Ahead of the biggest night in music, Grammy-nominated rapper Glorilla chopped it up with The Cut to talk about her successful career and how it’s been taking off by storm!
While slaying for the magazine, the 23-year-old who has been nominated for Best Rap Performance for her hit “F.N.F. (Let’s Go),” talked about her come-up. She explained that she started making music at the end of high school but didn’t really take it seriously at the time. Before that, she actually sang at church and even thought she would make it as a singer one day. However, Glorilla shared that her voice began to change during her teen years, which she believes started because of her smoking habits: “Mm-hmm. I can’t sing no mo’,” she said.
Despite that, around 2018 she started to take rapping a little more seriously and recorded her first song, “146 Freestyle. She told The Cut that she started out embarrassed by her deep voice. “When I first started rapping,” she says, “I wanted to sound like a girl.” Instead of switching up her sound, she stayed true to herself and that completely worked in her favor.
(F.N.F (Let’s Go) officially took off in 2022, with females around the world making it their anthem.
How Is Glorilla Adjusting To Fame?
The Memphis-born rapper, who also dropped an EP said she’s still trying to get used to being a celebrity. “I’m trying to slowly get myself to liking the red carpet,” she confesses. “I’m not a good picture-taker.” However, thinking about possibly taking home an award for her viral track, she says, “I’m super-excited and super-nervous because a lot of people don’t get to go to the Grammys, you know what I’m saying? But I’m just super-grateful. And it happened to me superfast. I’m still taking it all in.”
Glorilla will have a pretty tight competition as other A-list artists are nominated in that category. Check it out below:
• GOD DID — DJ Khaled Featuring Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Jay-Z, John Legend & Fridayy.
• Vegas — Doja Cat.
• pushin P —Gunna & Future Featuring Young Thug.
• The Heart Part 5 — Kendrick Lamar.
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