Renetta Yemika Lowe-Bridgewater, known professionally as Magnolia Shorty, was an
American rapper. She emerged as a pioneering rapper in the New Orleans bounce
music scene, releasing her influential debut album Monkey On Tha D$ck in 1998.
Magnolia Shorty and Ms. Tee were the first women signed to Cash Money Records,
and she collaborated with label artists including Juvenile and the Hot Boys,
notably appearing on Juvenile’s "3rd Ward Solja." Her music was later sampled by
artists such as Drake and Chris Brown. Known as the "Queen of Bounce," she
performed at SXSW in 2009 and won Be...