Boss (rapper)


Lichelle Laws, better known by her stage name Bo$$, is an American rapper from Detroit, Michigan. Her debut album, Born Gangstaz, reached number three on Billboards Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart in 1993. Her name is sometimes stylized as Bo$$'.

Personal life and career

Born in Detroit to an autoworker father and teacher mother, both church deacons, Laws relocated to Los Angeles after graduating high school, accompanied by her DJ Irene 'Dee' Moore. She was 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 was released in 1993, and the singles, "Deeper" and "Recipe for a Hoe", hit number one on the Billboard Hot Rap Tracks chart.
Laws' fledgling career took a major blow in 1994 when she was interviewed by a reporter from The Wall Street Journal. The reporter revealed that she grew up in a middle-class neighbourhood, studied ballet and piano, and attended Catholic private school, before majoring in business for two years at Oakland University. These facts had all been discussed in the intro of the 1992 album on which Boss's mother described Boss as, "a young lady who was brought up through Catholic school for 12 years; and dance schools, tap dance, jazz, piano lessons and all of that; plus, you went to college for three years...."
In the mid-1990s, she moved to Dallas, Texas, and went on to be a radio DJ. In 2001, she collaborated with Krayzie Bone on his album Thug On Da Line. In 2004, she released a mixtape titled The Six Million Dollar Mixtape produced by Def Jef.
It was revealed in May 2011 that Laws is in need of a kidney due to her suffering from renal disease, a disease that rendered her kidneys useless for processing toxins in her body. Laws reached out to the Facebook community for a potential donor. A donor is yet to be found.

Discography

Studio albums

Collaborative albums

Songs in soundtracks

Boss' song "I Don't Give A Fuck" featured as the Closing Credits song of the episode "Lesbian Request Denied" from Season 1 of the Netflix TV show Orange Is the New Black.