Rapper Boss, whose real name is Lichelle Laws, has died. She was 54. (Raymond Boyd / Getty Images) Lichelle Laws, the musician who became Def Jam's first female rapper under the moniker Boss (stylized ...

Trailblazing rapper Boss, who brought West Coast gangsta rap fervor to the Def Jam Recordings roster in the early 1990s, has died. No cause of death has been revealed. She was 54. News of the Detroit ...

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Although Boss was the first female rapper signed to the short-lived Def Jam West division of the groundbreaking label, she was originally born in Detroit. She relocated to Los Angeles after graduating ...

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Bo$$, a rapper best known for her 1993 album Born Gangstaz and for being the first female rapper to sign with Def Jam, has died. She was 54. The record label confirmed news of her passing with a ...

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Lichelle Laws, who became Def Jam West’s first female wrapper under her stage name of BO$$, died Monday in a Michigan hospital. She was 54. A family spokesperson told The Detroit News that Laws died ...

Lichelle Laws, the musician who became Def Jam’s first female rapper under the moniker Boss (stylized as Bo$$), has died. She was 54. Laws’s older sister Jovita Cheryl Moffett confirmed the rapper’s ...