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 ...

Her former record label, Def Jam Recordings, confirmed the passing ... "Rest in peace to my big sis Lichelle Laws AKA Boss. One of the best female MCs and a dear friend. Give Rick Royal a hug ...

The Detroit-born rapper Boss, the first woman ever signed to Def Jam Records’ west coast sublabel, has died. As HipHopDX and Detroit News report, Boss’ ’90s rap peers like Bun B and DJ ...

Boss, the Detroit rapper who became one of the first women to sign to Def Jam Recordings, has died of kidney failure, The Detroit News reports, citing a family spokesperson. The musician had been ...

She was 54. The legendary rapper was a trailblazer in ‘90s rap, best known for her cult-loved album Born Gangstaz, and among the first female artists ever signed to Def Jam. The record label ...

"As detailed in the complaint, our client was sexually assaulted and harassed by her boss, Russell Simmons, while pursuing her professional ambitions as an executive at Def Jam," her attorney ...

and deeper story about gangs taking down Snoop Dogg (who’s also the hardest boss in the whole game, fuck him). There was a third Def Jam game called Icon, but that one stripped away much of what ...

In 1993, after the success of Queens-based group Onyx, Def Jam Records co-founder Russell Simmons decided that the historic label needed to take full advantage of the growing popularity of ...