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GloRilla's Throwback Clips Have Fans Saying She's Always Been That Girl

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Before the fame, the viral moments, and the hits, GloRilla was already letting her personality do the talking. Fans are saying the same thing after the Memphis rapper recently shared a batch of throwback clips that show a side of her many people never saw.

GloRilla posted the footage to her Instagram Story, and followers wasted no time reacting. The clips show a version of the rapper who is loose, funny, and completely herself, long before the spotlight got bright.

In one set of clips, she appears with red hair in what looks like a warehouse or backstage setting, dancing and joking around. In another, a black-and-white video shows her standing in what appears to be a living room, where she announces that she is quitting smoking. No date was attached to the clips.

The moment that has people talking most may also be the smallest. When the person recording asked her to say on God, she seemingly sidestepped the request and answered with a simple yes. That one-word reply was enough to send commenters into a full laugh session.

Fans flooded the comments on the post. Some admitted they first thought the footage featured her sister, BroRilla, while others made it clear that Glo has always been that girl. One commenter wrote, Glo always been that girl, and another said, Memphis people just funny for no reason. Someone else joked that the red wig was crazy, and one person said they thought the clip was BroRilla all along.

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Her earlier throwback moments have drawn similar attention. In December 2024, GloRilla made a $25,000 donation to Melrose High School, her alma mater in Memphis, according to later coverage of the gift. The money was earmarked for improving educational resources, including a new library space with technology and flexible seating that would be renamed the Gloria H. Woods Media Center.

She appeared at the school on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, when the announcement was made, and shared a yearbook photo from her student days. Around the same time, rapper Yung Miami posted her own childhood throwback carousel, which also drew plenty of attention for an eyebrow-raising hairstyle.

Her pre-fame story keeps coming back up. Coverage has reported that GloRilla worked at a Checkers drive-thru in Memphis during her senior year of high school in 2016. Another account described her as having worked at FedEx before her rise. In November 2022, a TikTok clip circulated showing her taking orders on Instagram Live, where she quipped about a customer's comment on the gap in her teeth before switching to professional mode with the customer.

She has also been open about the work behind her success. In June 2022, she wrote, A lot of people think ts happened for me overnight not knowing the hard work and passion I been putting in for years to get here. In interviews, including on Big Facts, she has said that success doesn't happen overnight, pointing to years of grinding in Memphis.

Her career trajectory explains why these clips resonate. GloRilla is signed to Yo Gotti's Collective Music Group, known as CMG, and her breakout single F.N.F. (Let's Go) became a summer 2022 hit. She was nominated for a Grammy for Best Rap Performance and received the Breakthrough Hip Hop Artist honor at the 2022 BET Hip Hop Awards. She released her debut album, Anyways, Life's Great, scored a hit with Tomorrow 2 featuring Cardi B, and made her American Music Awards debut alongside Cardi B in 2022.

In December 2022, she shared behind-the-scenes footage from the F.N.F. video shoot, saying that looking back on that day, she could just break down in tears. For fans who followed her from the beginning, that kind of candor is part of the appeal. The new throwbacks fit neatly into that story of a rapper who has never hidden where she came from.

BroRilla, GloRilla's sister, has a storyline of her own running alongside the throwbacks. This weekend she showed off a new look, a burgundy side-part hairstyle with bouncy curls, paired with a matching hot pink sweatsuit and stud earrings. Earlier, during a livestream, she spoke about her newfound fame and the pressure of people asking her for things. During that conversation, she apologized to GloRilla, leaving fans wondering whether the sisters are working to mend their relationship.

For now, the clips are doing what fans expected, showing that the personality was there before the spotlight. No direct response from GloRilla to BroRilla's apology has been reported, and no other public figures or organizations have weighed in on the new throwback footage. Fans will be watching to see whether the sisters address that moment publicly.