If
a
story
starts
with
“Alright,
so
boom,”
you
know
it’s
about
to
be
a
good
one.
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Courtesy
/
Bossip
That’s
the
vibe
of
our
brand-new
podcast
of
the
same
name,
hosted
by
Nzinga
Imani,
Rae
Holliday
and
Janeé
Bolden.
Digging
into
the
origin
stories
of
celebs
is
kind
of
our
thing,
and
every
week,
we’ll
go
into
all
the
behind-the-scenes
details
about
your
faves.
This
week,
for
Episode
6
we
welcomed
rapper,
reality
star
and
The
Morning
Hustle
radio
host
Lore’l
to
discuss
her
career,
a
few
of
her
unfiltered
viral
moments,
teaching
Beyonce
how
to
play
BS,
and
more!
Right
off
the
bat
we
had
to
get
the
story
on
how
Lore’l
(whose
real
name
is
Monica)
landed
on
her
name.
She
revealed
how
the
name
came
to
her
during
her
days
as
an
intern
at
Sony
Records.
“I
just
used
to
be
battling
people,”
Lore’l
revealed.
“Whoever
wanted
to
hear
me
rap,
I
would
just
rap,
like
on
the
spot.
So
they’d
be
like,
‘You
good
but
your
name
is
trash…’”
At
the
time,
Lore’l
said
the
name
she
was
using
was
“Ricochet,”
but
Sony
music
executives
Kawan
“KP”
Prather
and
“Baby
Paul”
Hendricks
told
her
she
should
use
a
softer
name.
“They
were
like,
‘Yo
your
bars
is
so
hard,
you
rap
hard,
but
you
need
something
soft
’cause
you’re
kind
of
girly,
so
you
need
something
like
L’Oreal.’
I
was
like,
‘That’s
whack
who
would
say
L’Oreal,
that’s
a
makeup
ain’t
it?’
and
both
of
them
was
like,
‘Come
back
and
let
us
know
what
you
gonna
make
your
name.’
So
I
came
back
like,
‘I
got
the
perfect
name.’
It
was
the
next
day
and
they’re
like,
‘What
is
it?’
I’m
like,
‘Lore’l.’”
This
had
to
be
one
of
the
juiciest
episodes
of
the
season
and
Lore’l
fully
delivered
when
it
came
to
describing
her
unexpected
celebrity
encounters.
It
turns
out
that
when
she
was
still
a
teenager
—
Lo
met
Beyoncé
and
taught
her
to
play
the
card
game
BS!
“Alright,
so…
BOOM!
I
taught
Beyoncé
how
to
play
BS
right?”
Lore’l
told
the
ASB
crew.
”
I
probably
was
like
16-years-old,
or
fifteen,
but
I
used
to
date
Jay’s
nephew
[Colleek]
you
know,
God
rest
his
soul
he
passed
away…
I
remember
it
was
Thanksgiving.
We
always
would
go
to
his
grandmother,
Miss
Gloria
[Carter]
house
or
whatever…
so
Beyoncé
was
there
and
Uncle
Jay,
of
course,
he
was
there,
and
we’re
playing
BS
and
she
ain’t
know
how
to
play.
She
ain’t
never
played
it
before,
so
we
cheating.
When
I
tell
you
like,
I’m
putting
four
cards
underneath
the
one
like,
‘Ace!’
Like
Beyoncé,
she
playing
right,
cause
that’s
the
game…
So
we
cheated,
and
she
losing
and
she
got
mad
cards.
So
when
Jay
comes
down
and
he’s
like
‘You
don’t
see
that
they
getting
you?’
I
did
feel
kind
of
bad.
She
was
so
sweet.
I
told
him
to
flip
it
over
and
I
had
like
three
eights,
like
a
seven,
two
sixes,
I
was
just
trying
to
get
rid
of
whatever.
It
was
just
such
a
sweet
innocent
moment
for
her
to
be
like,
‘Oh
y’all
got
me!
I
trusted
you!’”
There’s
more
moments
you
don’t
want
to
miss,
including
Lore’l
talking
about
getting
suspended
from
Love
&
Hip
Hop
NY
and
viral
moments
with
Tank,
Michael
B.
Jordan
and
more…For
all
the
details,
you’ve
got
to
check
out
the
full
episode
of
Alright,
So…
Boom!
HERE
or
on
Apple
and
Spotify
podcasts.
You
can
also
find
full
episodes
of
Alright,
So…
Boom
episodes
on
the
BOSSIP
YouTube
channel.
