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NEW ORLEANS — Fans turned to the Internet Monday night to mourn the loss of the second female rapper to sign on with Cash Money Records, a national label that began in New Orleans.

Magnolia Shorty, born Renetta Lowe, got her stage name from the late rapper Magnolia Slim aka Soulja Slim, who was also from the Magnolia Housing Development.

She was shot to death early Monday.Lowe was known as the “Queen of Bounce.” She was discovered by Brian “Birdman” Williams and came onto the music scene in the 1990s.The 28-year-old’s most recent project included a collaboration with New Orleans high school student Kourtney Heart, which helped the teenager land a record deal with Jive Records.

Local DJ Wild Wayne, from Q93, said the collaborations were Lowe’s specialty.Wayne said he doubts that Lowe was the intended target when she was shot and killed. She and an unidentified man were shot in the Georgetown apartment complex in New Orleans East at about 12:30 a.m. on Monday.”It’s just sad to hear she lost her life to this senseless violence,” Wayne said.

“(It) seems to be cyclical in this city. You would think after (Hurricane) Katrina, we would have had a clean slate and realized the value of life, but it’s still happening.”He said he believes Lowe’s death is reminiscent of the recent slaying of comedian Messy Mya.”There is going to be a lot of attention to this thing, and already if you look at social media, there are tons of comments (on) Twitter, Facebook,” he said. “I don’t think this case will take long to get solved, but it’s just sad it had to happen.

“Wayne said he has been playing Magnolia Shorty’s songs while he works on some sort of event to pay tribute to her. Several websites crashed Monday night due to fans uploading pictures and posting messages about the slain rapper.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/coldt7/ coldt7

    Hip Hop,Rap a dying breed.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/ms_westbank504/ ms_westbank504

    Man O Man…. i been crying since i got the call yesterday!!! Renetta you are & FOREVA will b the “QUEEN OF BOUNCE” I am @ a loss for words !!! Some1 that misses u wrote……”Today the city of N.O. witnessed the death of a women on the quest for greatness, bc I have gotten to know her over the past few years I am… compelled to say that, bc of this death, the city of N.O. is in turmoil and the only way this will stop is to call upon your own conscience to see life as an infinite gift that once taken, you can’t return, this Christmas, her family will not be able to enjoy her or themselves bc of 2day. The answer is NOT leaving New Orleans, the answer is moving this era of lawlessness out, stand firm, we will weather this storm and rebuild out spirits and our HOPE TOGETHER, PLEASE, if u see someone with out hope and in despair, give them hope, YOU GOTTA GIVE EM HOPE! REST IN PEACE SHORTY, Your creator welcomes u into his service”… SO TRUE BRANDT… I love u girl n u will b missed!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Da_Pleasure/ Da_Pleasure

    DDDDAAAAMMMMNNNN!!!!!!……..LOST FOR WORDS :O(

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/digg_it_up/ digg_it_up

    thats fuked up….she dont deserve dat…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Doubler818/ Doubler818

    The odd thing for me is these “rappers” that hype and promote violence in their lyrics. Then everybody wanna be shocked when one of them get smoked. Their lyrics guide and mislead the black youth into thinking it is cool to sell dope, it is cool to rob people, it is cool to be down with a gang or click, bussin ni**as wigs, wasting your money on bullish to impress people that you don’t even like etc…. Rap, Hip Hop culture is all BULLSHI*!!! These people are getting paid by white media moguls to keep you blind. Notice that every company in America use hip hop to sell it’s products or service… Statefarm Insurance, McDonald’s, KIA car co. etc. they make money, we get killed or locked up. WAKE THE F**K UP, YOU F**KIN IDIOTS!! Stop this wack ass violent, fake ass hip hop music. Lil Wayne got tattooed tears, like people are not aware that those are marks of a murderer. WHO THE F**K DID HE KILL? This ni**a grew up a rich kid, what the dude been rappin every since he was like 13-14? Look at fake ass RICK ROSS (Willie)… this dude is a f**kin cop turned Miami Druglord… the s**t is FAKE!! It is time to denounce this bulls**t thug mentality, It is time to stand up and be responsible and try to make something for ourselves. I f**kin hate being black, because most of you f**kas is so f**kin ignorant, pretend to be so f**kin bad, but won’t pull off a real caper. Always killin each other ONLY! Go into the rich white neighborhoods and see how long yo dumb ass last… I hope the killer reads this… I THINK YOU ARE F**KIN COWARD!!! I HOPE THEY RAPE YOU IN PRISON, YOU P***Y ASS IDIOT.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Queens11434NY/ Queens11434NY

    @doubler818
    I agree with you. Notice how none of these young hip hoppers don’t talk about yt but they hate on blacks all day long. None of these same hip hoppers ever talk about revolution of the black man’s mind unless its about the revolution of v****a mae and her big ass.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BIGFIFTYCAL/ BIGFIFTYCAL

    ALWAYS LET YOUR LOVE ONES KNOW HOW MUCH YOU LOVE THEM AND EVERYBODY PLEASE WAKE UP

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BRANDONRICHARDSON/ BRANDONRICHARDSON

    DANG I LOVE DA N.O. RAPPER THATS SO SAD

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/1blackmale/ 1blackmale

    daaaamn my condolescenses to the friends and family around her! just crazy new orleans aint no joke

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/jazzwatch/ jazzwatch

    Murdered ovder some dumb s**t……..people just cannot accept other’s opinions without wanting to inflict harm or bashing…….the sign of these times, SMDH……

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Toni_Anthony/ Toni_Anthony

    WELL? Now her CD’s will sell?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/10th_ward_Mafia/ 10th_ward_Mafia

    she was a new orignal naot a violent person she rapped about fun and danceing so stop blaming her musik and i’m from new orleans still live in new orleans as we peak and it’s these stupid ass lil niggas wanting 2 make a name 4 demselves i hope that nigga satisfiyR.I.P magnoila shorty

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Andre396/ Andre396

    ANOTTHER SENSLESS ACT OF VIOLENCE BLACK ON BLACK

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/stfu_dot_com/ stfu_dot_com

    dang i was just listening to that my juve. that’s sad

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SIR_RAN_RAP/ SIR_RAN_RAP

    @hihsunny, how is u gone post this dumb ass s**t wen we mornin a loss. u’z an idiot, u n 2 b banned. R.I.P. MAGNOLIA SHORTY

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/QueenDivaToya/ QueenDivaToya

    This is so sad, we didn’t get a chance to see her shine.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/christ561/ christ561

    but when is dis finna stop new orleans is worst then before wat da heck man . this rap s**t controled by these folks an these fake azz niggaz in da industry will neva stand up to them . its funny to me wen it comes to a nigga an a nigga ppl say they gangsta but if ppl so gangsta y they not runnin up on them white folks if u ask me all these on the streets an in da rap game work for them white folks 4 real

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/geoggapeach69/ geoggapeach69

    MY PRAYERS GOES OUT TO HER FAMILY. HIP HOP CAME FROM THE STRUGGLE AND THE INJUSTICE OF POOR PEOPLE. NOW IT’S GLORIFIED AND THE STRUGGLES AND THE INJUSTICES ARE WORST.DON’T ALLOW THIS YOUNG LADY DEATH BE IN VAIN

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/MyEyezAdoreU/ MyEyezAdoreU

    NO has had the highest murder rate per capita for years. As tragic as this is, its hardly surprising.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/shybyme91/ shybyme91

    i here people say oh i am not worried about those haters yeah that what it is hate a very nasty jealousy act. R.I.P.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Alexandra_amor/ Alexandra_amor

    Death waits for us all

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/NotTrapped/ NotTrapped

    Disgustin PEOPLE R GONNA CONTINUE 2 WALK ON U BLK PEOPLE UNTIL U STAND 2-gether

    I PROMISE THIS 2 u

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/KINESHIA/ KINESHIA

    SMH

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dihmond/ dihmond

    when yall gonna stop blaming hip hop and rap for these young people lives. Hip hop did not pick up the gun and shoot her, rap did not pick up the gun and shoot her. Someone ….(a person) picked up a gun and took this young lady’s life. It doesn’t matter what type of music she sings. Stop blaming it on the likes of hip hop and rap. STOP BEING IGNORANT!!!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/stevealex/ stevealex

    Yeah word said Doubler818,the white power structure has rappers as guinea pigs driving a car,rapping Black sheep lyrics all dressed up in bling.Hip Hop now has been corrupted and turned into mindless thrash lyrics that glorify self hate and murder of self and your race.The fools that defend this do not have the intellect to see that if your not part of the solution,your part of the problem.The murder rate amongst our people,the dress code,the drug use and the insanity of the youth is influenced by the trend setters at the top of the food chain.The names that these fools have as titles,Bow Wow,50cnt,Lil Wayne,Gucci Man etc. tells you the mentality of these lost souls,they are an insane subculture,as white Amerikka has heavy metal satanic music,we have now the version called Hip Hop in these times.They are being set up for the final solution,the culling of the sheep.And those of you in denial,look at Detroit,this is where they filmed Robo Cop,Detriot is like a Mad Max movie.But don’t worry,the white power structure is using drones to kill what he calls sand nigg$zz overseas,don’t be surprised when the NWO is in full bloom,he will pay you a visit to mop up the what’s left of us after the Black Clowns with the guns do his bidding.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kush_resin/ kush_resin

    rap became mainstream in the 80s.
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    and fools like doubler really believe thats when blacks started killing each other and glorifying a gangster lifestyle…smh
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    RIP to the queen!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/myspot_1964/ myspot_1964

    this for me is even sad. i didnt know anything about this young lady all i know is now a family is dealing with a death of a young queen. whats even worse is right now as i write this another young king or queen is losing there life. i am not no where near smart i dont know if it started with rap music i dont know if it started with gangs or maybe it has to do with the poverty level of our people i dont know. what i do know is these types of murder do more to us than just losing a person as each person dies so does the hopes and dreams of that person and who knows the hopes and dreams could have affected us all. i would be the first to also say i dont have a sollution. but what i think its going to take is a whole bunch of small sollutions everyone owes it to themselves that if there is some small thing you can do to help stop this senseless violence thne maybe just maybe we can do something that can save our future. one thing for sure as your hopes and dreams die we dont have to worry about the government we dont have to worry about rap music because we have already killed ourselves love one another and make sure to tell someone that you care and that they are loved its at least a beginning

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blazr63/ blazr63

    It would be nice if senseless violence would take a holiday as well. Peace on earth.

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  • http://www.blackplanet.com/BLACKSPEAK/ BLACKSPEAK

    N****rs care less about human life than anyone in the known universe… They don’t realize that they are doing the work of those who practice supremacy. They are doing what these people cannot and will not do, for fear of being accused of genocide. Thus they have instilled in the collective black mind, that its easier to have blacks hate each other enough, for long enough, and they will kill each other off, and those who practice white supremacy can walk away with “clean hands”…

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/703s_Chosen/ 703s_Chosen

    Something tells me that this was not just senseless violence, but was planned just like Biggie and Pac’s murder, and along with, anyone else that was related to an rapper or singer in the industry that was supposedly killed and then someone had a transformation or got famous off of their “friend’s” death aka Diddy. People need to wake up and that this music is brainwashing the populous and That Organization is using this “violence” to reduce the population to get ready for NWO so ppl need to wake up.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kaikai7/ kaikai7

    I have never heard of her.I’m from NYC but my condolences go out to her family and friends and fans! Senseless violence!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SensualATLgrl/ SensualATLgrl

    I just did a little research to find out who she was and the significance of the “Magnolia” in both her and the other person’s name. Wow! After learning more about her, the guy in the car, and all of the other people associated with this and other supposedly connected crimes – all you can do is just shake your head and wonder what the hell is going on. If this is truly about the revenge of the Soulja guy this needs to stop and now before anyone else is hurt or killed.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Kosmopolitisch/ Kosmopolitisch

    My heart goes out to the family of this artist. But, I must add that never in the history of African-America has self-hatred been so singularly personified than in the form of rap music. We are better that the world of rap and hip hop presents us. And the lifestyles of the artist and what they promote speaks for itself…

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=963aCbdk5qc

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/mike_diesel27/ mike_diesel27

    “Don’t F*ck Wit My Juvie!” Damn, I’ll be hearing that song a lot when I go home for the holidays. Sad story but R.I.P. to the Queen of Bounce Music!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/newilson1/ newilson1

    First stop BLAMING HIP HOP. ALL HIP HOP IS NOT GANSTA RAP. THERE ARE MANY MANY talented artist’s who rap about thing all over the gammit. We as black people hate being profiled or stereotyped yet many of you have chose to lump together every young rapper as nothing more than untalented monkeys who just kill each. YES THERE are ALOT OF GARBAGE “artists” out who gets the heavy rotation from DJ’s who were paid to play it. There are alot garbage barbers, truck drivers, doctors, lawyers, sports players, taxi drivers, politican etc etc but we DONT LUMP THEM ALL TOGETHER.

    Now again once assumptions make people look real foolish. THIS HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH HIP HOP. YES PEOPLE SHE WAS A RAPPER and SO was Magnolia Slim. But it didn’t have anything to do with any secret socities or powerful record companies pulling strings like puppets. IT WAS PLIAN AND SIMPLE REVENGE. She was not the intended but collateral damage. The guy was the target. Yes she knew full well what he had been involved in. One person kills a family or friend of yours so you kill them, then somebody you then your friends kill your killers so and so on.

    Most of New Orleans gangsta rappers are not studio rappers. Again not all rapper are gangsters. As for lil wayne word was he just hung around with real crimnals. Early Cash Money wasn’t studio gangsters. They were real thugs who could rap.
    Like homie said earlier hip hop began in the early 80′s and gangsta rap didnt get real popular till the early 90′s. Are we blaming hip hop for all the murders before its existence too. What about all the murders in the other non english speaking country. blaming music dosent solve the problem. many of the rappers killed in my city were deeply involved in other things. Rap was their side job, a way out but your past catches up to you…

    Rest In Paradise TO ALL THE VICTIMS IN MY CITY

    if you really want to know more heres the link new orleans newspaper. Hit men killing hit men.

    http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2010/12/5_people_killed_on_new_orleans.html
    http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2010/12/magnolia_shorty_remembered_for.html
    http://www.nola.com/news/index.ssf/2008/07/wanted_new_orleans_suspect_bac.html

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/dnomyaRising/ dnomyaRising

    Another senseless shooting of a Black Queen. When will negroes become BLACK?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Butterfly9481/ Butterfly9481

    Another sad scenerio in the Black race. When will we stop killing each other and start helping each ohter like other races? The strategy of “Divide and Confuse and Destroy has really wraught havic on our race. It’s so sad that our race hasn’t seen this in 400 years.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/sensational5697/ sensational5697

    I am so tried of this everyday, every single day some one is murdered down here ! It is going to get to point that New Orleans will cease to exist.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Tashanewbon123/ Tashanewbon123

    thats really sad what happen to that young women i hope they find out who did that because that really wrong rip

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/tojo9000/ tojo9000

    My heart hurts. I really don’t know what it is going to take for our young black people to understand that this pure evil that we’re doing to each other is simply sad. Will we ever grow out of it? Will this ignorance out last us all? For the person or persons that commited this horriffic incident, it’s only a matter of time before it comes back on you in some form or fashion and your heart will hurt as well. But even so, will it be fair to the innocent people in your family. You see it goes on and on. For a person to take the life of another for reasons of senseless, he or she can’t have God in their lives. We must promote the importance of a relationship with God. It’s okay to be young and have an active relatonship with God. If you don’t, sooner or later you will be influenced by something else of power that will cause you to commit acts of violence and other crimes.
    You know we gotta stop living our lives as if God’s not paying attention to us, because he is. We got to stop living our lives like God is not going to hold us responsible for the way we are living day to day. We are not going to live forever and there is an afterlife. Where will you spend yours?

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Bonofied1/ Bonofied1

    Sad state of affairs for our youth. It is not the music that creates this non sensical attitude, maybe it has to do with hundreds of years of a systematic plan to do away with the Chosen people.

    It is needed for some of the elders in hip hop to do something to educate the children or adults on this matter of perpetuating the self hate that is thrown at us from all directions.

    F@#k doing it for the money, fame and other trappings that are being used to turn us against our own.

    Do it for the young ones that need guidance, direction and real role models.

    People hate on Will Smith but in his time as a rapper he never portrayed any negative stereotypes of our people, maybe others should take a leaf from his tree.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/col42/ col42

    Black people wake the f__k up stop killing people trying to make instead stupid ppl want to hold somebody back or kill them. We need to grow out of this nonsense and grow up. Im not from the N.O. but this goes on everywhere I pay my respect to her family and friends.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Melech/ Melech

    WHEN WILL PEOPLE LEARN VIOLENCE ONLY BEGETS MORE VIOLENCE A EYE FOR A EYE YOU KILL SOME ONE SOME ONE ELSE WILL COME AND TAKE REVENGE IT HAS TO STOP WAKE UP !

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/blackbizman2008/ blackbizman2008

    This is a sad story in a long line of violence among our people. In order to convince the more violent ones among us to stop the violence, we have to first help them recognize their minds have been poisoned to hate themselves and each other. And in order to get rid of this poison of the mind and spirit, we have to identify the source of that poison. There is a network of individuals who deliberately inject such poisons, and unless we have built up defenses and antidotes to keep the poison at bay, our people will slowly die from lack of knowledge. This task of “un-poisoning” our people’s mind is very complex and will require much patience. It’s going to take an effort beyond posting to comment sites like this one because the violent ones are not very likely to be here reading this, unfortunately.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/FocusedIn07/ FocusedIn07

    This is sad no matter how you look at it, esp. with it being Christmastime.

    RIP

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/SweetLady8484/ SweetLady8484

    Senseless violence..we killing is wrong. Who ever murdered her is gonna have to deal with god. Sad..R.I.P. mama

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Justtrying4/ Justtrying4

    Yep, another one of us kills another one of us. Suppose we go through our usual ritual and blame it on racism.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/edward372/ edward372

    MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON HER SOUL! WHO AND WHAT ARE WE GOING TO BLAME THIS ONE ON!!!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/xcalibur55412/ xcalibur55412

    As much as we complain about people dying we must realize that death is eminent. it is most certainly goin to happen the way God wants it to everytime. I agree with the sensless acts of violence. I disagree with certain lifestyles.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/kitty_danielle/ kitty_danielle

    r.i.p sweety first this messy mya guy now her new orleans might as well be washed away with the amount of crime that city has forget ever going to mardi gras

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DBLAKDYME/ DBLAKDYME

    Sad so Sad.. whats the point, u took a life and f**k that family life up, and who ever u is u will pay for it

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/DiamondznIce/ DiamondznIce

    It is sad that all these young adults are dying left to right. My prayers are with her family at this time of berevement. Who ever did that to her and that dude is goignto pay for it! No doubt!

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/benjiey/ benjiey

    That’s why advising anyone to become a rapper or hiphop artist is always a DANGEROUS idea … (unless they can afford security)

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/QiyamaRA_MuslimSista/ QiyamaRA_MuslimSista

    STOP THE VIOLENCE, BLACK ON BLACK CRIME IS PLAYING OUT FOR REAAL

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/CHILLIGOLD/ CHILLIGOLD

    I met Magnoila Shorty once when we performed at a club uptown and I may say,she possesed a real sense of humor.She agreed to do a song with me on an album I’m producing and our chance to do so would have been next month.It used to be said,we’re all we have but we are given ourselves over to others for mocking,exploitation and if we don’t wake up to do what’s right,ACCEPTABLE SLAVERY IS NEXT!!! NO MORE EXCUSES!!! I LOVE MY PEOPLE AND YOU CAN’T DO NOTHING ABOUT IT!!! 9TH WARD FOREVER! “CHILLIGOLD”

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/charleslink2/ charleslink2

    I do not Know her, but i believe taking a human life is not only wrong and criminal but evil and against the ideals of God. Whoever it is that has committed this evil on a young promising star must be brought to book. May her soul rest in peace. Amen.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/maryannsavannah/ maryannsavannah

    Wat is goin on in this world 2 day, this violence needs to stop how could anyone be so cold n heartless to kill another human being, where are there souls, I really believe the devil is walking this earth in human form wat goes through there mind after you murder someone elses child,it just doesnt make sense RIP Magnolia u didnt deserve this I hope they find the person or persons that committed this senseless act n throws him in bars 4 the rest of his life, my prays goes out to the family.

  • http://www.blackplanet.com/Knowbody75/ Knowbody75

    I’m so sick of these worthless savages, they’re a cancer! I would love to be Mayor of any one of these cities, I would put a stop to all of that. Low life vermon needs to be exterminated.

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