Gangsta Boo, the pioneering Memphis rapper and former member of Three 6 Mafia, has died on the age of 43, HipHopDX has confirmed.
In line with Fox 13 Memphis, the rapper (actual identify Lola Mitchell) was discovered lifeless round 4:00 p.m. native time on Sunday afternoon (January 1) in her hometown of Memphis. A reason behind demise has not but been revealed.
As information of the Queen of Memphis’ demise started spreading through social media, DJ Paul posted a photograph of his former Three 6 Mafia group mate on social media, which many took as affirmation of her demise.
HipHopDX has been instructed {that a} assertion from Gangsta Boo’s household is on the way in which.
— DJ PAUL THREE6MAFIA (@DJPAULKOM) January 1, 2023
Gangsta Boo joined Three 6 Mafia in 1994 on the tender age of 15 and options on the legendary Memphis group’s first 5 albums: Mystic Stylez (1995), Chapter. 1: The Finish (1996), Chapter 2: World Domination (1997), When The Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1 (2000), and Decisions: The Album (2001).
Following the discharge of her debut solo album Enquiring Minds in 1998 through Hypnotize Minds/Relativity Information, she grew to become a family identify throughout the South and past, due to her hit single “The place Dem Dollas At!?” She launched her second album, Each Worlds *69, in 2001.
Boo additionally appeared on a sequence of different Three 6 Mafia-related tasks, reminiscent of Tear Da Membership Up Thugs’ 1999 album CrazyNDaLazDayz, Prophet Posse’s debut 1998 album Physique Components, Hypnotize Camp Posse’s 2000 album Three 6 Mafia Presents: Hypnotize Camp Posse, and Da Mafia 6ix’s 2013 mixtape 6ix Commandments. She additionally options on the Triple Six Mafia compilation albums Underground Vol.2: Membership Memphis and Underground Vol.3: Kings of Memphis.
After leaving Three 6 Mafia over alleged monetary disputes in 2002, Gangsta Boo dropped her third and last solo studio album, Enquiring Minds II: The Cleaning soap Opera, in 2004 through Yorktown Information. It options manufacturing from Drumma Boy, who on the time was a younger and hungry up and coming producer trying to make a reputation for himself.
From there, she put out a string of mixtapes together with 2006’s Nonetheless Gangsta with DJ Smallz, 2009’s The Rumors with DJ Drama, and 2015’s Sweet, Diamonds & Drugs. She additionally teamed up with good friend and fellow Three 6 Mafia affiliate La Chat in 2104 to drop their joint album Witch.
Her current output noticed the “Yeah Hoe” rapper function on plenty of high-profile collaborations, together with Run The Jewels tracks “Love Once more (Akinyele Again)” and “Strolling within the Snow,” and Latto‘s “F.T.C.U.” alongside Memphis newcomer GloRilla.
Along with DJ Paul, different tributes from Three 6 Mafia members included co-founder Juicy J who posted a photograph of himself alongside Gangsta Boo with a lone damaged coronary heart emoji within the caption.
Juicy’s older brother and Triple Six affiliate Venture Pat posted the duvet for Boo’s second album Each Worlds *69, writing: “The Hardest to ever do it R. I. P. @missyeahoe will likely be missed.”
Crunchy Black shared a clip of a studio session with Boo, writing: “Gangster BOO WE LOVE YOU #BIG MEMPHIS.”
— juicy j (@therealjuicyj) January 2, 2023
La Chat posted {a photograph} of her hugging Boo onstage with a caption filled with crying and throwing up emojis.
Former Hypnotize Minds artist Lil Wyte mentioned he had “no phrases” and defined that he and Boo have been simply “collectively 2 weeks in the past,” whereas Frayser Boy merely tweeted “Endlessly Gangsta [fingers crossed emoji].”
M.C. Mack of The Kaze shared a carousel of pics of him and Gangsta Boo, with the caption: “M TOWN LEGENDS STAND UP. CANT BELIEVE U GONE. YOU WILL BE MISSED AND KNOW THAT YOU WAS LOVED #RIP @missyeahoe [three praying hand emojis and one crying emoji] #QOM.”
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— La Chat (@dareallachat) January 2, 2023
Foreva Gangsta??
— Mr.Goldman (@FrayserBoy) January 2, 2023
A number of different members of the Hip Hop neighborhood have taken to social media to react to the information and pay tribute to Gangsta Boo.
Memphis rapper Duke Deuce, who is rarely quiet concerning the big affect Three 6 Mafia have had on his profession, wrote on Twitter: “Lengthy Reside The Queen,” sharing a clip of Boo becoming a member of him on stage to carry out his hit single “Crunk Ain’t Lifeless.”
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Missy Elliott, who Gangsta Boo not too long ago instructed Billboard was on her listing of dream collaborators, shared a photograph of the Memphis legend with the caption, “Relaxation Peacefully @GangstaBooQOM.”
Latto shared a pair of tweets as quickly because the information broke about her collaborator’s demise. “Nah this not true man,” she wrote, earlier than including in a second tweet: “NOOOOO,” adopted by seven damaged coronary heart emojis.
Lengthy Reside The Queen Gangsta Boo ? pic.twitter.com/7xXzzEiSue
— ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? (@dukedeuce901) January 1, 2023
Relaxation Peacefully @GangstaBooQOM ?? pic.twitter.com/iWXVpzDYMM
— Missy Elliott (@MissyElliott) January 1, 2023
Nah this not true man ??
— BIG LATTO ? (@Latto) January 1, 2023
NOOOOO ???????
— BIG LATTO ? (@Latto) January 1, 2023
El-P of Run The Jewels shared a message for Boo on Twitter. “Love you Lola thanks in your friendship,” he wrote on Twitter.
The rapper/producer later shared a sequence of images with Boo on Instagram, writing: “I don’t have the phrases but. I simply know we misplaced part of our household at this time. We love you, Lola. Thanks my good friend. Our sister eternally.”
Drumma Boy additionally took to Twitter to pay tribute to his “sister” Gangsta Boo, who was a relentless in Boo’s life. “This shyt don’t really feel actual mane life won’t ever be the identical with out u @missyeahoe,” he wrote alongside a screenshot of an Instagram remark Boo had left him the day earlier than, waiting for 2023.
He concluded his submit with: “I swear we had the identical dad or summn eternally my sister.”
love you Lola thanks in your friendship ?
— el-p (@therealelp) January 1, 2023
this shyt don’t really feel actual mane life won’t ever be the identical with out u @missyeahoe ??? i swear we had the identical dad or summn eternally my sister ♌️?️?️?️ @ Memphis, Tennessee https://t.co/Bml9r4XufS
— DRUMMA BOY FRESH (@DrummaBoyFRESH) January 1, 2023
HipHopDX extends its condolences to the family and friends of Gangsta Boo. See extra tributes from the likes of Jermaine Dupri, Freddie Gibbs, Younger Buck, Russ and plenty of others beneath.
Rattling!! Not gansta boo ??♂️
— Jermaine Dupri (@jermainedupri) January 1, 2023
Rattling we was simply collectively. ?
RIP Queen pic.twitter.com/Itct6s7dB8— Large ? (@FreddieGibbs) January 1, 2023
RIP Gangsta Boo ??
— RUSS (@russdiemon) January 1, 2023
Relaxation In Peace To Legendary Feminine Rapper Gangsta Boo From Memphis Tenn. She Was Related Wit Three 6 Mafia. She Was One Of The Feminine Rappers From The South The Set The Traits For So Many Different To Come After Her. This Is A Large Loss For Memphis. Godspeed To Miss Yea Hoe!!! pic.twitter.com/1WSD90kMwC
— MISTER CEE (@djmistercee) January 1, 2023
Rip @GangstaBooQOM ? ? https://t.co/KuJh74JTe5
— J.U.S.T.I.C.E LEAGUE (@JusticeLeague) January 1, 2023
Lengthy reside my house woman Gangsta Boo ??? Queen of the M ? !
— TyDolla$ign (@tydollasign) January 1, 2023
Gangsta Boo actually fucked me up with this….. that was my dawg …. Errrbody go play received ya shakin loud as fuck proper fast man… she smashed that shit. Rattling homie
— Spitta (@CurrenSy_Spitta) January 2, 2023
One other loss #RestInBeats thx @GangstaBooQOM for the convos and asking of some OG recommendation .. of what I may provide. ??
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) January 1, 2023
Gangsta Boo was a queen of hip hop. Her affect was HUGE to at the present time. And he or she was so rattling cool, so supportive of everybody. Of the DJs too. She liked the cool shit, the fringes, greater than lots of artists tbh. RIP Lola ????
— Nappin 4Tay (@atrak) January 2, 2023
That is actually killing me proper now wtf man come on now ? https://t.co/hLkrkwLWSc
— krayzie Bone (@iamKrayzieBone) January 1, 2023
#RESTGANGSTABOO pic.twitter.com/HTPYsEAtz7
— #BIGTHUGGIN ?? (@HotBoyTurk32) January 1, 2023
Rattling man…. We had simply met just a few weeks in the past in LA at Millennium Tour ? RIP Gangsta Boo
— DJ Period (@DJ_Era) January 2, 2023
RIP Gangsta Boo ?️
— Rob Markman ? (@RobMarkman) January 2, 2023
??? completely horrible https://t.co/uTWZPVuXbH
— DJ EFN (@djEFN) January 2, 2023
