Like all musical forms, no one person can definitively say they started or invented Memphis rap, though there are plenty of seminal figures who were crucial in the development of the genre, from DJ ...

Los Angeles prosecutors charged 19 alleged members and associates of the Mexican Mafia with a years-long conspiracy to murder a rapper, according to the FBI. The FBI and the Los Angeles County Sheriff ...

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 ...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. — A pioneering rapper and former member of the hip-hop group Three 6 Mafia, Gangsta Boo was found dead on Sunday at age 43. Gangsta Boo, whose legal name was Lola Chantrelle Mitchell, ...

The late Lola Chantrelle Mitchell made her mark as pioneering rapper Gangsta Boo. With a career spanning nearly three decades, she also was known as the Queen of Memphis. Born on Aug. 7, 1979, Gangsta ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rapper Swifty Blue was the target of a sprawling murder plot, prosecutors say. (Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times) Los ...

Darnell “Crunchy” Black of Three 6 Mafia is now a wanted man after failing to appear for two domestic violence charges and a drug-possession charge. Last March Black was arrested after allegedly ...