{"id":47488,"date":"2024-02-04T22:46:37","date_gmt":"2024-02-05T03:46:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/?p=47488"},"modified":"2024-02-04T22:46:39","modified_gmt":"2024-02-05T03:46:39","slug":"gangsta-boo-gets-her-grammys-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wendybrandes.com\/blog\/2024\/02\/gangsta-boo-gets-her-grammys-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"Gangsta Boo Gets Her Grammys Tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Better late than never: My dear friend and groundbreaking rapper Gangsta Boo was recognized in the “In Memoriam” portion of the Grammys tonight. I guess the Recording Academy became aware of the outrage after she was left out<\/a> of last year’s February broadcast even though she died on January 1 . Thank you to my friend Tina for getting this shot of the screen, because I was too busy screaming to operate my phone.<\/p>\n\n\n

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She deserves alllll the recognition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Here’s a close-up of the beautiful photo used.<\/p>\n\n\n

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She had a radiant smile.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

This was the second Boo surprise I got in a week. Earlier, I discovered an Instagram photo she’d shared of Rihanna back in 2020. Somehow, it wound up in that SpaceNook<\/a> folder that’s like the Bermuda Triangle for random messages.<\/p>\n\n\n

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My heart skipped a beat. I remember this from Instagram, but I had no idea it was lurking in that strange Facebook folder. Boo always did like to tell me when she spotted someone else with a mullet haircut<\/a> in the wild. Now I feel like I got to say hi to her twice — and like I might have to tell my hair guru Keith Carpenter that I’m not ready to move on from a mullet after all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In case you missed it, here’s the tribute I wrote to Boo (aka Lola Mitchell) for her birthday last year.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Better late than never: My dear friend and groundbreaking rapper Gangsta Boo was recognized in the “In Memoriam” portion of the Grammys tonight. I guess the Recording Academy became aware of the outrage after she was left out of last year’s February broadcast even though she died on January 1 . Thank you to my…<\/p>\n

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