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- Megan Thee Stallion partnered with Amazon Music’s Rap Rotation to create the “Don’t Stop” scholarship initiative for women of color.
- The “WAP” rapper announced via Instagram on Thursday that the scholarship will award $10,000 to two women of color pursuing a degree in any field in any part of the world.
- The artist is currently a student herself — she’s studying to earn a bachelor’s degree in health administration at Texas Southern University while pursuing her rap career.
- “Women remain underrepresented and undervalued in society and female students of color are at a larger disadvantage when it comes to access to financial resources,” reads the scholarship website.
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Megan Thee Stallion is supporting women of color with a new scholarship fund.
The “WAP” rapper partnered with Amazon Music’s Rap Rotation to create the “Don’t Stop” scholarship initiative, which will give $10,000 awards to two women of color.
The scholarship is available for students pursuing an associate, bachelor, or post-graduate degree in any field of study in any part of the world.
She announced the scholarship on her Instagram page on Thursday.
"Let's get these degrees ladies," she wrote in the caption.
The "Don't Stop" scholarship website says that the funds are dedicated to supporting women of color, who have been disproportionately marginalized in terms of access to education.
"Women remain underrepresented and undervalued in society, and female students of color are at a larger disadvantage when it comes to access to financial resources," reads the "Don't Stop" website.
Prospective candidates can apply on the website and must provide personal details as well as their field and year of study, current institution, and a written essay.
Megan Thee Stallion is currently a college student herself. The artist is studying health administration online part-time at Texas Southern University while pursuing her rap career.
In June, the rapper spoke to People about continuing her studies amid her chart-topping success.
She said that she chose to keep studying in honor of her mother, who died in 2019 from brain cancer.
"I want to get my degree because I really want my mom to be proud. She saw me going to school before she passed," she told People.
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Megan Thee Stallion's father died when she was a teenager, and one of her grandmothers died soon after her mother did in 2019. She told People that it's important to her to keep studying for her surviving grandmother, who was once a teacher.
"My grandmother that's still alive used to be a teacher, so she's on my butt about finishing school. I'm doing it for me, but I'm also doing it for the women in my family who made me who I am today," she said.
The musician has recently been using her voice to call for racial equality, and she performed last week on the first episode of the 46th season of "Saturday Night Live" on October 3.
While performing her hit single "Savage" on the show, the rapper paused midway through to include words from activist Tamika Mallory and late civil rights leader Malcolm X.
Representatives for Megan Thee Stallion did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.
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