Lichelle laws biography

Lichelle Marie Laws, better known by her stage name Boss, was an American rapper from Detroit.
Lichelle Marie Laws (September 12, 1969 – March 11, 2024), better known by her stage name Boss (stylized as Bo$$), was an American rapper from Detroit.
Laws was born Sept.

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There are several artists named "Boss".

1) Boss (born as Lichelle Laws, 1969-2014) was a female gangsta rapper whose debut album Born Gangstaz released in 1993 propelled her to one of the most successful female rappers of that time. Her name is sometimes spelled Bo$$.

Boss was first a duo, with Laws as Boss the rapper and her friend Irene Moore as her DJ, Dee. Laws and Moore relocated to Los Angeles after graduating high school. Laws was spotted by DJ Quik who stuck her on a track with AMG. Russell Simmons liked the track and promptly signed her to Def Jam West. Their debut album Born Gangstaz was released in 1993, and the single "Deeper" hit #1 on Billboard's Hot Rap Tracks. The next single "Recipe for a Hoe" also hit #1 on the Rap Tracks chart.

2) Boss is an American female rap artist / singer / videographer & director that was born and raised in Los Angeles, California. BOSS's introduction to music began at a very early age, being the niece of Motown writers and vocalists’ Brenda & Michael Sutton. Her aunt & uncle penned hi

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Detroit rapper Boss, pioneering female gangsta rapper, dies at 54

Lichelle Laws, the Detroit rapper known as Boss and one of hip-hop's first female gangsta rappers, died Monday at Ascension Providence Hospital in Southfield due to kidney failure, according to a family spokesperson. She was 54.

In the 1990s, Laws was signed to DJ West, the West Coast-based offshoot of Russell Simmons' Def Jam Recordings, where she was the label's first female signee. Her 1993 single "Deeper," which opens with an interpolation of Red Hot Chili Peppers' "Under the Bridge," showcased her gruff-edged style as well as her knack with a pop hook.

Its video, in which she's filmed rapping behind bars and also while in a straight jacket, was a staple in its day on "Yo! MTV Raps" and BET's "Rap City." The single spent three weeks at No. 1 on Billboard's Hot Rap Songs chart.

Laws grew up on Detroit's west side and attended high school at St. Mary's of Redford before taking classes for two years at Oakland University. She was writing her own rhymes and dreamed of a rap career, but not finding any opportun

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Boss, Def Jam’s first female rapper and ‘Born Gangstaz’ musician, dies at 54

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 death in a phone call with The Times. Laws died Monday at Ascension Providence Hospital in Southfield, Mich.

No cause of death was revealed. Before her death, Laws lived with renal disease and suffered a “major stroke and seizure” in 2017, according to a 2021 GoFundMe organized by her sister Karyl Laws Addison.

News of Laws’ death spread after fellow rapper Bun B mourned the “Deeper” and “I Don’t Give a F—” artist on Instagram. Bun B (real name Bernard James Freeman) remembered Laws as “one of the best female MCs and a dear friend.”

Bun B’s Instagram announcement prompted tributes in the comments from additional hip-hop stars including Jermaine Dupri, Wu Tang’s Ghostface Killah and Jadakiss.

Def Jam also honored Boss on Instagram, sharing a photo of the rapper in a matching brown Carhart ensemble and