Gangsta Boo Found Dead, Three 6 Mafia's DJ Paul Confirms

The Memphis hip-hop neighborhood is mourning the demise of Three 6 Mafia member Gangsta Boo.

In keeping with a Fox13memphis.com report, Gangsta Boo was discovered useless on Sunday (Jan. 1) at 4 p.m. The native media outlet confirmed the information with three impartial sources.

In the meantime, Three 6 Mafia founder DJ Paul went on his Instagram web page at present and confirmed the unhappy information that Gangsta Boo had handed away. DJ Paul posted a photograph of Boo behind an iDJ console holding a blunt in her hand. The reason for demise has not been disclosed. She was 43 years previous.

Sadly, Gangsta Boo is the third member from the illustrious Memphis rap group to have handed away. Lord Notorious, born Ricky T. Dunigan, died in 2013 and Koopsta Knicca, born Robert Phillips, transitioned in 2015.

In terms of ladies within the southern hip-hop scene, no voice was extra pivotal and influential than Gangsta Boo’s. She was a lyrical firebrand that might tear the membership up higher than any man and maintain her personal lyrically subsequent to her Three 6 Mafia brethren.

Gangsta Boo, born Lola Chantrelle Mitchell, was the second feminine member to be part of the Three 6 Mafia household. She made her first rap look on the age of 15 on “Tear Da Membership Up (Da Actual)” from the group’s 1995 debut album, Mystic Kinds.

She’s additionally appeared on the group’s follow-up LP Chapter 1: The Finish in 1996, Chapter 2: World Domination in 1997, When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1 in 2000 and Decisions: The Album in 2001.

Throughout her run with Three 6 Mafia, Gangsta Boo additionally dropped solo albums. In 1998, she launched her debut studio mission, Enquiring Minds, adopted by Each Worlds *69 in 2001.

In 2001, Boo left Three 6 Mafia over cash points and artistic variations. Round that point, she additionally found God and altered her title to Girl Boo to separate herself from the group.

“I am formally not a member of Three 6 Mafia proper now,” she instructed MTV Information in 2001. “There isn’t any drama, no beef. It is nonetheless the identical. I simply sort of grew aside, and I am not doing issues that they are doing. I am not cursing in my music no extra. We simply grew aside like a wedding.”

As for the title change, Boo attributed it to her development and religious journey as a saved girl.

“I wished to alter my title due to the stereotype that goes with ‘Gangsta this’ and ‘Gangsta that,'” she defined to MTV Information. “I wasn’t dwelling the gangster way of life, so I wished to lose the title. All people was at all times telling me that it did not match me anyway. I used to be younger. I grew up and matured, so I made a decision to go along with ‘Girl Boo,’ since I say Girl Boo in my raps anyway. That was sort of like my code title.”

Via the years, Gangsta Boo (or Girl Boo) launched a number of mixtapes and be part of the splinter rap group Da Mafia 6ix with DJ Paul, Crunchy Black, Koopsta Knicca and Lord Notorious.

Boo additionally appeared on songs with fellow hip-hop artists like Yelawolf (“Throw It Up”), OutKast (“I am going to Name Earlier than I Come”), Run the Jewels (“Love Once more [Akinyele Back])” and Hannah Monds (“Large Momma”).

Most lately, Boo was featured on Latto’s membership banger “FTCU” with GloRilla.

Upon listening to the unhappy information of Gangsta Boo’s demise, a number of hip-hoppers jumped on social media to specific their condolences.

Three 6 Mafia founder Juicy J jumped on Twitter and posted a photograph of himself with Gangsta Boo and captioned it with a damaged coronary heart emoji.

In the meantime, Run the Jewels member El-P wrote: “love you Lola thanks in your friendship [broken heart emoji].”

Latto wrote: “NOOOOO [seven broken heart emojis]”

Duke Deuce tweeted: “Lengthy Dwell The Queen Gangsta Boo [black heart emoji]”

Rah Digga wrote: As God as my witness Gangsta Boo ALWAYS been in my high 5 feminine spitters. I am unable to consider 2023 startin like this. #RIP to a QUEEN [prayer hands emoji] [red heart emoji].”

DJ Mister Cee typed: “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 Enormous Loss For Memphis. Godspeed To Miss Yea Hoe!!!”

DJ Premier tweeted: “Wow not Gangsta Boo!!! That is my fuckin homie!!! [prayer hands emoji] [red heart] [dove of peace emoji].”

GloRilla wrote on her Instagram web page: “Queen of Memphis FOREVER [three prayer hand emojis]”

XXL needs to ship heartfelt condolences to the household and buddies of Gangsta Boo. Could she relaxation in peace.