Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rapper Boss, whose real name is Lichelle Laws, has died. She was 54. (Raymond Boyd / Getty Images) Lichelle Laws, the musician who ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lichelle Laws, better known as the pioneering gangster rapper BO$$, died Monday (March 11) from kidney failure. She was 54.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Bo$$, the first female rapper signed to Def Jam West, died at 54. Bun B revealed the passing, writing: “One of the best female MCs and a dear friend.” Bo$$ was a signee of the West Coast arm of Def ...