La Chat has expressed how she’s “lost and hurt” while mourning the tragic loss of her close friend and fellow Three 6 Mafia rapper Gangsta Boo.
Boo (real name Lola Mitchell) died on Sunday (January 1) in her hometown of Memphis. A cause of death has not yet been revealed, although her loved ones have ruled out any foul play.
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Chat, who released a joint album with Gangsta Boo in 2014 titled Witch, has paid tribute to her friend and collaborator in various heartfelt messages and posts on social media in the days since her death. In her most recent, she opened up about the pain she’s feeling and paid tribute to her “strong” and “independent” friend.
“Thank yall 4 all the love and support I see errCall, ErrText, ErrComment I’m just lost 4 words,” she wrote. “This is not easy 4 me, Wake up in Tears, Doze Off in tears, the Tears won’t stop falling, my eyes burning. It’s gone take Sum Time but with GOD INVOLVED I KNO IMA BE OK sooner than I thank.
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“I been wit Boo all my WholeLife. She was a STRONG INDEPENDENT BLACK WOMAN, Dat didn’t take no shit lol. y’all couldn’t imagine All the things We have done, All the convos We Have Had ErrDay, Literally ALL the time We have Spent, All The Money We Have Made 2Gether, We both was our Mothers Only Daughters We was raised with nun but men & was Blessed 2 Rap with THE BEST GROUP EVER WHICH WAS ALL MEN WHICH MADE US SISTERS!!! Crazy Part I NEVER IN A MILLION YEARS SAW DIS COMIN, I know We all Gotta Go, But for some reason Her leaving Was never A thought 4 me.”
La Chat concluded her post: “BUT IM SO LOST AN HURT YALL I NEVER THOUGHT SHE WOULD BRANG ME DIS MUCH PAIN!!! YALL LOVE ALL YOUR FAMILY AN REAL FRIENDS LIKE ITS THE LAST TIME CUZ YOU NEVA KNOW WHEN THAT LAST TIME WILL BE.”
In a separate post, Chat explained that she had experienced another restless night over the death of Boo. “Another Sleepness Nite,” she captioned a photograph of the two of them. “#MySister,MyFriend,MyTwin #MyFavorite #Wow Dam Gir #UHurtMe @missyeahoe #CrazyLadyGangstaBoo #Legend #MemphisLegend #GangstaBoo #dabiggest”
Condolences have poured in to Chat’s comments section from music industry friends such as Duke Deuce, Monica, Lupe Fiasco, Drumma Boy, Lil Flip and more.
Gangsta Boo died at the age of 43 on Sunday (January 1). According to Fox 13 Memphis, the rapper (real name Lola Mitchell) was found dead around 4:00 p.m. local time on Sunday afternoon. The cause of death has not yet been revealed.
The Memphis rap pioneer joined Three 6 Mafia in 1994 when she was 15 and features on the legendary group’s first five albums: Mystic Stylez (1995), Chapter. 1: The End (1996), Chapter 2: World Domination (1997), When The Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1 (2000), and Choices: The Album (2001). She left the group in 2002 over alleged financial disputes.
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As far as her most recent output goes, Gangsta Boo collaborated with GloRilla and Latto on the torch-passing “FTCU” in December, which sampled Three 6’s “Tear Da Club Up.”
