The performer, born Lichelle Marie Laws, was known as a hip-hop pioneer in the '90s West Coast music scene Sadie Bell was a digital news writer on the music team at PEOPLE. She joined PEOPLE in 2023.

Def Jam ex-president Kevin Liles says the sexual assault allegations leveled against him by a Jane Doe are 'entirely false' ...

Despite more than a decade since L L C O O L J last released an album, the rapper picks up right where he left off ... J's self-titled imprint and the Def Jam Recordings record label, earned ...

I always knew I wanted to sing over that beat, and when Def Jam signed me as Russell Simmons’ “rap singer,” I got my chance. But it’s wild that the biggest hit on my debut album was ...