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US hip-hop label Def Jam launches China division in Chengdu

Def Jam, the influential US record label, will launch a division in the "capital of Chinese hip-hop" Chengdu, its parent ...
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BO$$, Def Jam West’s first female rapper, ‘Born Gangstaz’ musician, dead at 54

Lichelle Laws, who became Def Jam West’s first female wrapper under her stage name of BO$$, died Monday in a Michigan hospital. She was 54. A family spokesperson told The Detroit News that Laws died ...
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Bo$$, Rap Pioneer and the First Female Artist Signed to Def Jam, Dead at 56

The performer, born Lichelle Marie Laws, was known as a hip-hop pioneer in the '90s West Coast music scene Raymond Boyd/Getty Bo$$ at WJPC-FM in Lansing, Illinois in April 1993 Rapper Lichelle Marie ...

Def Jam Recordings China launches in Chengdu, partners with Migu on 'Guofeng hip-hop'

Universal Music Greater China has established Def Jam Recordings China, marking the iconic hip-hop label’s entry into the ...
The Columbian

Boss, Def Jam’s first female rapper, dies at 54

Lichelle Laws, the musician who became Def Jam’s first female rapper under the moniker Boss (stylized as Bo$$), has died. She was 54. Laws’s older sister Jovita Cheryl Moffett confirmed the rapper’s ...
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Hip-hop pays tribute as Bo$$, first female rapper signed to Def Jam, passes away at 54

The first renowned female rapper to have been signed to Def Jam, Bo$$, has passed away. The death, which was confirmed by Rapper Bun B on Monday evening, saw the outpouring of grief by sympathizers.
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Rhymes to riches: Def Jam banks on Southeast Asia rap stars

When Singapore's Yung Raja remixed "Gucci Gang" by US rapper Lil Pump, he swapped the original's flashy cars and a prowling tiger for a beer can and Tamil food in a viral YouTube video that reeled in ...