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Lola Mitchell, popularly known as Gangsta Boo, was famous for her band and solo work.

Lola Mitchell, better known as Gangsta Boo and former member of Three 6 Mafia, has died aged 43, reports Fox 13 in Memphis, his representative having confirmed the death of the rapper to WREG 3 Memphis. According to Fox 13, she was found dead on Sunday afternoon. The cause of death has not been made public.

DJ Paul, who founded Three 6 Mafia alongside Juicy J, shared a simple photo of Mitchell on social networks Sunday. ” We were together just three weeks ago “Reacted Lil Jon in response to DJ Paul’s Instagram post.

The Memphis-born artist began rapping as a teenager, and was the second female rapper to join the group. She appeared on their debut studio album, Mystic Stylezuntil Choices: The Album from 2001. In the late nineties, she also started a solo career, starting with Inquiring Minds in 1998, which reached number 46 on the Billboard 200 and spawned the hit ” Where Dem Dollas At? »

His second album, Both Worlds *69, climbed to 29th place. Gangsta Boo’s third album, Inquiring Minds II: The Soap Operawas released in 2003.

She has also released a number of mixtapes, including collaborations with DJ Fletch, Trap-A-Holics, La Chat, and one with the Three 6 Mafia spinoff, Da Mafia 6ix, 6ix Commandments.

For nearly three decades, she made countless appearances on other artists’ singles, which is testament to her influence. In December, she teamed up with Latto and GloRilla for the single ” Fuck the Club Up », a nod to « Tear Da Club Up by Three 6 Mafia. She also appeared on the track “ Walking in the Snow ” of Run the Jewelstaken from RTJ4 of 2020.” I love you Lola, thank you for your friendship », posted El-P on Twitter.

In an interview published in Billboard last month, Gangsta Boo opened up about his legacy. “JI would honestly say that I have to admit, with respect and humility, that I am the role model. I hear my cadence in a lot of male and female rappers… my sound is a Memphis sound. It’s a Gangsta Boo sound, it’s a Three 6 Mafia sound. So I’m the model and I’m proud of it. […] I used to run away. I didn’t want to beat myself up for being so quiet and humble, but I decided to say fuck it all. It’s time to claim what’s mine. I am one of the biggest. And it feels good to still be able to look beautiful and be relevant when I don’t have this million dollar machine behind me and I have all the natural parts of my body, without doing any harm. shadow to those for whom this is not the case. But it feels good to feel good about yourself, to look in the mirror and say, “Wow, you did it.” Not to sell your soul and go to bed at night with a smile on your face. Because I have no pressure. »

Althea Legaspi

Translated by the editor