Gangsta Boo

Lola Chantrelle Mitchell (August 7, 1979 – January 1, 2023), better known by her stage name Gangsta Boo, was an American rapper and the second female member (after K-9) of the Memphis-based hip hop group Three 6 Mafia. She left the group and label sometime in 2002, months after the release of her second album, Both Worlds *69, due to money disputes and issues regarding promotion of her album. She subsequently released mixtapes alongside artists like La Chat and Yelawolf, along with several solo projects. In her later years, she collaborated with artists such as Eminem, Latto, GloRilla and Run the Jewels.Gangsta Boo has been referred to as a pioneer of female southern rap music.

Mitchell was born in the Whitehaven area of 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.

Gangsta Boo's first solo album, Enquiring Minds, was released in 1998 and reached number fifteen on the Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart and number 46 on the Billboard 200. The album featured the surprise hit "Where Dem Dollas At!?".

Her second album, Both Worlds *69 (2001), reached number eight on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart and number 29 on the Billboard 200. In 2003, she released her third album, Enquiring Minds II: The Soap Opera. The album peaked at number 53 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart and 24 on the Independent Albums chart.

In 2009, Gangsta Boo released her third official mixtape The Rumors (following her previous mixtapes Street Ringers Vol. 1 and Still Gangsta). She also released two mixtapes with DJ Fletch, Miss.Com (No DJ Version on iTunes) and 4 Da Hood. On June 27, 2011, she released her mixtape with Trap-A-Holics, Forever Gangsta. That same year, she collaborated with Yelawolf and Eminem on the song "Throw It Up".

In 2013, she joined the Three 6 Mafia spin-off group Da Mafia 6ix, and was significantly featured on their debut mixtape 6ix Commandments. She departed from the group in 2014. On May 27, 2014, the extended play Witch, a collaboration with La Chat, was released. On October 14, 2014, Gangsta Boo teamed up with BeatKing and released a collaborative mixtape, Underground Cassette Tape Music, Vol. 1. In 2018, a successor mixtape titled Underground Cassette Tape Music, Vol. 2, was released.

Gangsta Boo was featured on Run the Jewels' fourth album, RTJ4, released in 2020, on the track "Walking in the Snow". In 2022, she was featured alongside GloRilla on the song "FTCU" by rapper Latto.

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.

Solo albums

• Enquiring Minds (1998)
• Both Worlds *69 (2001)
• Enquiring Minds II: The Soap Opera (2003)

With Three 6 Mafia

• Mystic Stylez (1995)
• Chapter. 1 The End (1996)
• Chapter 2: World Domination (1997)
• Tear Da Club Up Thugs (1999)
• When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1 (2000)
• Choices: The Album (2001)

With Prophet Posse

• Body Parts (1998)

With Hypnotize Camp Posse

• Hypnotize Camp Posse (2000)

With La Chat

• Witch (2014)

Mixtapes

Guest appearances