The Return Of Gangsta Boo: Femcee Talks Track Scene, Working With GloRilla, Latto And More

"Yeah, hoe!" It's the infamous catchphrase of '90s rap megastar Gangsta Boo (born Lola Mitchell), a member of the Oscar-winning group

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she was just 15 years old in 1994 and that same year, she recorded her first solo album with the organization, "Cheefa Da Reefa"

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The music set the tone for the Memphis femmee, who later released her most famous hit, "In Which Dem Dollas At?", in 1998.

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Boo has long gone through a few variations since then, renaming herself Boo Girl in 2001 and embracing Christianity

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according to MTV. In 2013, Gangsta Boo joined Da Mafia 6ix before famed gang member Lord passed away in December of that year. In 2014

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Fast-forward to the present, and you could hear Gangsta Boo on jams and connect with rising Memphis megastar GloRilla

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The tune helped Gangsta Boo become a hot topic on social media again, and Billboard joined her to talk about how she came to “FTCU,”

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Well, Latto has been showing me help for some time. I usually see her quoting my name of hers when asked who some of her inspirations of hers were

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