Simone I. Smith celebrated her 30th wedding anniversary with rapper and actor LL Cool J on Instagram by sharing a throwback ...

Fifty years after critics dismissed hip-hop as a passing fad, Grammy winner LL COOL J is taking viewers back to the genre's authentic New York roots with his new docuseries "Hip Hop Was Born Here," ...

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LL COOL J marks 40 years in hip-hop with his new album, The Force. In a recent TalkShopLive, the rapper explained why his 10-year hiatus was worth it for himself and his fans.

One of the first mainstream stars of hip-hop, LL Cool J himself has come a long way from dropping his “I Need a Beat” single back in 1984. A multi-Grammy winner, a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer ...

LL Cool J. The first thought I had when hearing that LL referred to himself as the most important rapper was, “Well, he’s not wrong.” I mean, being first matters.

LL Cool J, a two-time Grammy Award winner, has never lost his rap bona fides. At age 56, the legend is rapping again on The FORCE — short for Frequencies of Real Creative Energy — his first ...

LL Cool J has 24 huge concerts on his upcoming 'The F.O.R.C.E. Tour' with special guests Big Boi, Salt-N-Pepa, The Roots, DJ Jazzy Jeff, Queen Latifah, Common, Ice-T, Rakim, MC Lyte, Method Man ...

LL Cool J is one of the most important figures in hip-hop history as one of the first rappers to achieve commercial success in the ’80s. If you ask him, he’s the most important one.

Everyone was laughing at LL Cool J. It was the fall of 1984, and the 16-year-old rapper also known as James Todd Smith was full of confidence as he jumped on the mic at a block party in his native ...

LL Cool J – Depositphotos The mic icon comes on the heels of other rap veterans putting out solid, well-received material, RhymeJunkie noted.