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Lichelle Marie Laws / Boss (12 September 1969 – 11 March 2024), better known by her stage name Boss (stylized as Bo$$), was an American rapper from Detroit. Her debut album, Born Gangstaz, reached number three on Billboard's Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in 1993. Laws became best known as a part of the burgeoning West Coast gangster rap scene in the early ’90s. (aged 54) It was first a duo, with the rapper female rapper Boss (Lichelle Laws) and her female DJ Dee (Irene “Dee” Moore). The group name stood for "Bitches On Some Shit" and was the first act to sign with Def Jam West. Female "gangsta" rapper born in Detroit, relocated to LA before being 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. Her debut album "Born Gangstaz" and the "Deeper" single taken from it were fairly successful. Her fledgling career was buried by the press after they found out she wasn't much of a gangsta at all. She went on to be a radio Dj in Texas.