Megan Thee Stallion Opens Up About Differentiating Herself from Her Rap Persona: 'Two Different Lives'

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The "Captain Hook" rapper also got candid about being treated differently when she was "Megan Thee Stallion all the time"

Megan Thee Stallion in Milan in February 2026
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NEED TO KNOW

• Megan Thee Stallion reflects on balancing her rap persona with her personal life and filtering out transactional relationships
• She recently ended her relationship with NBA player Klay Thompson, citing trust and respect as non-negotiable values
• Megan concluded her run in Moulin Rouge! The Musical earlier this month

Megan Thee Stallion has two sides — and she's learned how to nurture each of them.

The "Mamushi" rapper appeared on the cover of Entrepreneur on Wednesday, May 5, and opened up to the outlet about finding balance in her work as a rapper and her personal life.

"I feel like I had to learn how to separate Megan Pete and Megan Thee Stallion," Megan, 31, said.

"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."

There was a time when the "HISS" rapper felt her work persona was taking over — and people treated her differently because of it.

"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 said.

She continued, "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."

Over time, Megan also learned to filter out the transactional relationships in her life by distinguishing who's "going to be long-term and who's just the reason in the season."

"I had to learn that, when I go home, I can't take my whole day with me into my personal life," she said. "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's comments about long-term relationships come less than a month after she confirmed her breakup from Dallas Mavericks player Klay Thompson.

"I've made the decision to end my relationship with Klay," Megan said in a statement to PEOPLE. "Trust, fidelity and respect are non-negotiable for me in a relationship, and when those values are compromised, there's no real path forward. I'm taking this time to prioritize myself and move ahead with peace and clarity."

The "Savage" rapper also recently took her final bow in Moulin Rouge! The Musical on Friday, May 1. Her run was initially scheduled through May 17, but she announced she would be exiting the show early shortly after her breakup.

Megan Thee Stallion in Burbank, Calif. in October 2025
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"Hotties, my last performance as Zidler in @moulinrougebway will be May 1 ❤️‍🩹," she wrote on Instagram on April 27. "It's been such an honor to be part of thee Moulin Rouge family and I've met so many amazing people in this theater! Y'all work so hard and I have so much respect for the dedication, the stamina, the work ethic, the time and the effort y'all put into the work!"

"I'm so grateful for the cast and crew that made this experience so meaningful," she continued. "And to all the Hotties that showed up or planned to attend, thank you for supporting me during this incredible journey! I LOVE YALL🥹 See you soon 💙."