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LL Cool J
James Todd Smith, known professionally as LL Cool J, is an American rapper and actor. He is one of the earliest rappers to realize crossover commercial success, alongside fellow new-school hip-hop acts like Run-DMC.
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Born 14 January 1968 · Q52440
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2026· 22 entries
Movieguide: LL Cool J Drops First Look at His NCIS Homecoming in NEW YORK Spinoff
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Bleeding Cool News: NCIS: New York: CBS Drops New Images for LL Cool J, Scott Caan Series
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soaps.sheknows.com: NCIS: New York Trailer Introduces LL COOL J and Scott Caan's New Partnership
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Yahoo: LL Cool J Returns as Sam Hanna in First Look at ‘NCIS: New York'
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TV Insider: ‘NCIS: New York’ Trailer: LL Cool J & Scott Caan Partner Up
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TVLine: NCIS: New York: LL COOL J Tackles The Big Apple In Teaser Trailer For CBS Spin-Off
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Cadillac News: First ‘NCIS: New York’ Photos: Meet the Team Joining LL Cool J & Scott Caan in New Spinoff
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Radio Times: NCIS: New York spin-off unveils first look as LL Cool J returns as beloved franchise character
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Just Jared: LL Cool J Returns as Special Agent Sam Hanna in First Teaser for ‘NCIS: New York’ – Watch Now!
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sekbernews.id: CBS Releases Trailer for NCIS New York Featuring LL Cool J
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The TV Cave: NCIS: New York Teaser Brings LL COOL J’s Sam Hanna Home and Gives Him a New Partner
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Give Me My Remote: NCIS: NEW YORK: CBS Reveals New Teaser Trailer for LL COOL J-Led Spinoff
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MovieWeb: Original 'NCIS' Stars LL Cool J & Scott Caan Officially Return in 'New York' Spin-Off Trailer
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Hidden Remote: NCIS: New York first look debuts LL Cool J's Sam Hanna as he meets new partner
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Bleeding Cool News: NCIS: New York: LL Cool J & Scott Caan-Starrer Gets Teaser Trailer
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ScreenRant: LL Cool J's Sam Hanna Investigates A Personal Case In Action-Packed NCIS: New York Trailer
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EntertainmentNow: First Look At LL Cool J and Scott Caan In ‘NCIS: New York’
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IMDb: Original 'NCIS' Star LL Cool J Officially Returns in 'New York' Spin-Off Trailer
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Complex: Musician Who Worked With LL Cool J Brings Hip-Hop to a Traditional Industry
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Cinemablend: The Surprising Reason LL Cool J Says He Keeps Coming Back To NCIS’ Sam Hanna
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2025· 6 entries
Published video “LL COOL J - 2025 VMAs Recap”.
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Published video “LL COOL J - 30 Decembers ft. The Overlordian”.
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Published video “LL COOL J - The FORCE ft. The Overlordian”.
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Published video “LL COOL J - Rock The Bells (Official Music Video)”.
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Published video “PfizerForAll.com”.
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LL Cool J cancelled his performance at the Welcome America Festival in Philadelphia, refusing to cross a picket line during the District Council 33 Strike
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2024· 7 entries
Published video “LL COOL J - Murdergram Deux ft. Eminem”.
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Published video “THE FORCE album OUT NOW. #llcoolj #eminem #murdergramdeux”.
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Published video “THE FORCE SIGNED CDS AND VINYL SHOP NOW LINK IN BIO”.
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Under Def Jam Recordings, his first under the label since 2008's Exit 13, and distributed by Def Jam and UMG's sister counterpart Virgin Music Group, instead of parent company Universal Music Group
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Released album “The FORCE”.
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LL Cool J released the album's fourth single "Murdergram Deux", featuring Eminem
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LL Cool J released the single "Saturday Night Special", featuring rappers Rick Ross and Fat Joe; the single marks LL Cool J's first single as a lead artist in eight years and serves as the lead single from his fourteenth
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2023· 1 entry
The couple co-founded a jewelry line for men, Majesty
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2021· 5 entries
LL Cool J canceled his performance at Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve With Ryan Seacrest 2022 after testing positive for COVID-19
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Awarded Rock and Roll Hall of Fame (2021).
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Released ep “From LL, With Love”.
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Was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with an award for Musical Excellence
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Was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the Musical Excellence category
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2018· 1 entry
Released album “Austin City Limits - Live”.
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2017· 3 entries
Won W. E. B. Du Bois Medal (2017).
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LL Cool J became the first rapper to receive Kennedy Center Honors
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LL Cool J became the first rapper to receive the Kennedy Center Honors
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2016· 2 entries
LL received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
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Released album “Live In Maine (Colby College 1985)”.
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2014· 1 entry
“the concept behind the album was to give upcoming artists an opportunity to shine, and put myself in the position where I have to spit bars with some of the hardest rhymers in the game”
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2013· 4 entries
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame announced LL Cool J as a nominee for inclusion in 2014
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It was announced that the title of LL's upcoming album would be changed from Authentic Hip-Hop to Authentic, with a new release date of April 30, 2013
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LL received a Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actor: Action for his work on the program
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Released album “Authentic”.
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2012· 4 entries
LL collaborated with Joe and the production duo Trackmasters on his second single, "Take It"
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LL Cool J released "Ratchet", a new single from his upcoming album titled Authentic Hip-Hop
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Released album “Icon: LL Cool J”.
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Through the 58th Grammy Awards on February 15, 2016
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series for NCIS: Los Angeles (2011).
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2010· 2 entries
VH1 placed him on their "100 Greatest Artists of All Time" list
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2011, 2014, 2018, 2019, and 2021 as a performer
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2009· 2 entries
Released album “All World 2”.
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Began starring on the CBS police procedural NCIS: Los Angeles
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2008· 2 entries
Without 50 Cent as the executive producer
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Released album “Exit 13”.
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2007· 2 entries
With hip-hop historian Dustin Shekell and Public Enemy's Chuck D
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Released album “Legends Volume 5”.
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2006· 2 entries
Released album “Todd Smith”.
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LL Cool J and his personal trainer, Dave "Scooter" Honig, wrote a fitness book titled The Platinum Workout
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2005· 2 entries
Returned to television in a guest-starring role on the Fox medical drama House; he portrayed a death row inmate felled by an unknown disease in an episode titled "Acceptance"
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Inspiring their friendship; the women launched a collaborative jewelry line, Sister Love, in late 2020 after announcing it two years prior
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2004· 1 entry
Released album “THE DEFinition”.
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2002· 2 entries
Released album “10”.
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LL Cool J supported George Pataki's bid for a third term as Governor of New York
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2000· 2 entries
Released album “G.O.A.T. Featuring James T. Smith: The Greatest of All Time”.
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LL Cool J released the album G
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1999· 1 entry
Co-starred as Preacher, the chef in the Renny Harlin horror/comedy Deep Blue Sea
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1998· 1 entry
LL Cool J played security guard Ronny in Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, the seventh movie in the Halloween franchise
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1997· 3 entries
Released album “Phenomenon”.
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Awarded Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award (1997).
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Awarded Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance for Hey Lover (1997).
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1996· 2 entries
Released album “All World”.
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Def Jam released this "greatest hits" package, offering a good summary of Cool J's career, from the relentless minimalism of early hits such as "Rock the Bells" to the smooth-talking braggadocio that followed
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1995· 1 entry
Released album “Mr. Smith”.
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1993· 2 entries
Released album “14 Shots to the Dome”.
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Released ep “Twelve Inch Mixes”.
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1992· 1 entry
Awarded Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance for Mama Said Knock You Out (1992).
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video for Mama Said Knock You Out (1991).
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1990· 2 entries
Released album “Mama Said Knock You Out”.
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LL released Mama Said Knock You Out, his fourth studio album
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1989· 2 entries
Released album “Walking With a Panther”.
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The album was a commercial success, with several charting singles ("Going Back to Cali", which had originally been released on the 1987 movie soundtrack Less than Zero, "I'm That Type of Guy", "Big Ole Butt", and "One Sh
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1988· 2 entries
Awarded Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap Album for Bigger and Deffer (1988).
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Awarded Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap – Single for I Need Love (1988).
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1987· 1 entry
Released album “Bigger and Deffer”.
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1985· 2 entries
And remained there for 47 weeks, while also entering the Pop Albums chart on January 11, 1986, remaining on that chart for thirty-eight weeks
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Released album “Radio”.
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1984· 2 entries
LL Cool J's breakthrough came with his 1984 single "I Need a Beat", followed by his debut studio album, Radio (1985)
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Sixteen-year-old Smith was creating demo tapes in his grandparents' home
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1972· 1 entry
Smith and his mother moved into his grandparents' home in St
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1968· 2 entries
Born 1968-01-14.
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In Bay Shore, New York, on Long Island, to Ondrea Griffith (born January 19, 1946) and James Louis Smith Jr
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