Lola Brooke explains the stories behind these photos with Billboard.
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00:00 What's up y'all, it's your girl Lola Brooke
00:01 and I'm going behind the photos with Billboard.
00:05 (camera shutter)
00:08 Oh, she's smiling at me like she's proud.
00:12 Okay, so this was in Atlanta.
00:15 I just couldn't believe she wanted me to come out
00:17 because this is the thing, I performed with Ciara
00:20 and then she allowed me to perform my single,
00:23 Don't Play With It, as an artist,
00:24 when you come on somebody's set
00:25 and they allow you to do that,
00:27 that means like they really respect your craft.
00:29 So I had to make sure I put on a show for Cece, okay?
00:32 I love you Cece, thank you so much.
00:34 Oh, oh my God.
00:36 (laughs)
00:38 I'm literally the size of a baby
00:40 and I act like a baby sometimes too
00:42 and I'm really, really, really spoiled.
00:43 I like to be carried around
00:45 because sometimes everyone is so huge
00:48 that I can't see where I'm going.
00:49 When I'm being carried,
00:50 I can see literally everything that's around me.
00:53 So like, this is when I'm tall.
00:55 Ah, don't play with them girls.
00:57 Do not play with them girls at all.
00:59 They are not to be played with.
01:00 This was literally before we shot Don't Play With It Remix
01:03 and we were sitting in the Sprinter
01:05 like trying to cope with the weather.
01:07 It was freezing outside, we wanted to look cute.
01:09 The girls was a vibe and I appreciate them so much
01:12 because for one, it was a long day.
01:14 We literally went to every single borough to shoot
01:17 Don't Play With It Remix and they was with it.
01:19 Like they didn't leave me out there by myself.
01:21 They was with it, so love you guys.
01:24 Now this right here is...
01:26 (laughing)
01:28 Billboard, you is so funny for this one
01:30 because this was South by Southwest.
01:32 It's like two fun facts about this event.
01:35 The first time I've ever been to Billboard's
01:37 South by Southwest, I literally was an artist
01:39 that wasn't even performing.
01:40 It was the last person I seen perform was Thug.
01:44 It's so crazy because I remember watching him
01:46 performing on stage and I was like,
01:48 wow, I hope to touch this stage one day.
01:51 He's so lucky to even like be introduced
01:54 to Billboard's South by Southwest.
01:56 And then literally, it was the next year,
01:58 I was on the same stage.
02:01 And then it was a viral video of people
02:03 that was singing Don't Play With It acapella
02:06 and they made it seem like the crowd was so dead
02:08 but the crowd literally was like turned up with me
02:11 the whole entire time.
02:13 But you know what?
02:15 I take it for what it is.
02:16 Billboard helped me down.
02:18 Shout outs to Texas.
02:20 This is South by Southwest.
02:21 I love y'all.
02:22 That was Behind the Photo with Billboard.
02:25 (upbeat music)
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