One of the most devastating news today has shocked the music industry when Renetta ‘Magnolia Shorty’ Lowe, found dead inside a vehicle together with Jerome ‘Man Man’ Hampton due to multiple gun shots. Everyone in New Orleans who recognizes Lowe as a popular local artist is mourning.
The shooting happened before 12:30 p.m. in the 6300 block of Bridgehampton Drive in Eastern New Orleans, “Several armed perps driving possibly white crown vic with tinted windows shot victims several times.”, stated NOPD Major Offense Logs. Lowe and Hampton’s death occurred on a violent day across the city where a man killed in Algiers in the morning and another killed in the 7th ward Monday night.
Magnolia Shorty was known to be the “Queen of Bounce” and just recently signed a contract with Cash Money Records, the second female rapper to join the recording company. Lowe (28) had a few municipal arrests in 2000.
On the other hand, Hampton (25) has several high profile run-ins with the law, including being arrested for allegedly assisting notorious pal Ivory Brandon “B-Stupid” Harris in a 2006 shooting. The charges were eventually dropped by prosecutors. He was also acquitted by a jury of armed robbery charges in 2004. The robbery allegedly preceded the fatal shooting of the Rev. J.T. Hill.
