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Renetta Lowe

Case from New Orleans, LA dated Dec 20, 2010

Victim Details

Renetta Lowe

December 13, 2022

Female

Black / African American

New Orleans

LA

2010-12-20

2010-12-20

1982-09-30

28

Renetta

Lowe

Victim

Yes

07/09/2026


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New Orleans female rapper violently murdered
On a December day in 2010, the vibrant bounce music scene in New Orleans was silenced by the brutal killing of 28-year-old Renetta Lowe, a female artist known to her fans as Magnolia Shorty. Just before 12:30 p.m. on December 20th, Lowe and a companion, 25-year-old Jerome “Man Man” Hampton, were leaving her apartment in a gated community. As she slowed her white Chevy Malibu for a speed bump, a white Ford Crown Victoria with five men inside ambushed them. The attack was sudden and overwhelmi ...
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  • 4 suspected gang members indicted in slaying of rapper Magnolia ...
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    I've been reading up on the tragic story of Magnolia Shorty, and it still gets to me how senseless a... ...Read More
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    I've been thinking a lot about Magnolia Shorty's impact on the music scene and how her legacy was cu... ...Read More
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