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

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Boss, Def Jam's first female rapper and 'Born Gangstaz' musician, dies at 54
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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 Laws, the musician who became Def Jam's first female rapper under the moniker Boss , 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.

A year later, she released her debut and sole studio album, 'Born Gangstaz.' The expletive-filled release featured popular songs including 'Deeper,' 'Born Gangsta' and 'I Don't Give a F—.' Within two months, 'Born Gangstaz' sold nearly 400,000 copies. Laws' music featured references to violence, drugs and sex. She prided herself on talking 'hard and tough,' instead of sounding 'silly.

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