Juicy J is paying tribute to his fallen Three 6 Mafia comrade Gangsta Boo, three months after her sudden and tragic death.
The Memphis rapper is dropping his latest mixtape – Mental Trillness – on Friday, and it includes samples of Boo’s classic track Where Dem Dollas At on the Finesse2Tymes-featured song Work Out, according to TMZ.
Plus, Boo (born Lola Chantrelle Mitchell) offers up some rhymes on the song Follow Home Robbers, which came from a verse from her 2014 track Come Off Dat.
The Mental Trillness title revolves around a theme for people battling with bouts of ‘frustration, depression, confusion, drug abuse, and relationship problems.’
Ahead of the new mixtape, Juicy (born Jordan Michael Houston III) released the single No Rapper, alongside newcomers Aleza, Slimeroni, K Carbon, with 17 more tracks to follow that include collaborations with the likes of f La Chat, Hittkidd, Gilbere Forté, Xavier Wulf, and more.
Tribute: Juicy J, 47, is paying tribute to his fallen Three 6 Mafia member Gangst Boo, 43, with samples of the late rapper on his new mixtape Mental Trillness, that drops on Friday
Juicy, DJ Paul, Crunchy Black and the rest of the Three 6 Mafia crew have been in mourning since Gansta Boo’s death on New Year’s Day.
While an official cause of death is still pending, it’s believed she died of a possible overdose, a number of publications have reported, including Page Six.
Sources connected to the late rapper maintain Boo and her brother attended a concert in her hometown of Memphis, Tennessee the night before she passed away , and her sibling ended up being hospitalized from an overdose.
He would end up recovering, but that source claimed GB was carrying narcotics when she was found dead on the front porch of her home in Memphis the following Sunday afternoon at the age of 43.
Police have gone public to reveal that there was no evidence of foul play at the scene.
It’s suspected that a fentanyl-laced substance is responsible for the Stay Fly rapper’s death, but an autopsy will ultimately confirm the official cause.
Boo (born Lola Chantrelle Mitchell) rose to prominence in the rap game after she joined up with Three 6 Mafia at the young age of 14.
After releasing six albums, she left the group around the time she dropped her second solo album, Both Worlds *69 (2001), due to financial disputes and issues regarding promotion of the album.
RIP: Gangsta Boo (born Lola Chantrelle Mitchell) was found dead on the porch of her home in Memphis, Tennessee in the late afternoon on New Year’s Day 2023.
Paying homage: Boo samples can be heard on the Finesse2Tymes-featured Work Out and on Follow Home Robbers
Tragic: Although an official cause of death is still pending, investigators suspect Gangsta Boo died of a drug overdose, according to several publications including Page Six
Collaborators: Juicy J worked with Gangsta Boo on six albums with Three 6 Mafia
Promo mode: Juicy J is set to head out on tour with Logic beginning in late May
In all, she released three solo albums during her career, with the latest being Enquiring Minds II: The Soap Opera (2003). The album peaked at number 53 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart and 24 on the Independent Albums chart.
Between 2006 and 2018, Boo also dropped 10 mixtapes, two of which were with DJ Fletch, while other collaborators included DJ Smallz), Beatking, DJ Drama and Trap-A-Holics.
She has also made dozens of guest appearances with various hip-hop artists since the mid-1990s. As a result, she became known for her collaboration work with such artists as Eminem, Run The Jewels, La Chat, Latto, GloRilla and Yelawolf.
At the time of her death, Boo had been working on an album that was planned to be titled The BooPrint.
