Gloss Up

Memphis rapper Gloss Up rose through the hip-hop scene with her free-flowing rhymes, dropping her debut mixtape Different Shades of Gloss in 2019, before inking a deal with Quality Control, which issued 2023′s Before the Gloss Up and Shades of Gloss.
Born and raised in Memphis, Gloss Up found rap in her early years, practicing her flow at school rap battles and recording her own rhymes over tracks by Meek Mill and Future. It wasn’t long before she was uploading her own material, and after a short-lived connection with an all-female crew, she went her own way. In 2019 she forged a close relationship with fellow up-and-coming rapper GloRilla and that same year issued her debut mixtape, Different Shades of Gloss. Following a slew of tracks, Gloss Up teamed up with GloRilla, K Carbon, and Slimeroni on the HitKidd-produced track, “Set the Tone,” which helped push her further into the hip-hop spotlight. Catching the ear of Quality Control, the label signed a deal with her and at the beginning of 2023 issued the full-length Before the Gloss Up. A string of tracks followed before she released her second album for the label, Shades of Gloss. ~ Rich Wilson