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A celebration of her life as a performer and commitment to her family and friends was hosted at Railgarten Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;As dark as this world got, or ever seemed, she gave us hope and let us know things were possible,&#8221; said her close friend and Memphis artist Drumma Boy, whose given name is Christopher Gholson.  &#8220;She walked in and lit up the room. She sure knew her power. She She loved and showed us how to love. It&#8217;s a lot of darkness, man, and she she was the light.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2023\/01\/14\/PMCA\/bf48b974-7194-4ff5-b034-14a377b96327-BK3I8690.jpg?resize=660%2C372&#038;ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2023\/01\/14\/PMCA\/bf48b974-7194-4ff5-b034-14a377b96327-BK3I8690.jpg?crop=3647,2052,x0,y185&amp;width=1320&amp;height=744&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Also in attendance were state Rep.  Antonio Parkinson and Shelby County Commissioner Mickell Lowery.  Both read proclamations for the family to commemorate Mitchell, and Lowery announced a county project to open a hip-hop museum &#8220;where [Mitchell&#8217;s] legacy will live on forever.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;Lola is not only a Memphis legend, she is a hip-hop legend,&#8221; Lowery said.  &#8220;Every time she was in the city, she would ask where she could be the most helpful. That&#8217;s a side she most did not get to see.&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Celebration of Life:<\/strong>Gangsta Boo remembered as &#8216;Queen of Memphis,&#8217; pioneering artist, family<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">Remembering Gangsta Boo:<\/strong>Memphis rapper&#8217;s &#8216;influence is incalculable&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Gangsta Boo, born Lola Mitchell, was found dead in a friend&#8217;s home Jan.  1. In a tweet the following day, Memphis police said officers found Mitchell deceased around 2:18 pm Sunday when responding to a call in the 1600 block of Raines Road.  She was 43 years old.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">At Friday night&#8217;s celebration, her discography played as friends, family and fans danced and sang along to her throwbacks and most popular hits.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Saturday&#8217;s event was more somber than Friday&#8217;s, but still kept the high energy and positivity associated with Mitchell.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2023\/01\/14\/PMCA\/5028532f-13e4-4a96-b477-a991b6208f25-_2MG8177.jpg?ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2023\/01\/14\/PMCA\/5028532f-13e4-4a96-b477-a991b6208f25-_2MG8177.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=880&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A funeral service was held for Gangsta Boo on Jan.  14, 2023, at Brown Missionary Baptist Church in Southaven.  The Memphis rap pioneer died on Jan.  1 at the age of 43.\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">&#8220;I saw firsthand how happy she made y&#8217;all and how happy y&#8217;all made her,&#8221; said Katrina Hamilton, Mitchell&#8217;s cousin.  &#8220;I&#8217;m so thankful she left knowing how much we loved her and how much she loved us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Mitchell&#8217;s death is still being investigated and the results of the autopsy are still pending, but police said there were no immediate signs of foul play.<\/p>\n<aside aria-label=\"advertisement\" class=\"gnt_m gnt_x gnt_x__lbl gnt_x__al\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">An outpouring of love came from Memphians and other hip-hop artists in the wake of her death, reflecting her status as a pioneer of the genre, her ceiling-breaking move to become one of the first major female rappers from the South and her ability to place the spotlight on female rappers who would follow her, including Gloria Woods, better known as GloRilla, the latest Memphis rapper to nab the national spotlight with hits like &#8220;FNF&#8221;<\/p>\n<aside class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_anc\" id=\"gnt_atomsnc\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-method=\"loadAnc\" aria-label=\"Newsletter signup form\"\/>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">&#8216;Queen of Memphis FOREVER&#8217;:<\/strong>Celebrities react to Gangsta Boo&#8217;s death<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><strong class=\"gnt_ar_b_al\">The 901:<\/strong>Remembering Gangsta Boo, Sam Phillips and more<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Born in 1979 and raised in Whitehaven, Mitchell would join Three 6 Mafia, a Memphis rap group, at the age of 15, where she would first turn heads with her work on the 1995 album &#8220;Mystic Stylez.&#8221;  She would go on to record a number of tracks with the group before parting ways in 2001.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_img\"><img class=\"gnt_em_img_i\" style=\"height:440px\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2023\/01\/14\/PMCA\/13a3fff5-a5d7-41d3-9673-3904aca6c3f1-BK3I8683.jpg?ssl=1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2023\/01\/14\/PMCA\/13a3fff5-a5d7-41d3-9673-3904aca6c3f1-BK3I8683.jpg?width=1320&amp;height=880&amp;fit=crop&amp;format=pjpg&amp;auto=webp 2x\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"A funeral service was held for Gangsta Boo on Jan.  14, 2023, at Brown Missionary Baptist Church in Southaven.  The Memphis rap pioneer died on Jan.  1 at the age of 43.\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><\/figure>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Her first solo album, &#8220;Inquiring Minds,&#8221; released in 1998 and featured the hit &#8220;Where Dem Dollars At.&#8221;  Every departure from Three 6 Mafia came on the wings of her sophomore album, &#8220;Both Worlds * 69.&#8221;  All of her solo albums ranked on the R &#038; B charts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Mitchell would go on to collaborate with many generations of performers, including Eminem, E-40, OutKast, Lil Jon, Krayzie Bone, Gucci Mane and Run the Jewels, among others.  She had a period of quiet in the 2010s, but returned to the spotlight recently.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">She reunited with Three 6 Mafia for a stint that included playing a headline set at the Rolling Loud music festival and a Verzuz performance with the group.  In 2022, she released a flurry of singles that included &#8220;Sucka Free&#8221; and &#8220;4Eva Crunk.&#8221;  Most recently, Mitchell was working on a project with Drumma Boy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><em>Lucas Finton is a news reporter with The Commercial Appeal.  He can be reached at Lucas.Finton@commercialappeal.com and followed on Twitter @LucasFinton.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Family, friends and fans of Memphis rap pioneer Gangsta Boo packed shoulder-to-shoulder in the church pews to bid farewell to the &#8220;Queen of Memphis.&#8221; Hundreds gathered to share tribute to the late rapper during Saturday afternoon&#8217;s funeral service at Brown Missionary Baptist Church in Southaven. 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