Raines' life made an “immeasurable impact,” Beauty 2 The Streetz wrote on social media. “I've been getting calls all morning from people, not just who live in Skid Row but Angelenos who are shocked” by Raines' death, Herring said. In 2025, Raines was named the NAACP Image Award Winner for Outstanding Social Media Personality. Other social media creators lauded her work and shared their own grief online Wednesday. Shirley was truly the best of us, love incarnate,” wrote Alexis Nikole Nelson, a foraging educator and social media creator known as “blackforager.”