A former member of the Memphis rap group Three 6 Mafia has been found dead. "Gangsta Boo," whose real name is Lola Mitchell, was considered a pioneer for female rap in the 90s. She was 43. ABC ...

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The post Gangsta Boo, Pioneering Figure in Southern Rap, Dead at 43 appeared first on Consequence. Gangsta Boo has died at the age of 43, according to Fox 13 Memphis. A pioneering figure in the ...

For the generation too young to know the gangsta rap act N.W.A, Ice Cube is better known as a box office-topping film star, Dr. Dre is a multibillionaire producer who makes $200 headphones, and their ...

Memphis rap is enjoying a spotlight moment, with the likes of GloRilla, Moneybagg Yo, NLE Choppa and others, turning out hit singles, platinum albums and earning more mainstream acclaim than any ...

Los Angeles rapper Coolio, who rose to the national spotlight in the 1990s with his Grammy-winning hit "Gangsta's Paradise," died on Wednesday, his longtime manager Jarez Posey confirmed to ABC News.

Anthony Nelson’s dreams were coming true. It was the early 1990s and the Oakland native, who had been rapping since elementary school, was making a name for himself. He’d recorded with Too Short, ...

HUNTSVILLE - Convicted killer Ronald Ray Howard was executed Thursday for fatally shooting a Texas state trooper, a slaying his trial attorneys argued was prompted by Howard listening to anti-police ...