm kev lag luam, nws nyob rau hauv kev sib ntaus sib tua phem - cov ntsiab lus uas nws qhib rau hauv Twitter - nrog rau nws daim ntawv teev npe, uas nws tau foob rau $ 1 lab hauv kev tsis sib haum xeeb. Cov ntsiab lus tawm hauv online thov tias 1501 tau txais 60% ntawm nws cov nuj nqis thiab 50% ntawm cov nyiaj tau los tshaj tawm, ntxiv rau 30% los ntawm kev ncig xyuas thiab kev txhawb nqa. "Nws yooj yim hais tej yam ntawm memes thiab social media," hais tias 1501 tus kws lij choj, Steven Zager. "Nws nyuaj me ntsis thaum koj tau tsa koj sab tes xis thiab cog lus kom qhia qhov tseeb thiab tsis muaj dab tsi tab sis qhov tseeb." Rau nws feem, 1501 thov Megan tshuav nws $ 10 lab tus nqi ntawm cov nyiaj tau los. Megan, uas tau kos npe nrog Jay-Z's Roc Nation hauv 2019 los tswj nws txoj haujlwm, sib tw cov nuj nqis.
Ntau lab muaj feem cuam tshuam, tab sis Megan tsis qeeb. Roc Nation CEO Desiree Perez hais tias "Lub sijhawm luv luv no, thiab txhua qhov kev foom phem nyob rau hauv nruab nrab, nws tseem tuaj yeem luag nyav, tuav nws lub taub hau thiab txuas ntxiv mus," Roc Nation CEO Desiree Perez hais. Muaj nws qhov kev mus ncig thoob ntiaj teb xyoo 2023 thiab lwm lub studio album, thiab nws tab tom tsiv los ntawm Stallion mus rau TV hnub qub nrog Netflix los tsim thiab tsim cov yeeb yaj kiab, suav nrog kev lom zem raws li nws thaum yau. Time Inc. tau them nws $ 3 lab los tsim cov ntaub ntawv hauv nws lub neej. Megan hais tias "Kuv tau ua haujlwm nyuaj txij li xyoo 2019," Megan hais. Nrog rau tag nrho cov sijhawm ntawd, nws paub tseeb tias yuav muab cov neeg ntxub ntxaug lwm tus khiav rau lawv cov nyiaj.
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Photography Los ntawm Ramona Rosales Rau Forbes; Photo Assistants: Daniel Calderon thiab Simon Mcdermott Johnson; Digi Tech: Michael Guidei; styling: Law Roach; Styling Assistant: Justin Ramirez; Cov plaub hau: Kellon Williams; Pleev: Alecks Garcia; Rau tes: Michelle Nguyen; Teeb tsa kev tsim kho: Michael Moran Thiab Angie Hartley. Qhuav: Peter Schnaitmann.
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