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Screenshot from GloRilla’s “RAIN DOWN ON ME” music video
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Key Takeaways
- GloRilla’s “RAIN DOWN ON ME” music video showcases a genre-blending second that fuses gospel and entice.
- The Kirk Franklin–assisted monitor gained Greatest Gospel/Inspirational Track on the 2025 BET Awards, marking the Memphis rapper’s first BET Award win.
- Regardless of some backlash, the collaboration highlights a daring crossover second between religion and Hip Hop.
Nothing can block GloRilla’s blessings. On Monday (June 23), the Memphis rapper shared the video for “RAIN DOWN ON ME,” her star-studded collaboration with Kirk Franklin, Maverick Metropolis Music, Kierra Sheard and Chandler Moore.
The Benny Increase–directed clip opens with a younger woman in church, who we later see as an grownup dwelling out of her automobile together with her son. Because the choir belts out the hymn and GloRilla tears into her second verse, that very same girl receives each money and a prayer from somebody in her group.
“Lord, I am right here for each one among Your blessings, sure sir,” Franklin says on the monitor. “Oh, I want I might get a witness in right here.” Check out the video under.
“RAIN DOWN ON ME” took residence the Dr. Bobby Jones Greatest Gospel/Inspirational Award at this month’s 2025 BET Awards. Accepting the honour, GloRilla mentioned, “To start with, I need to thank God, ‘trigger it is a gospel award,” noting that it marked her very first BET Award win. “It’s a blessing to get the gospel award first, as a result of I owe all of it to God.”
Glo additionally admitted she was nervous about even asking Franklin to collaborate. “As a result of y’all know the way I be rapping,” she joked. “When he mentioned sure, I used to be so excited. I had this track within the vault for thus lengthy.” The GLORIOUS providing ended up beating out a number of extra conventional gospel information for the win, one thing that got here with a little bit of backlash.
Most notably, Deitrick Haddon informed TMZ the award ought to’ve gone to “individuals [who are] within the trenches of gospel music.” He clarified, “Anyone made that call, so I am not tripping on GloRilla.”
The Memphis native has seemingly already moved on to her subsequent mission, with the Ehhthang Ehhthang just lately tapping Keyshia Cole for “Typa.” The pair starred in its music video collectively and later carried out a reside rendition on the aforementioned BET Awards.