MEGAN THEE STALLION HONORED WITH HER OWN DAY & KEY TO HOUSTON
On Sunday, Megan Thee Stallion was honored with the key to her native Houston, Texas by several City Council members and Mayor Sylvester Turner. She was also gifted with a day dedicated to her. May 2 will be considered “Megan Thee Stallion Day” in the city.
“Megan Thee Stallion has an extraordinary entertainment career, but we wanted to honor her for what she does offstage to lift people’s lives in underserved communities,” said Turner at the ceremony.
“She assisted people after the 2021 winter storm, during the pandemic, and helped those struggling with homelessness,” continued the mayor. “I look forward to watching her grow as an artist and humanitarian.”
“I really can’t believe I got my own key to my own city,” Megan said onstage at the event, during which she also surprised three individuals each with $5,000 from the Pete and Thomas Foundation for housing, wellness, and education.
According to People, the ceremony and holiday both fall on her late mother and grandmother’s birthdays. Megan paid tribute to them during her acceptance speech. “Both of these women helped me grow into the woman that I am today. I don’t know what kind of lady I would be if Granny didn’t raise me to be so kind and so giving,” she said.
“You could walk by these ladies’ house and they givin’ out dollars, candy — whatever they’ve got, they’re givin’ it out the door. And I always felt like I wanted to be just like that. I wanted to be nice like them,” continued the performer and Texas Southern University graduate. “They made me feel so beautiful and so loved, and they made everybody they met feel just like that. So I was like, ‘When I grow up, I wanna be just like them.'”
After the ceremony, Megan took to Instagram to celebrate. “Came home real quick to get THEE KEY TO THEE CITY 🤘🏾 and in honor of my mother and grandmother’s birthday MAY 2ND is officially MEGAN THEE STALLION DAY IN HOUSTON TX🔥🔥🔥,” she wrote. “thank you Mayor @sylvesterturner for honoring me today and I will continue to give back to the city that made me who I am today 💙 #htown”
