Gangsta Boo, the pioneering Memphis rapper and former member of Three 6 Mafia, has died on the age of 43, HipHopDX has confirmed.
In accordance 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 advised {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, because of 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 initiatives, resembling 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 remaining 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 in search of a possibility.
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 buddy 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 quite a few 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.
A number of members of the Hip Hop neighborhood have taken to social media to react to the information and pay tribute to Gangsta Boo, together with fellow former Hypnotize Minds artist Lil Wyte who mentioned he had “no phrases” and defined that he and Boo have been simply “collectively 2 weeks in the past.”
Memphis rapper Duke Deuce, who isn’t quiet in regards to the big affect Three 6 Mafia have had on his profession, shared a tribute on Twitter. “Lengthy Stay The Queen,” he wrote, sharing a clip of Gangsta Boo becoming a member of him on stage to carry out his hit single “Crunk Ain’t Lifeless.”
Missy Elliott, who Gangsta Boo not too long ago advised Billboard was on her record of dream collaborators, shared a photograph of the Memphis legend with the caption, “Relaxation Peacefully @GangstaBooQOM.”
Lengthy Stay The Queen Gangsta Boo 🖤 pic.twitter.com/7xXzzEiSue
— 𝕯 𝖊 𝖚 𝖈 𝖎 𝖋 𝖊 𝖗 🔱 (@dukedeuce901) January 1, 2023
Relaxation Peacefully @GangstaBooQOM 💔😢 pic.twitter.com/iWXVpzDYMM
— Missy Elliott (@MissyElliott) 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 photographs with Boo on Instagram, writing: “I don’t have the phrases but. I simply know we misplaced part of our household at the moment. We love you, Lola. Thanks my buddy. Our sister perpetually.”
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 perpetually 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 perpetually 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, 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 Developments For So Many Different To Come After Her. This Is A Big 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
Gangsta Boo actually fucked me up with this….. that was my dawg …. Errrbody go play obtained 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 supply. 🙏🏿
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) January 1, 2023
Gangsta Boo was a queen of hip hop. Her affect was HUGE to today. And she or he was so rattling cool, so supportive of everybody. Of the DJs too. She liked the cool shit, the fringes, greater than a whole lot 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 a number of 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

