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GloRilla Shows Off Her Tattoos

"Tattoos really used to be like therapy to me." GloRilla breaks down her tattoos. From a red gorilla on her chest to the hand tattoo that made her pass out, the Memphis rapper shares the stories behind her ink. Director: Arielle Neblett Director of Photography: Zach Eisen Editor: Phil Ceconi Associate Producer: Chris Sechler Production Manager: Natasha Soto-Albors Production Coordinator: Jamal Colvin Talent Booker: Dana Mathews; Meredith Judkins Camera Operator: Mar Sound Mixer: Michael Guggino Production Assistant: Ziyne Abdo; Zayna Allen Post Production Supervisor: Rachael Knight Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Rob Lombardi Assistant Editor: Andy Morell Special Thanks: Millennial Nails

Released on 05/14/2024

Transcript

I dunno, like I was takin' it, but I just passed out.

[intro music]

My first tattoo is underneath this one.

I had got it in high school, the 12th grade,

here it said Big Glo with a crown,

but it was ugly.

He ain't do it right so I got it covered up.

He had the L and the O so far from the other G

like it was B-I-G G then like L and O was pushed over

so like it looked like it said Big 6.

It weren't cute.

How did I find him?

I think I made a status on Facebook

and was like, Who do tattoos?

I think it cost like $20

[laughing]

I covered it with this gorilla face right here.

This took like 5, 6 hours to do.

This one of my favorite tattoos, though.

Any time I pose, I be tryna get this one in the camera.

You can kinda, if you look too close enough,

you can see the other tattoo like right here

a little bit,

but people don't never notice.

I'm the only one notice it because I know I hid it.

This is a gorilla.

I actually love this tattoo.

People be talkin' about it

like they be sayin' it's so ugly,

but this is like one of my favorite tattoos.

It just was so cute to me.

Like I love this tattoo.

I'm never gettin' it covered up

even if they keep talkin' shit about it.

That was my first gorilla I got

then I got that one.

I got it red because I like red.

That's my favorite color.

Most girls get hearts right here

and so I'm like okay, I'm gonna get a gorilla right there.

It's a tie between my most two painful tattoos.

My hand hurt so bad, oh my god.

I actually passed out gettin' this tattoo.

I got this one last year.

After I had blew up, I was at the dude house.

In his apartment.

I was gettin' it, he was almost done

and like, I ain't gon' lie, I was smokin'

and I was drinkin'.

Oh, and I had a waist trainer on

and so I had went to sleep.

I was watchin' Bad Girls Club and outta nowhere

I just felt this like... I just felt woozy

and so I'm like, I gotta go to the restroom.

I ain't tell nobody what I feel like.

So I got up out, I took two steps,

and I just fell out

with half of a tattoo done

'cause I don't know, like, it hurted so bad.

I don't know, like I was takin' it,

but I just passed out.

This one was like $450.

Honestly, I thought I was gonna get it done

for the free.

[laughing]

And then this one right here on my leg,

I had actually used some numbing cream for this one.

It's right here on your bone

so like you can't numb your bone.

So it still hurted and I couldn't walk.

Like I was in a wheelchair for a week

after I got this tattoo.

This one was the longest 'cause this the biggest tattoo

I got.

And it's a lotta detail.

Say this was about 8 hours.

Probably longer than that.

Yeah, just somebody sayin' Shh. This a clock.

Like I just got this off Google.

This the bad boy of all my tattoos.

This one took the longest to heal.

Well, I got this one before I got this one.

So before I got this gorilla and covered that up.

This took like 4 to 5 hours 'cause it's so much detail,

I guess.

This snake right here.

It's so ugly. I don't know what told me to get it.

I just was mad, like I used to get tattoos when I got mad

like when I was goin' through stuff.

I used to be like, Okay, I'm finna go get a tattoo

to like feel some pain.

You know what I'm sayin'?

So like tattoos really used to be like

therapy to me and so I was goin' through somethin'

and I just was like, I'm finna, I want a tattoo.

And so I just went and got this and it's like

just there for no reason.

[laughing]

I wanna get it covered up with somethin' cute

that like stem from right here

'cause this one gonna get covered up too.

But oh my god, it hurt so bad.

Like this one hurted so bad.

This another one that hurt good.

I feel like any tattoo that's on your bones hurt.

This right here on my finger, this the Leo sign.

And this the saint sign 'cause, you know, I'm a saint.

Heh. I'm not a saint, but I am a saint.

This my momma name. Her name Olivia.

This the Glo Gang 'cause you know my name Glo.

You know, I fuck with Chief Keef.

I'm a big fan of Chief Keef.

My friend Teez, she tryna start doin' tattoos right now

and so I let her practice on me

and do this one right here

'cause you know I'm a very supportive friend.

This just say faith.

This one I got in the trenches.

Oh my god, the most ghettoest apartments in Memphis

you could ever go to.

It ain't that bad, though.

I just wanted a butterfly on my thigh.

You know, just some cute shit.

This one is a matchin' tattoo.

It say, Told you I'll be here forever.

This a matchin' tattoo with my best friend Gloss.

You know the Rihanna song.

♪ When the sun shine, it'll shine forever. ♪

♪ Told you I'd be here forever. ♪

So she got that part and I got the second part.

So she got it on her thigh

and I got it on my thigh.

This my daddy name. My daddy name Edwin.

This say woods like my daddy.

Well, he had 7 kids at the time. It's 8 now.

Under everybody like I'm the 5th of his kids.

The same person who did that Big Glo tattoo

and fucked it up,

he did this one and fucked this one up too.

I was supposed to get this covered up,

but I ain't never did it.

This one, it says in Chinese that

you gonna be a star.

A friend in 2020, he had died.

Any time he came around me, he used to be like,

Yo, your music so hard, like you gon' be a superstar like.

And this was back in 2020 when I still had my baby voice.

And so I had got that tatted

and now that I'm a star, I hope he see it.

This was a tattoo I got with my cousin.

It say, A cousin is a sister destiny forgot to give you.

I don't fuck with my cousin no mo'.

So I gotta get this covered up too.

This says hallelujah in Arabic.

This is my birth year. 1999. They can see it.

And then this one is a AK-47.

Both of these are red 'cause I just like the color red.

This one is my birth year too. It's 7/28/1999.

[outro music]

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