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Bass Keyboardist: Gail Nobles

Hi! I’m Gail Nobles. Happy New Year 2023. But the grave is never satisfied. Death comes constantly. Every time I turn around someone is reported dead.

How many of you have heard of Gangsta Boo? Her real name is Lola Chantrelle Mitchell. She was the second female member of the Memphis-based hip hop group Three 6 Mafia. She left the group and label sometime in 2002. Gangsta Boo has been referred to as a pioneer of female southern rap music.

In her early life, she was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on August 7, 1979. She was from a middle class family that later "moved to the hood" after her parents had divorced. She started rapping at around age 14.

Mitchell was found dead at her home in Memphis on January 1, 2023, at the age of 43. A cause of death was not immediately known. It’s funny how a lot of people are being found dead in their homes. I’m pretty sure you’ll hear some gossip about Gangsta Boo’s death. And you know that people make money off of gossip & lies. Some things that you read or hear, you might want to take with a “grain of salt”.

You might remember Gangsta Boo’s rap song - Where Dem Dollas At. It came from her first solo album, Enquiring Minds, which was released in 1998 and reached number fifteen on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip Hop Albums chart and number 46 on the Bill 200. …