Encouraged by her cousin to take it more seriously, she began honing her craft. Key people in her inner circle noted she had the right bars and could spit, but her delivery and her voice weren’t as captivating. (The outfit will serve as her listening-party look later that night.)Īfter graduating high school, GloRilla soon realized she wanted to rap and was already participating in online rap challenges. There are podcasts, press, last-minute shows in Delaware, then back to NYC for more press-so it’s understandable that she arrives about a half-hour late for our interview on a Wednesday evening, but when she arrives-dressed in a two-piece purple fit that exposes her many tattoos, glossy makeup, and Targaryen-platinum blonde hair-she’s as lively and engaging as her music, singing my name as we shake hands. She’s gallivanting around New York City on the promotional tour for her new EP Anyways, Life’s Great. I catch Glo in early November, during one of the busiest weeks of her life. For Glo, the success feels like divine timing. The day before I meet with her for our interview in the “social media command center” of the Roc Nation HQ in Chelsea, the Cardi B-assisted remix of “Tomorrow 2” was certified gold and became Glo’s first top ten hit, debuting at number nine on the Billboard Hot 100. Before playing her future label head a slew of records that would strengthen his hunch about signing her, GloRilla grabbed the aux cord and queued “Tomorrow 2.” “She told me ‘This the next song I’m dropping because people think I’m a one-hit wonder,’” Gotti tells me. When rising Memphis rapper GloRilla stepped onto Yo Gotti’s yacht for a meeting in Miami this past summer, she already knew what the follow-up single to her catchy breakout hit “FNF (Let’s Go)'' would be.
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