Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The performer, born Lichelle Marie Laws, was known as a hip-hop pioneer in the '90s West Coast music scene Raymond Boyd/Getty Bo$$ ...

*The rap world is mourning the loss of Bo$$, whose untimely death at age 54 has shocked fans and fellow artists alike. Bo$$ was the first female rapper to sign with Def Jam and is best known for her ...