GloRilla gives back to her alma mater Melrose High
GloRilla prepares to give remarks in the library at Melrose High that will be named in her honor. She is donating $25,000 toward media center improvements. (Julia Baker/The Daily Memphian)
Memphis rapper GloRilla couldn’t believe she was setting foot in her alma mater more than seven years after graduation.
The rapper, whose real name is Gloria Woods, graduated from Orange Mound’s Melrose High in 2017. On Wednesday, Dec. 18, she returned with a $25,000 check towards a new media center for the school.
“I always wished somebody could do that when I was going to school,” she said. “So the fact that I have the ability to do it now, it warms my heart.”
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Julia Baker
A lifelong Memphian, Julia Baker graduated from the University of Memphis in 2021. Other publications and organizations she has written for include Chalkbeat, Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent magazine and Memphis magazine.
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