Gangsta Boo is seen performing because the opener for Run the Jewels on the Tabernacle on Saturday, January 21, 2017, in Atlanta.

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Gangsta Boo is seen performing because the opener for Run the Jewels on the Tabernacle on Saturday, January 21, 2017, in Atlanta.

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LOS ANGELES — Gangsta Boo, a Southern rapper who was a former member of the hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia, has died. She was 43.

Lola “Gangsta Boo” Mitchell was found dead Sunday in Memphis, Tennessee, her hometown. The cause of death has not been released.

“The Mitchell household want to thank everybody for his or her condolences concerning the premature loss of life of Lola ‘Gangsta Boo’ Mitchell,” said the rapper’s mother Veronica Mitchell and family in a statement issued Monday. “The household is asking on your continued prayers and privateness as we course of the lack of our beloved one.”

The rapper launched her career at age of 14 when she was noticed by DJ Paul, a founding member of Three 6 Mafia. By 15, she joined the rap collective, which included notable members DJ Paul, Juicy J, Crunchy Black and Lord Infamous.

Gangsta Boo gained instant notoriety with her shoot-from-the-hip, rapid-fire rap flow on Three 6 Mafia’s 1995 debut album “Mystic Stylez,” which became a cult classic. She appeared on five more of the group’s albums, including “Chapter 2: World Domination” and the platinum-selling “When the Smoke Clears: Sixty 6, Sixty 1.”

In 1998, she branched out along with her debut solo album “Enquiring Minds.” The album was highlighted by “Where Dem Dollas At,” that includes Juicy J and DJ Paul.

After Three 6 Mafia launched “Choices: The Album” in 2001, she left the group to give attention to her solo profession. She dropped her sophomore album, “Both Worlds (asterisk)69,” which reached No. 29 on the Billboard 200 chart. Her third album, “Enquiring Minds II: The Soap Opera,” was launched in 2003.

During her profession, Gangsta Boo collaborated with standard artists together with OutKast, Eminem, Gucci Mane, Lil Jon, E-40 and T.I. This 12 months, she appeared on Latto’s “FTCU” that additionally included GloRilla.

Last month, Gangsta Boo stated she was on the verge of releasing her fourth studio album “The BooPrint,” this 12 months. Last week, she filmed an unreleased video, “Imma Mack,” with producer Drumma Boy.

“Gangsta Boo was like a sister to me and told the world about me the way my blood brother did,” Drumma Boy stated in a press release. “We both are Leos and share the same energy towards unity and seeing people happy! This is just such a devastating loss cuz she always wanted to see others win! RIP to the Queen Of Memphis, forever my sister.”