Harpers Bazaar
Beyoncé Talks Sacrifices and Struggles with ‘Harper’s Bazaar’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: CAMPBELL ADDY / Harper’s Bazaar Beyoncé is arguably one of the top entertainers in the world, but during her recent interview with Harper’s Bazaar, the mother of three revealed she didn’t always feel that way. After more than two decades in the spotlight, Beyoncé has become much more than a pop icon, but Queen Bey shed light on the obstacles she faced to get to her current level of success before adding that she feels she’s only “scratched the surface.” “My teenage years were about the grind,” she recalled during the interview, citing a scripture passage — “Faith without work is dead” — that motivated her. “Vision and intention weren’t enough; I had to put in the work, I committed to always being a student and always being open to growth. My energy went i...
Megan Thee Stallion, Rep. Maxine Waters Break Bread About Black Women Empowerment & “WAP”
Source: Rich Fury / Getty Megan Thee Stallion’s momentum already can’t be stopped, and now she has gotten some words of encouragement from Representative Maxine Waters telling her to keep doing what she is doing. The Houston rapper and Auntie Maxine sat down for an interview as part of Megan Thee Stallion landing the cover of Harper’s BAZAAR’s March 2021 issue. The virtual meeting of the two powerful Black women in their own right came after Thee Stallion’s powerful New York Times op-ed titled “Why I Speak Up for Black Women” that caught Waters’ attention, moving her to write a letter the leader of the Hot Girls applauding her piece. Waters wrote, “I read the op-ed you wrote that appeared in the New York Times recently, and I can’t thank you enough for bringing much-needed attent...
