Autobiography of ll cool j
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LL Cool J
American rapper (born )
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James Todd Smith (born January 14, ), known professionally as LL Cool J (short for Ladies Love CoolJames),[3] is an American rapper and actor.[4] He is one of the earliest rappers to achieve commercial success, alongside fellow new school hip hop acts Beastie Boys and Run-DMC.
Signed to Def Jam Recordings in , LL Cool J's breakthrough came with his single "I Need a Beat" and his landmark debut album, Radio (). He achieved further commercial and critical success with the albums Bigger and Deffer (), Walking with a Panther (), Mama Said Knock You Out (), Mr. Smith (), and Phenomenon (). His twelfth album, Exit 13 (), was his last in his long-tenured deal with Def Jam. He later re-signed with the label and released his fourteenth album, The FORCE ().
LL Cool J has appeared in numerous films, including Halloween H20, In Too Deep, Any Given Sunday, Deep Blue Sea, S.W.A.T., Mindhunters, Last Holiday, and Edison. He played NCIS Special Agent Sam Hanna in the CBS crime drama television series NCIS: Los Angeles and NCIS: Hawaiʻi. LL Cool J was also the host of Lip Sync Battle on Paramount Network.[ • • () LL Cool J is a nickname that stands for "Ladies Love Cool James." LL Cool J signed to fledgling hip-hop label Def Jam Records in After a string of hits—included on albums like Bigger and Deffer, Walking with a Panther, Mama Said Knock You Out, 14 Shots to the Dome and Mr. Smith—LL turned to acting, appearing in movies like B.A.P.S., Halloween H2O and Any Given Sunday. In , he began his run on the popular investigative series NCIS: Los Angeles. LL Cool J was born James Todd Smith on January 14, , in Bay Shore, Long Island, New York. Growing up in New York City, Smith adopted the stage name LL Cool J, which stands for "Ladies Love Cool James." The outgoing teen signed to Def Jam records in , which was a fledgling rap label at the time, founded by Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin. LL released the hit "I Need a Beat" soon after, which sold more than , copies. The young artist left school to record his debut album, Radio, which was a hugely successful mix of conventional song structure and pop-oriented rap. Music fans responded enthusiastically to the album's singles, "I Can't Live Without My Radio" and "Rock the Bells," and bought more th
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Who Is LL Cool J?
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