GloRilla: 5 Things About the ‘Tomorrow 2’ Rapper’s Coachella Performance

• GloRilla (n. Gloria Woods) is an American rapper from Memphis, Tennessee.
• His breakout year was 2022, when “FNF (Let’s Go)” was named Song of the Summer.
• He collaborated with Cardi B on “Tomorrow 2,” which earned him a gold disc and his first Billboard Top 10 hit.
• She is one of the artists who will perform at Coachella in 2023.

The next generation of rap superstars is here, and walking on it is Glory. “It’s really great. In fact, I’m excited to be a part of it because it’s a new wave,” he told Refinery29. “I’m happy to really be one of the leaders of the new wave.” The new wave arrives in Indo, California for the 2023 edition of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival. Taking place over three days over two weekends (April 14-16, April 21-23), Coachella will feature some of the biggest names, some of the brightest up-and-comers, and some of music’s most undeniable legends. . GloRilla performs on Sundays, the same night as offshore back to music This year’s program also includes bad bunny AND BLACK ROSE as headliner and acts as A Boogie in a hoodie, Latto, Rae Sremmurd, AND Nameless will partner with Glo to help bring the weekends to an epic conclusion.

Glo has been climbing the hip-hop charts for some time now. “I would describe [my background] how to stay humble and keep working,” he told Refinery29. “I never gave up and I always had a vision. That’s all you need to have; that vision and motivation. empty handed, it won’t be long before you return for your flowers and accept the fruits of your hard work.

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GloRilla also proved she was on the right track when Audiomack, the #1 music streaming platform for artists, named her the new #UpNow Artist. Audiomack’s #UpNow program highlights the next generation of stars, including alumni Black Sherif, Pooh Shiesty, EST Gee, Sheff G, Omah Lay, AND ayra star, among others. “They’ve played a huge role in helping me connect with fans in a new way,” said Glo of Audiomack, who will make her the cover of the #UpNot playlist as her presence on the platform grows. “I thank the Audiomack team for always showing love and I look forward to building more with them in the future,” she added.

As Glo prepares for his future and the world prepares for Coachella, here’s what you need to know about GloRilla.

GloRilla is a rapper from Northside Memphis.

“I grew up in the church, but we still watched 106 & Park and BET,” Glo said. XXL in September 2022. I loved Bow Wow, Soulja Boy and Lil Wayne. A self-described quiet girl with nine siblings (six boys, four girls) she was raised at home until fifth grade, when Child Services forced her mother to enroll school-age children in public schools.

Church was his first taste of music. “I sang a lot of solos in the church choir, and growing up, the only music my mom played us was gospel. We’d sneak out and listen to other songs.

As a teenager, he gave up the shy personality. She gained confidence and started rapping in secret (just playing her music for one of her brothers and her cousin). It wasn’t until 2018 that she got serious about her dreams.

It took years to realize his overnight success.

Glo uploaded his first freestyle to Facebook in 2016. Two years later, his cousin suggested he focus on his music career and record on something other than his phone. Lui entered a local studio and released “14 Freestyle” in December 2018. In 2019 he released his own independent EP, very likely to continuewith State P in 2020.

His path has not been easy. “I never stopped releasing music. I got discouraged many times but I never stopped, I started passing out,” GloRilla told Gillie Da King and Wallo26 on a November 2022 episode of Game worth millions of dollars (h/t AfroTech). “I was losing everything, like my flats, my cars. I was left with almost nothing. It was like the end of last year and the beginning of this year. I was starting over and thought, “Damn, I’m going to have to get back to work.” I was doing shit, surviving senior year, and then the hard part came, and I started getting die hard and living with my friends and shit.

During a local rap showcase in 2021, she met the beatmaker. Hitkidd. the meeting turned out set the tone EP which featured Glo, splendor, carbon k, slimeroni, AND Aleza- five female MCs, together. Glo and Hitkidd would work together again on a song that would change his life.

Megan The Stallion Impacted Her Career – Sorta

In 2021, Hitkidd has an established success Megan the stallion. It was a chance to team up with the queen of rap…but Megan wasn’t responding fast enough. Then Hitkidd called Glo, who was on his way to fix his eyelashes, second Vulture. She came back from the beauty salon, lit a cigarette, went into the recording booth and dropped the hook. “I’m FREE, p-ck n—a free / That means I don’t have to worry about no p-ck n—a cheating / And I’m SINGLE again / Out there with my ratchet- dumb friends.

Glo hooked Triller and it quickly went viral. A week and a half later, she and Hitkidd reunited in the studio, where she recorded a new first verse. They shot a music video with all of Glo’s friends and “FNF (Let’s Go)” was born.

“It was literally so crazy. My car got impounded, like, less than a week before I released this song,” she said. Vulture. As of November 2022, the video has over 49 million views. “A week before!”

“I feel like they took it away from me because [were] authentic,” she told BET. “We’re not really dressing up; we were just having fun, being ourselves, you know what to say? Not a lot of people represent barrio women and ratchet women. We were in the video having fun, doing that. we normally do, and people like the authenticity, the reality.”

The success of the song caught the attention of several record labels. Glo ended up signing with I Gotti Printed by CMG Records under Interscope. “He IS a different person with a new sound, a new delivery, a new feel and a new movement,” Yo Gotti told XXL. “His potential is unlimited. He doesn’t rap like any other artist. Every time you create a new sound, you get the opportunity to imprint it. And you know what happens next.

“When you think Memphis music, you think Gotti,” Glo told BET, you know what I mean, and three 6 [Mafia] and them. That was the face of Memphis when you think of rap. They had the city in a stranglehold, and you can’t go to the club without hearing some Gotti songs. So that’s been a big growth driver.

GloRilla underwent a cleanse before its success

visit The Angie Martinez Show ahead of their November 2022 EP release, However life is beautiful… She told him about how she and her friends did a 60-day social media cleanse/detox.

“We were going through something like we can’t go into 2022 like we did last year, you know, there was a lot to do… just keep living like this,” we thought, “okay, let’s do some cleaning up.” . We won’t talk to any guys because I felt like it was a distraction. No partying, going out, you know how to save money and exercise,” he said (h/t Urban Islandz).

“I had just ended a relationship and I already said that in my song preview, I had just had a miscarriage and I was like ‘you know, I have to clean up’ because after that I just didn’t feel the same. I had some mental changes, so I said, ‘enough guys, let’s clean everything up.’ I was really going through something.”

Giving birth to its success, its cleaning took place from March to May. In June, “FNF” was on its way to becoming the song of the summer.

He has a great co-signer: Grammy and Cardis.

In July 2022, Glo released “Tomorrow”. Two months later, she released “Tomorrow 2”, the remix featuring Cardi B.[Cardi] it had already hit me when it was exploding. As soon as I landed in New York and was passing through the airport, she sent me a little voicemail, you know, giving me advice and motivation. [me], AS. And then… she liked my stuff, you know what I mean? He told him Revolt.

“One day I was in the studio, listening to all my songs, and I was like, ‘Who can I put on this song?’ So I said, “Okay, I’ll text Cardi.” I texted him and said, ‘I have a song I want you to play. He said, ‘Girl, I already did my verse on Tomorrow. I was like, ‘What?!’ [Yo Gotti] and they were trying to surprise me, but I finally found out why I was trying to put it in another song,” Glo added. “When I first heard it, I was really surprised. I wasn’t surprised because it’s anyway hard, but how did that song end up doing?Like…I wanted to cry.

This was just the beginning for Glo. In 2022, he won Best New Hip Hop Artist at the BET Awards. He also earned his first Grammy Award nomination when “FNF” was nominated for Best Rap Performance. Glo has started and it looks like he won’t be leaving for a long, long time.

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