GloRilla will kick off Saturday Night Live‘s 2025 as their first musical guest of the new year, and she’ll be joined by host Dave Chappelle.
SNL announced the lineup for their first two shows of 2025 on Friday (January 10). Glo and Chappelle will join forces on January 18, while on January 25 Timothée Chalamet will serve as both host and musical guest.
Big Glo reacted by sharing the news on Instagram, saying she was “so excited!!!”
Check the messages below.
first shows of 2025! pic.twitter.com/PUunWMXbkY
— Saturday Night Live – SNL (@nbcsnl) January 10, 2025
Glo has definitely earned her spot on the show, as she was the hottest female rapper in the game for 2024, according to Billboard‘s year-end list.
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The publication shared their picks for the top 10 women in rap for the year on December 4, and Glo is holding down the top spot. Behind her are the following:
2. Megan Thee Stallion
3. Nicki Minaj
4. Sexyy Red
5. Latto
6. Doechii
7. Doja Cat
8. JT
9. Rapsody
10. Cardi B
Noting that Glo suffered a bit of a sophomore slump in 2023 after singles like the Fivio Foreign-assisted “Cha Cha” failed to hit like her breakout songs “F.N.F. (Let’s Go)” and “Tomorrow 2” the year prior, Billboard highlights how she “made a triumphant comeback and reclaimed her mojo when she struck gold with ‘Yeah Glo!’ at the top of 2024.”
“The swaggering track zoomed into the top 30 of the Hot 100 and showcased her resiliency as a rapper who refuses to buckle under pressure,” journalist Carl Lamarre writes. “Her torrid streak continued with the top 15 Hot 100 record ‘Wanna Be’ featuring Megan Thee Stallion and the summer hit ‘TGIF.’”
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Lamarre continued: “Everyone felt GloRilla’s momentum, as pop behemoths Rihanna and Taylor Swift applauded her efforts, saluting her as rap’s newest ‘IT’ girl of the moment. Kamala Harris even phoned her up at the tail-end of her campaign to win over youth voters during her run against Trump.
“The proverbial cherry on top came when GloRilla netted the highest opening week in 2024 for a female rapper, when her debut album GLORIOUS entered at No. 5 on the Billboard 200 with 69,000 album-equivalent units – doubling the release of her spring mixtape Ehhthang Ehhthang.”
