Born Lola Chantrelle Mitchell, she was one of the first female rappers to build off the gangster rap image and sound that took off in the 1990s.

MCs such as Ice Cube, Eazy E and Prodigy are some of the most beloved rappers in hip-hop history, but did you know they started out gangsta?

The 52-year-old rapper’s transformation has been so slow and shrewd that it’s very natural to ask: How did we get here?

It was around this time that gangster rap faced backlash from politicians, parent groups, and religious organisations, who argued that the genre glorified criminal behaviour and was a negative ...

The emotional centerpiece of the Memphis Rap OGz set at RiverBeat Music Festival came with a tribute to the late Gangsta Boo.

The rapper known as Gangsta Boo died this week at age 43. Born Lola Mitchell, she was known as one of the South's premier crunk emcees and she got her start in the group Three 6 Mafia.

The outpouring that followed Gangsta Boo’s death reflects her status as a pioneering rapper who continues to exert a profound influence on hip-hop.

Deal with it: Rap rules. It rules the music charts, it rules fashion, it rules youth culture. Everyone from high school kids to haute couture designers to kiddie-pop bands wears it, sings it and ...

Rapper Coolio died on Wednesday at age 59, according to TMZ. Coolio’s longtime manager, Jarez, told the outlet that the rapper was at a friend’s home in Los Angeles when he excused himself to ...

Gangsta Boo, the pioneering female rapper who got her start as a teenager in Three 6 Mafia, has died at 43.

Gangsta Boo, a rapper and former member of hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia, died on Sunday, her representative confirmed to Variety. She was 43. According to the Memphis Police Department, officers ...

DJ Paul shared a tribute post to the late Gangsta Boo on social media. Both musicians were part of the hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia.