The reverence she hasВ for her rap predecessors-Lil' Kim, Nicki Minaj, Eve, Diamond of Crime Mob, Missy Elliott and MC Lyte-could have something to do with that. The burgeoning rhymer's music is entwined with positive affirmations, plenty of sass and lyrical tools for empowerment, especially heard on her feature for Yung Baby Tate's 'I Am.'В This is a stance Flo has been taking on many of her loose singles as well as her 2020 debut mixtape, Ho, Why Is You Here?.В HerВ cadence is higher-pitched than her counterparts her pen game is fierce and unapologetic. The track is now at over 80 million Spotify streams and more than 13 million YouTube views.

She calls it 'Beef FloMix,' which she didn't expect to transcend into the rap stratosphere the way it did, but Flo embraced the response she received. She began to capture attention and turn heads in the hip-hop space in 2018, after repurposing the beat for the Playboi Carti's 'Beef,' produced byВ Ethereal, and and making it her own. While poised, Flo also offers an abundance of fearlessness and self-assurance in her rhymes.В Flo isВ talented and she knows it, but the 21-year-old rapper doesn't take her craft lightly. So, it's very like, it's a humbling experience and I think it's a milestone.' 'So, you know, even seeing him, it was like, Damn, now I'm the first female on it. 'I remember Rich Boy, he was the first one from our city to be on XXL, which was a while ago,' shares the budding RCA Records superstar. This year, the 2021 XXL Freshman Flo Milli is the second rapper from the city, and the first woman, to be inducted into the covetedВ roster of artists. At the time, Rich Boy, known for his hit 'Throw Some D's,' was the first Mobile native graced the cover alongside Saigon, Plies, Lupe Fiasco, Boosie BadAzz, Gorilla Zoe, Joell Ortiz, Crooked I, Papoose and Young Dro. hasn't appeared on an XXL Freshman cover since the very first Freshman issue in 2007. So, I feel like itвЂ™s really to show people what type of artist I am and that IвЂ™m here to stay.вЂќ- Aleia WoodsДЄ rapper from Mobile, Ala. вЂ™Cause you can get all the opportunities, but if you donвЂ™t know what to do with them, theyвЂ™re really useless. So, I think thatвЂ™s really the most important thing about it. I definitely think open up more doors because itвЂ™s such a huge platform, but I think itвЂ™s more so about me showcasing why I'm here. So, itвЂ™s gonвЂ™ be even more entertaining, like, exciting. Last year, everything was kind of closed up, but now itвЂ™s like, weвЂ™re here and we finna be outside. I feel like things are opening up, shows are coming, so, itвЂ™s a great time to really be able to enjoy the fruits of it. ItвЂ™s a platform for people to really show what theyвЂ™re made of, for real.I think itвЂ™s the perfect timing вЂ™cause No. So, itвЂ™s like, with XXL, you know people ainвЂ™t finna miss that shit. ItвЂ™s very like, itвЂ™s a humbling experience and I think itвЂ™s a milestone.ItвЂ™s important to show people because a lot of times people will see you, hear your name, still wonвЂ™t listen to your music.

Seeing him, it was like, Damn, now IвЂ™m the first female on it. He was the first one from our city to be on XXL, which was a while ago. ItвЂ™s not common to make it out of Mobile, Ala. TRUTH ON BEING AN XXL FRESHMAN: вЂњ XXL is a big deal because simply, like, itвЂ™s such a cultural movement. Getting money, rapping and staying to myself. So, I was really, like, to myself for the most part and hustling. And I started to, like, really cut everybody off. But then like, after the first year, I started to kinda smarten up on what high school was about.

Freshman and school, thatвЂ™s two different things вЂ™cause like, coming to high school, I was so hyper and ready for the world.

AS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL: вЂњAs a Freshman in high school, I was outspoken.

So, I think everybody who came before me, LilвЂ™ Kim Nicki, Eve, even Diamond, Missy Elliott, MC Lyte. Every woman that came before me, I am definitely influenced by in a way вЂ™cause if you think about it, history is repeating itself, always.

INFLUENCED BY: вЂњIвЂ™m influenced by a lot of people.

I donвЂ™t think itвЂ™s anything thatвЂ™s different about them that would make them not deserve to be here.вЂќ

WHO ELSE SHOULD BE PART OF THIS YEAR'S CLASS: вЂњKenTheMan.

CURRENTLY WORKING ON: As-yet-untitled debut album due out later this year.

TWITTER: INSTAGRAM: TIKTOK: NOTABLE RELEASES: Singles: вЂњBeef FloMix,вЂќ вЂњIn the Party,вЂќ вЂњMay I,вЂќ вЂњNot Friendly,вЂќ вЂњRoaring 20sвЂќ Mixtape: Ho, Why Is You Here? Guest Appearances: $notвЂ™s вЂњMeanвЂќ.

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