Juicy J Honors The Late Gangsta Boo On New Jazz Album ‘Ravenite Social Club’

Juicy J has stepped into a new musical arena with his jazz album, Ravenite Social Club. The 49-year-old rapper also paid tribute to his fellow Three-6-Mafia member, the late Gangsta Boo, on the record.

On the track “To You,” which also received a music video, the Memphis legend linked up with Robert Glasper and Emi Seacrest. “Last time I seen you, you was high, it was getting bad/ You might’ve even cracked a joke, but I couldn’t laugh/ Didn’t wanna speak on it, ’cause we all grown/ Had a feeling you finna get called home,” he rapped about Boo.

Gangsta Boo passed away in January 2023 from an accidental overdose. During an appearance on Sway’s Universe, Juicy J admitted that he felt like her drug use would ultimately lead to her undoing. “I don’t know where that came from, but I was just looking at her like…’cause I knew she’d been doing it for a long time, so I was like, ‘Damn, man. You still doing cocaine?’” he said. “But I hadn’t seen Boo in a long time and so, you know, she a grown woman so I wasn’t trying to be all up in her business…I wish I could’ve said something. I’m like, ‘F**k.’” Watch the “To You” music video below.

Ravenite Social Club marks Juicy J’s third album of 2024 and his first time stepping into the jazz genre. He first released Mental Trillness 2 in May 2024, which featured Project Pat, Sukihana, and Xavier Wulf. Less than two months later, the “Stay Fly” rapper put out Memphis Zoo with features from Pat and Wulf.

Last year, J was vocal about his concerns regarding Hip-Hop’s declining sales, as it took six months for there to be a No. 1 album on Billboard coming from the genre. “I know a lot of people don’t want to hear this, but I’m being real,” he said in a video. “Rap music is down 40%. Check the charts. Check the math. I don’t make the rules. What are we, as rappers, producers, composers, going to do about this sh*t? Because it’s down 40% this year. Check the charts. Do your research. This is a fact.”

The producer chose to be solution-based and demanded that everyone in the Hip-Hop space come together. “Let’s have a conversation,” he said. “We gotta figure some sh*t out. We gotta sit down and talk. Let’s have a meeting, let’s meet up somewhere and have a big-a** f**king meeting.”