View gallery Image Credit: Getty Images The next generation of rap stars is here, and GloRilla is front and center. Since breaking through with her viral hit "F.N.F. (Let's Go)" in 2022, the Memphis-born artist has carved out a lane of her own with bold lyrics, Southern swagger, and undeniable energy. "It's real cool. I'm excited actually to be a part of it because it's a new wave," she told Refinery29 that year. She's been steadily climbing the ranks ever since. "I'd describe [my background] as staying humble, and I just kept working," she told the outlet. "I never gave up, and I always had a vision. That's all you got to have; that vision and drive." GloRilla made 2024 her year with the release of her single "TGIF" and two albums, Yeah Glo! (Alternate Versions) and Ehhthang Ehhthang. She was also named to the 2023 XXL Freshman Class and hit a career milestone by performing at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena in Long Island, New Jersey on September 11. In 2025, Glo kicked off The Glorious Tour, which wrapped with a hometown show in Memphis. But amid her rising success, she made headlines again in July 2025 when police searched her Atlanta home following a reported burglary, leading to felony drug charges Find out everything to know about the rapper, including her career and personal life, below. GloRilla's Real Name Is Gloria Hallelujah. When GloRilla experienced her success with "F.N.F.," fans knew that her name was Gloria Woods and that "GloRilla" was just a play on her first name. However, in October 2022, she shared that her middle name is "Hallelujah," which caused a bit of a stir on Twitter. "& why y'all acting like Ian been told y'all my middle name hallelujah?" she tweeted. "Dats why I'm so blessed & my p-y so good duhhhhhh !!!! Common damn sense." She's From Northside Memphis. "I was raised in church, but we still used to watch 106 & Park and BET," Glo told XXL in September 2022. I used to love Bow Wow, Soulja Boy, and Lil Wayne." Describing herself as a quiet kid with nine siblings - six boys, four girls - she grew up homeschooled until the fifth grade when child services forced her mother to enroll the school-age kids in public school. The church was her first taste of music. "I got a lot of solos in the church choir, and growing up, the only music my mama let us listen to was gospel. We used to have to sneak and listen to the other music." As a teen, she shed the shy persona. She gained confidence and started secretly rapping (only playing her music for one of her brothers and her cousin.) It wasn't until 2018 that she took her dreams seriously. View this post on Instagram A post shared by GloRilla 🦍 (@glorillapimp) Her Overnight Success Was Years In The Making Glo uploaded her first freestyle to Facebook in 2016. Two years later, her cousin suggested she put her mind to her music career and record on something other than her phone. She hit up a local studio and dropped "14 Freestyle" in December 2018. In 2019, she released her independent EP, Most Likely Up Next, with P Status in 2020. Her journey wasn't easy. "I never stopped putting out music. I got discouraged a lot of times, but I ain't ever stop - I had started going broke," GloRilla told Gillie Da King and Wallo26 on a November 2022 episode of Million Dollarz Worth Of Game (h/t AfroTech). "I was losing everything like my apartments, my cars. I was almost down to nothing. It was like the end of last year and the beginning of this year. I was just all the way starting over and was like, 'D-mn, I'm finna have to go back to work.' I was just doing sh-t, surviving last year, and then it got to the gritty part, and I started just getting broke as hell and was living with my friends and sh-t." During a local rap showcase in 2021, she met beatmaker Hitkidd. The meeting resulted in the Set The Tone EP that featured Glo, Gloss Up, K Carbon, Slimeroni, and Aleza - five female MCs - together. Glo and Hitkidd would work together again on a track that would change her life. GloRilla at the 2022 MTV VMAs (Stephen Lovekin/Shutterstock) Megan The Stallion Had An Impact On Her Career - Sorta In 2021, Hitkidd had a beat lined up for Megan The Stallion. It was a chance to partner with the reigning queen of rap...but Megan wasn't responding fast enough. So, Hitkidd hit up Glo, who was on her way to get her lashes done, according to Vulture. She returned from the beauty appointment, lit up a blunt, stepped into the recording booth, and dropped the hook. "I'm F-R-E-E, f-ck n--a free / That mean I ain't gotta worry 'bout no f-ck n-a cheating / And I'm S-I-N-G-L-E again / Outside hanging out the window with my ratchet-ass friends." Glo uploaded the hook to Triller, and it quickly went viral. A week and a half later, she and Hitkidd reunited at the studio, where she recorded a new first verse. They recorded a music video with all of Glo's friends, and that's how "F.N.F. (Let's Go)" was born. "Literally, it was so crazy. My car got repo'd, like, less tha