Renetta Yemika Lowe-Bridgewater (September 30, 1982 – December 20, 2010), known by the
stage name
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Magnolia Shorty, was an American
rapper
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in the
-based
bounce music
Bounce music is a style of New Orleans hip hop music that is said to have originated as early as the late 1980s in the city's housing projects. Popular bounce artists have included DJ Jubilee, Partners-N-Crime, Magnolia Shorty and Big Freedia.
...
scene.
[Cadogan, Garnette (August 2007). Bounce Back: Not even Katrina can stop the other New Orleans Beat, still bubbling under the radar. '']Vibe
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'', p. 96
Music career
Magnolia Shorty and Ms. Tee (Trishell Williams) were the first women signed to
Cash Money Records
Cash Money Records is an American record label founded in 1991 by brothers Ronald "Slim" Williams and Bryan "Birdman" Williams. Distributed by Republic, formerly known as Universal Republic, the label has been home to a roster of mostly hip h ...
.
[Fensterstock, Allison (December 21, 2010)]
Friends, colleagues remember slain rapper Magnolia Shorty.
''New Orleans Times-Picayune
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'' Her 1997 debut album ''Monkey on the Dick'' (often stylized ''Monkey On Tha D$ck'') is considered a bounce classic, and she "was already considered a legend of bounce music" at the time of her death.
''
Offbeat'' said the album exemplifies "the eccentric New Orleans elements of sexuality, comedy and hard edged dance rhythms."
[Swenson, John (March 1, 2010)]
A lucky bounce.
'' Offbeat'' In his 2007 book ''Triksta'',
Nik Cohn
Nik Cohn, also written Nick Cohn (born 1946), is a British writer.
Life and career
Cohn was born in London, England and brought up in Derry in Northern Ireland, the son of historian Norman Cohn and Russian writer Vera Broido. An incomer to the ...
credits Magnolia Shorty with his own discovery of bounce, and the third chapter of that book is named after her debut album. She was sampled on
Fort Worth, Texas
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rapper Bone's hit “Homegurl” as well as "
In My Feelings
"In My Feelings" is a song by Canadian rapper Drake from his fifth studio album ''Scorpion'' (2018). It was released to rhythmic and contemporary hit radio on July 10, 2018, as the album's fifth single. The song features additional vocals by th ...
" by
Drake
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and "
Wobble Up
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Backgr ...
" by
Chris Brown
Christopher Maurice Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. According to '' Billboard'', Brown is one of the most successful R&B singers of his generation, having often been referred to by many contempo ...
.
Magnolia Shorty was discovered by
Birdman.
[Hermes, Will (December 4, 2005)]
The Rap Before the Rain.
''New York Times
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''[Fensterstock, Alison (December 25, 2009)]
New Orleans events calendar for Christmas night 2009.
NOLA.com She received her nickname from
Soulja Slim
James Adarryl Tapp Jr. (September 9, 1977 – November 26, 2003), better known by his stage name Soulja Slim, was an American rapper and songwriter. He is perhaps best known for featuring on the U.S. number one hit "Slow Motion".
Early life
Jam ...
, also known as Magnolia Slim, because both had grown up in New Orleans' dangerous
Magnolia Projects
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.
[Grossberg, Josh (December 21, 2010)]
Five Things To Know About Slain Rapper Magnolia Shorty.
''E! Online
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'' Nicknamed "Queen of Bounce," she collaborated with many Cash Money artists beginning in the 1990s, including
Juvenile and
Hot Boys
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The group was originally ...
.
[Cohn, Nik (2007). "Monkey on that Dick." in ''Triksta: life and death and New Orleans rap,'' pp. 57-80. Knopf, ] She was first featured on Juvenile's 1997 song "3rd Ward Solja."
[Concepcion, Mariel (December 21, 2010)]
Former Cash Money Rapper Magnolia Shorty Gunned Down.
''Billboard
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'' In 2009 she appeared at the
SXSW music festival
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[Zeichner, Naomi (December 21, 2010)]
Nicki Not The First Femcee: Rest In Power Magnolia Shorty.
''The Fader
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'' and won Best Bounce Song at the Underground Hip-Hop Awards in New Orleans.
She was a member of
Lil Wayne
Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (born September 27, 1982), known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record executive. His career began in 1995, at the age of 12, when he was signed by rapper Birdman (rapper), ...
's Cash Money crew in the early 1990s, and she was collaborating as well as working on her second album on the Cash Money/Young Money label in 2010.
[Staff report (December 22, 2010)]
Lil Wayne's Cash Money crew member Magnolia Shorty shot dead.
''NME
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Death
On December 20, 2010, Magnolia was going back to her apartment to get something before heading to
Miami
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,
Florida
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to perform at a bounce-type genre festival. When she pulled in through the gate, another car came in behind her car and circled around her and blocked her in. Two men got out of the car and started shooting through the windows. She was hit with 26 bullets and was killed in the car with Jerome Hampton in a double
homicide
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in the parking lot of the gated apartment complex where she lived, called the Georgetown of New Orleans, in the
New Orleans East
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neighborhood of Edgelake.
[Staff report (December 20, 2010)]
Fans Remember Rapper Magnolia Shorty.
WDSU
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[Johnston, Maura (December 21, 2010)]
New Orleans Rapper Magnolia Shorty Murdered.
''Rolling Stone
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'' Police described the crime as a
drive-by shooting
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.
Associated Press
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(December 21, 2010)
New Orleans Rapper Magnolia Shorty Shot to Death.
''ABC News
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'' Her funeral was held on December 30, 2010, at the Fifth African Baptist Church in her hometown of New Orleans.
Lil Wayne
Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (born September 27, 1982), known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record executive. His career began in 1995, at the age of 12, when he was signed by rapper Birdman (rapper), ...
,
B.G.,
Juvenile,
Mack Maine
Jermaine Anthony Preyan (born July 28, 1982), better known by his stage name Mack Maine, is an American record executive, songwriter, and rapper from New Orleans, Louisiana. Mack Maine has been the president of Young Money Entertainment since 2 ...
and
Birdman were among the more than 100 mourners at the funeral. She was buried at Mount Olivet Cemetery in New Orleans. On November 18, 2011, Magnolia's widower, Carl Bridgewater (31), was shot dead. He had recently gotten out of prison and lived with his pregnant girlfriend.
Murder investigation and trial
In August 2014, an
grand jury indicted four suspected gang members on murder charges in the slaying of New Orleans rapper Magnolia Shorty and a rival gang member. The indictment came as a result of a federal investigation by the New Orleans FBI's Gang Task Force. On February 22, 2017, the jury in the federal trial of ten men accused of being part of the "39ers" gang found all ten guilty of a
racketeering
Racketeering is a type of organized crime in which the perpetrators set up a coercive, fraudulent, extortionary, or otherwise illegal coordinated scheme or operation (a "racket") to repeatedly or consistently collect a profit.
Originally and of ...
charge. At least seven of the defendants were found guilty of conspiracy to use firearms to further drug trafficking crimes and crimes of violence. Two of the defendants, McCoy "Rat" Walker and Terrioues "T-Red" Owney, were found guilty of the murder.
"In Trial of 39ers Gang Member, Jury Finds 10 Guilty of Racketeering"
FOX8Live.com, Feb. 22, 2017.
See also
* List of murdered hip hop musicians
This is a list of rappers and hip hop musicians murdered since 1987.
Two studies in the mid-2010s concluded that murder was the cause of 51.5% of hip hop musician deaths. The average age of death is between 25–30 years of age. Hip hop has a ...
References
External links
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