GloRilla! AYYYYYEEEEE!!!

It's been a while since I last posted on my favorite music and musicians' blogs. Let me share a little bit about myself: I have a deep love for hip-hop. I love how poetic it can be, as well as the storytelling. I'm an avid Spotify user, and I listen to the hip-hop mix constantly. I skip past songs quite often, but I've been finding myself letting Glo play. Firstly, her beats catch my attention (the beats be FIRE!!). Secondly, her bars are lit. Thirdly, she puts it all together and tells stories that her listeners resonate with. Yeah, she "cusses" a lil' bit, and she's speaking African-American Vernacular English (Ebonics). That's what makes her music "real life" and resonates very well with her targeted audience. She's telling the story "as is." Suppose she "code-switched." Code-switching would take ALL the flavor out of her music! For example, instead of saying "AYYYYEEEE," she says, "I'm so excited." Or, instead of saying, "Turnt up at my shows, she says, "Getting wild at my shows.". See how bland that sounds. 

Let's circle back to African-American Vernacular English, or what most people simply called Ebonics. If you didn't know, African-American Vernacular English is an actual language that is taught in several American universities. Stanford University, Governor's State University, University of Massachusetts - Amherst, and Wayne State University are just a few schools that offer African-American Vernacular English courses.

Okay, let's circle back to Miss Glo! I love her music, her persona, and her southern accent. When she speaks, "I be like, AYYYEEEEEE!"  Keep doing your "thang" baby girl!

Here's a snippet of GloRilla's career per Wikipedia:

"Gloria Hallelujah Woods (born July 28, 1999), known professionally as GloRilla (also known simply as Glo), is an American rapper and songwriter from Memphis, Tennessee. She first became known for her 2022 single "F.N.F. (Let's Go)" (with Hitkidd), which peaked within the top 50 of the Billboard Hot 100 and was nominated for Best Rap Performance at the 65th Annual Grammy Awards. Its success led her to sign with fellow Memphis rapper Yo Gotti's record label, Collective Music Group, in July of that year."