Ye, Def Jam, 50 Cent & More React to Irv Gotti's Death: ‘A Force That Reshaped the Soundscape of Hip-Hop and R&B'
Records co-founder Irv Gotti on Wednesday (Feb. 5), tributes poured in from the hip-hop world, including from the label where ...
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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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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 ... For Laws, gangsta rap was the name of the game. In a Q&A with The Times in 1993, Laws said the ...
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LiAngelo Ball’s ‘Tweaker’ Is a Sign of Where Rap Might Be Heading
LiAngelo Ball is the first breakout rapper of 2025, though up until now, he was better known as a basketball player. Def Jam, who reportedly signed Ball to a record deal (including his own label ...
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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 ...