As the evening’s special musical guest, GloRilla treated the New York City’s beloved late night show to a serving of Memphis’ hype sound. After being introduced by the episode’s host Dave Chappelle, the Grammy Award-nominee kicked off her first performance of the night, “ Yeah Glo! ”

GloRilla — the Grammy-nominated 25-year-old rapper and Frayser native — will appear as the musical guest on the Jan. 18 edition of “Saturday Night Live,” which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year. GloRilla will make her “SNL” debut on an episode hosted by comedian Dave Chappelle.

Chappelle as host must have been a relief. That’s because Chappelle, appearing for the fourth time as host, is always good for an extra-long standup monologue. Indeed, Chappelle’s standup set stretched for 17 minutes,