“I remember when I was 18, I’d just graduated from high school and I had walked in my mom’s room and said to her, ‘I’m gonna go to college and I might take time off because I want to go work and make some money. But besides that, Ma, I feel like I’m a star, like I’m important to the world. I don’t know what it is, but I’m gonna figure it out.’” 

Brooklyn-born-and-raised Lola Brooke knew she could take the New York music scene by storm, but she wasn’t expecting to do so on a global scale. Though she’s been in the game for a while now, the lyrical powerhouse is only just warming up. Covering our Autumn/Fall 2023 issue, we spoke to the rapper a week ahead of Hip-Hop’s 50th anniversary where it felt more women than ever were being celebrated for their contributions to the genre. From Nicki Minaj to Lil’ Kim and back to Foxy Brown, these are some of Hip-Hop’s finest – and now, with a new project looming, Brooke is assuring that she is amongst that list too. Pre-order the issue now at wonderlandshop.com.

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