LOS ANGELES (AP): GloRilla burst onto the hip-hop scene, lighting up the rap world a couple years ago with breakout tracks like Tomorrow and F.N.F.
(Let’s Go) – even snagging a Grammy nomination. But as her name skyrocketed, so did the pressure. With critics predicting GloRilla’s career would fizzle, she found herself overthinking every move.
The noise shook her confidence, leading her to pause and reassess before getting back in the game. “They started downing me. It was kind of getting to me,” said the Memphis-born rapper, who recently released her début studio album, Glorious , which features several popular performers including Megan Thee Stallion, Latto, Sexyy Red, Kirk Franklin, T-Pain, Kierra Sheard and BossMan Dlow.
On her album, she wanted to showcase her versatility blending romance, gospel and crunk-infused melodies. But before GloRilla could bring her new project to life, she had to rediscover her rhythm as an artiste. “Any time I would put out a song, they weren’t really feeling it,” said the 25-year-old rapper, whose Hitkidd-produced song F.
N.F. (Let’s Go) was nominated for best rap performance at the 2023 Grammys.
“I lost a little confidence. But I knew I could get it back. That’s why I didn’t give up.
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I took it as motivation.” GloRilla, a choir girl turned husky-voiced rap queen, held onto her faith. She hit the studio more, made affirmations, cleared her mind, adopted a consistent workout routine and let the creativity flow.
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