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Rapper Lichelle 'Boss' Laws died Monday afternoon at 54, The Times confirmed. She was the first female rapper to sign a contract with Def Jam Records.
Lichelle Marie Laws (September 12, 1969 – March 11, 2024), [2] better known by her stage name Boss (stylized as Bo$$), was an American rapper from Detroit.Her debut album, Born Gangstaz, reached number three on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in 1993.
This is a list of notable rappers and hip hop musicians murdered since 1987. Two studies in the mid-2010s concluded that murder was the cause of half of hip hop musician deaths. The average age of death is between 25–30 years of age.
Irv Gotti, the Def Jam record executive behind the Murder Inc. label, has died. He was 54. In a statement posted to Gotti's Instagram, his family wrote that "It is with heavy hearts that we ...
Def Jam: Nichelle Dayveena Strong [2] (born September 10, 1968 [3]), known by her stage name Nikki D is an American rapper. [4] Career Strong signed ...
Def Jam 2000 was the featured name for Def Jam on Def Jam albums from 1998 until its end in December 2000. Also in 1999, the label began to distribute releases by Murder Inc. Records , the newly-founded label run by former Def Jam A&R executive and record producer Irv Gotti .
DMX has died after suffering a heart attack at his home on April 2 that left him in a coma for seven days. The multiplatinum-selling rapper and actor was 50 years old.
With Usher and L.A. Reid seated next to him, Jay-Z asked for one on-the-spot freestyle from Sovereign before offering her a contract with Def Jam. With the single "Hoodie", Lady Sovereign released her full-length debut, Public Warning, on Def Jam in 2006. [7] Lady Sovereign is the first non-American female to ever be signed to Def Jam Record ...