Megan Thee Stallion makes Time’s list of 100 most influential people

CNN Wire,
Hypatia H 139e0e4dfe1d0ecbadb74867b1adcbcd H 6c2aa181a1645999275f13c5ab3e880d
TIME100 ??? THE 100 MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD #TIME100 TIME reveals the 2020 TIME100, its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world. The issue has 8 worldwide covers, each highlighting a member of the TIME100: immunologist Dr. Anthony Fauci, performer The Weeknd, Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, COVID-19 frontline nurse Amy O???Sullivan, actor Gabrielle Union and athlete Dwyane Wade, performer Megan Thee Stallion, President of Taiwan Tsai Ing-wen, and Black Lives Matter founders Patrisse Cullors, Alicia Garza and Opal Tometi. The TIME100 often includes surprising pairings of the list members and the guest contributors TIME selects to write about them. The seventeenth annual list includes: Denzel Washington on Michael B. Jordan, Derek Jeter on Patrick Mahomes, Common on Angela Davis, Ted Cruz on Tsai Ing-wen, Oprah Winfrey on Tyler Perry, Taylor Swift on Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Elizabeth Warren on Ady Barkan, Stevie Wonder on Yo-Yo Ma, Maya Moore on Naomi Osaka, Leonardo DiCaprio on Nemonte Nenquimo, Cyndi Lauper on Billy Porter, Deepika Padukone on Ayushmann Khurrana, Lena Waithe on Michaela Coel, Ayanna Pressley on Kamala Harris, Tilda Swinton on Bong Joon Ho, Kim Kardashian West on JoJo Siwa, Melinda Gates on MacKenzie Scott, Ronan Farrow on Julie K. Brown, Timothy Geithner on Jerome Powell, Jennifer Garner on Greg Berlanti and many more. See the 2020 TIME100 full list, tributes, videos and photos: time.com/100 -See all eight covers: https://we.tl/t-wxEUUReBoH -See the cover grid: https://we.tl/t-zajE4eZMqY In addition to these 8 covers, the issue will also feature a new cover and a special tribute commemorating Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, who was featured on the TIME100 list in 2015. See the cover: https://bit.ly/2ZYiEOL. Of the 2020 TIME100 list, TIME CEO and editor in chief Edward Felsenthal writes, "This year???s list looks far different than any of us could have predicted just six months ago. The TIME 100 has a

Megan Thee Stallion is most likely feeling “All Dat” after being named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people of 2020.

The 25-year-old rapper — born Megan Jovon Ruth Pete — is among the high-profile “pioneers” to feature on the prestigious list, which recognizes those who have impacted the world by “harnessing the power of influence to forge genuine progress.”

Explaining why the Houston native deserves a place among other high-profile names including Selena Gomez, Michaela Coel and Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Oscar-nominated actress Taraji P. Henson described Megan as “the epitome of tenacity.”

“I don’t like to put the stigma of the word strong on Black women because I think it dehumanizes us, but she has strength — strength through vulnerability,” the “Empire” star wrote in the special issue of Time.

“It’s invigorating to see her become a platinum-selling artist with the viral hit ‘Hot Girl Summer’ and multiple No. 1 songs in the past year, ‘Savage’ and ‘WAP.’ But you would be a fool to think that’s all there is to her. She’s deep.”

Henson emphasized the influence Megan has had in the music industry in the early stages of her career.

“She rode the beat like I’d never heard anybody ride the beat in a long time—and I’m a hip-hop head,” Henson wrote.

Touching on Megan’s personal struggles, she continued: “She’s lost much of her family — her mother, her father, her grandmother — yet she is the epitome of tenacity, of pulling herself up by her bootstraps. She was shot this summer, and still people tried to tear her down.”

Henson concluded the piece by adding that despite the industry’s efforts to “pigeonhole” her, Megan’s “got a plan that’s much bigger. And we got her. I just want her to keep winning.”

Megan, who recently topped the Billboard 100 chart with “WAP,” her collaboration with fellow rapper Cardi B, celebrated the honor with her fans on Instagram Tuesday, writing: “STILL I RISE YOUNG BLACK WOMAN FROM HOUSTON TEXAS ON THE COVER OF TIME MAGAZINE AS ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PEOPLE IN THE WORLD.”

Megan has every reason to celebrate after a sensational year that saw her take home the award for Best Hip Hop Video for her song “Savage” at the 2020 MTV VMA Awards, launch a viral TikTok challenge and collaborate with Beyoncé on the “Savage” remix for charity

Other figures to be honored include The Weeknd, Michael B. Jordan, J Balvin, JoJo Siwa, Halsey, Jennifer Hudson, and Oscar-winning South Korean director Bong Joon Ho.

Related Posts: