Bo$$, hip-hop pioneer and the first female rapper signed to Def Jam, dies at 54
Bo$$, 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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BO$$, Def Jam West's First Female Rapper, Dies at 54
Lichelle Laws, better known as the pioneering gangster rapper BO$$, died Monday (March 11) from kidney failure. She was 54. Despite being born and raised in Detroit, Laws became best known as a ...
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Basketball Player-Turned-Rapper LiAngelo Ball Reportedly Signs Huge Def Jam Deal Following Viral Hit “Tweaker”
Here’s something that the world didn’t see coming a few weeks ago: LiAngelo Ball is now a major-label rapper ... that LiAngelo Ball has signed to Def Jam and Universal Music Group in a ...
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Music executive Irv Gotti, who helped launch the careers of rap stars, dies at 54
Famed music executive Irv Gotti, founder of hip-hop label Murder Inc. which produced superstars including Ashanti and Ja Rule ...
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Basketball player turned viral ‘Tweaker’ rapper LiAngelo Ball reportedly signs with Def Jam
(Photo by Tiffany Rose/Getty Images for GBK Brand Bar) The basketball player who went viral for his track ‘Tweaker’ has reportedly signed a record deal with Def Jam. LiAngelo Ball, a member of ...