GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Up-and-coming rapper GloRilla was arrested for DUI and other charges on Tuesday morning, according to the Suwanee Police Department.
Police said the officer pulled over GloRilla, whose real name is Gloria Woods, after seeing her take a U-Turn in the left lane at a solid red light around 4 a.m. The police report added that this was at the intersection of Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and Suwanee Walk Avenue.
The officer said Woods stopped in the middle of the road, and he told her the reason for the stop. She was then asked to move her car out of the road.
Police said Woods' eyes were bloodshot and watery, adding that he could smell marijuana inside the car and alcohol on her breath. When asked how many drinks Woods had before getting behind the wheel, police said she responded that "it does not matter and she was good to drive."
The officer took Woods through a few sobriety tests and then took her into custody on the following charges:
- Driving under the influence of alcohol
- Consuming alcoholic beverage or possessing open alcoholic beverage container while in passenger area of motor vehicle
- Failure to obey traffic control device
Who is GloRilla?
GloRilla, or Gloria Woods, is a rapper from Memphis. She became an overnight sensation online in 2022 with her track “FNF (Let’s Go),” which became one of the songs of the summer and peaked in the top 50 on Billboard 100.
Most recently, she released a song with Houston-based rapper Megan Thee Stallion, sampling rapper Soulja Boy's "Pretty Boy Swag." She is signed to Yo Gotti’s CMG label and won a B.E.T. award for Best Breakthrough Hip Hop Artist Award in 2022.
