Gangsta Boo

Few rappers can match the flawless flair that Gangsta Boo, who died at the age of 43 on Jan. 1, brought to songs like Three 6 Mafia’s “Tear da Club Up ‘97,” Project Pat’s “Ballers,” and Outkast’s “I’ll Call Before I Come.” “I am the blueprint,” the Memphis MC told Billboard last year. “I hear my cadence in a lot of men and female rappers. … I wear that badge proudly as fuck.”