It hurts hearing about crimes like this at any time of the year, especially the holidays. And leave it to Twitter to break the news. Unfortunately this time, it was true. New Orleans rapper Magnolia Shorty was murdered in an apparent double homicide.

The shooting happened about 12:30 p.m. in the 6300 block of Bridgehampton Drive, police said. Officers found a man and a woman, 28, shot inside a car that had crashed into the gates of an apartment complex.

Additional details on the shooting were not immediately available. Both victims had been shot several times, according to police. They were dead at the scene, police said.

Born Renetta Lowe, Magnolia Shorty signed to Cash Money Records in the early 90’s. She was brought to the attention of label owners Bryan “Baby” and Ronald “Slim” Williams by members of the Hot Boys supergroup, who had been her childhood playmates and friends growing up in the Magnolia Project.

Shorty released her first CD on the label in 1995. Most recently, she had a pair of local club hits in a row with “Smoking Gun,” a remix of the Jadakiss song, last year, as well as this year’s “My Boy,” a collaboration with R&B singer and newly signed Jive Records artist Kourtney Heart. Magnolia Shorty performed frequently with rapper and R&B singer Ms Tee, the only other woman signed to the Cash Money label.

Prayers are sent to her family, friends and fans.

Credit: NOLA