Lola Brooke

Lola Brooke Biography by TiVo Staff Rapper Lola Brooke is a Brooklyn original, designing her own lane with forceful lyrics and impressive performances on every track. After independently releasing her earliest singles, she broke through with multi-million-streaming tracks like 2021's "Don't Play with It." Brooke was born and raised in Brooklyn and was interested in music as early as age eight. She began releasing music professionally in her early twenties, taking the influence of acts like Meek Mill and Foxy Brown and applying it to her own style. Brooke signed with independent New York label Team80 and released her first singles in 2017. Some early songs like 2018's "Bipolar" and 2020's "Options" gained traction, but her 2021 collaboration with Billy B, "Don't Play with It," drew major attention, streaming in the tens of millions. This was Brooke's first song issued by a major label, as she had signed on with Sony subsidiary Arista. She continued releasing new music and performing live, reaching new listeners with her feature on Flo Milli's 2023 single "Conceited" and with songs of her own like "So Disrespectful" and a remix of "Don't Play with It" featuring Latto and Yung Miami, both released in 2023.