GloRilla once revealed her biggest insecurity growing up
GloRilla is one of the hottest new female artists out right now, and the ‘Tomorrow’ emcee has the most leverage out of all the blossoming female rappers in the US. GloRilla was highly known in her home state of Tennessee, and (following the Lil Wayne blueprint) she burst onto the scene through mixtapes that were popular across the South.
Last year, the exciting lyricist (real name Gloria Woods) spoke with the popular fashion and lifestyle magazine ELLE about her childhood, musical taste, and insecurities. When speaking about her early days of rapping, Woods admitted that when she first started, she was embarrassed about her naturally deep voice and tried to cover it up.
Unveiling that she attempted to pitch herself up, GloRilla disclosed, “When I first came out rapping, I was trying to sound like a little girl,” she recalled. “I was saying some hard sh*t, but just in a little girly-a** voice. It was me trying to change my sound because I have a naturally deeper voice.”
GloRilla explained that she thought she would sound more feminine and “cutesy” early on as she was embarrassed and thought people would accuse her of sounding like a man. Recalling her deep insecurity, Woods continued, “I was kind of embarrassed because I wanted to sound like a girl.”
However, in 2021, she gave up on the act and returned to her natural voice, adding, “That’s when I first changed my sound. That’s the year my voice started getting deeper and deeper.”
Since she embraced her natural accent, she has become a sensation. After signing with Gotti’s CMG label and getting an Interscope distribution deal in 2021, GloRilla’s music began to reach further and get featured on curated playlists. As a result, ‘Bodak Yellow’ rapper Cardi B stumbled upon her music and collaborated with her on their track ‘Tomorrow 2’. She has been a star ever since.
In fact, her deep voice is one thing that hip-hop fans love about her as it is a refreshing change from artists such as Nicki Minaj and Ice Spice, who have a softer, more female delivery. In contrast, GloRilla provides an aggression never seen before in female rap.
You can hear Woods speaking about her previous insecurities around her voice in the video below.