Gangsta Boo, a pioneering Southern feminine rapper and former member of hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia, has died, in keeping with Fox 13 in Memphis, Industrial Attraction and different studies. She was 43.
Boo, born Lola Mitchell, was reportedly discovered lifeless on Sunday (Jan. 1) at roughly 4 p.m. at a house in Memphis. The reason for her dying had not been launched at press time.
Shortly after the information of her passing, Three 6 Mafia’s DJ Paul and Juicy J shared tributes to their former bandmate on Instagram. DJ Paul shared an captionless photograph of the late rapper, whereas Juicy J posted a snapshot of the pair accompanied by a damaged coronary heart emoji.
“Man we was jus collectively three weeks in the past,” Lil Jon commented in DJ Paul’s put up. “Relaxation properly quenn.”
The Three 6 Mafia members’ tribute posts additionally garnered feedback from Ludacris, Bun B, Outkast’s Massive Boi, Ty Dolla $ign, Bone Thugs-N-Concord’s Krayzie Bone, Cypress Hill’s B-Actual, and others.
On New Yr’s Eve, Boo shared a video on Instagram about her accomplishments from the previous 12 months. “A number of the issues that I did in 2022! So enjoyable and productive, climbed out my shell alot!! 2023 go be 23’n! #JORDAN #BOOPRINT #recap Blissful New 2023 everybody!” she captioned the clip.
Boo was born within the Whitehaven part of Memphis, Tennessee, on Aug. 7, 1979. She joined native hip-hop collective Three 6 Mafia — based by DJ Paul, Juicy J and Lord Notorious — on the age of 15 in 1994. That very same 12 months, she recorded her first solo music with the group, “Cheefa Da Reefa.” The observe would set the tone for the Memphis femcee, who later unveiled her hottest hit “The place Dem Dollas At?” from her 1998 debut album, Enquiring Minds.
Boo went gone by way of plenty of transformations throughout her profession, renaming herself Girl Boo in 2001 and releasing quite a few solo albums. In 2013, she joined Da Mafia 6ix earlier than the passing of band member Lord Notorious in December of that 12 months. In 2014, she and Da Mafia 6ix’s different femcee La Chat, additionally recorded Witch collectively.
In latest months, Boo was featured on GloRilla and Latto’s collaboration “F— The Membership Up,” a play off Three 6 Mafia’s “Tear Da Membership Up.”
Boo spoke with Billboard in December 2022, revealing that she was engaged on a brand new venture known as The BooPrint, which she hoped to launch early this 12 months. She additionally touched on her legacy as a rapper within the hip-hop scene.
“I’d truthfully say that I’ve to confess, respectfully and humbly, that I’m the blueprint. I hear my cadence in numerous males and feminine rappers,” Boo instructed Billboard. “My sound is a Memphis sound. It’s a Gangsta Boo sound, it’s a Three 6 Mafia sound. So, I’m the blueprint and I put on that badge proudly as f—.”
This story first appeared on Billboard.com.
