Fifty years after critics dismissed hip-hop as a passing fad, Grammy winner LL COOL J is taking viewers back to the genre's ...

Legendary rapper and actor LL COOL J hosts the new docuseries 'Hip Hop Was Born Here,' which he co-created with Peyton ...

The New York rap legend may have hung up his skateboard trucks years ago, but 2024 ended up being a busy year for LL Cool J. The 56-year-old returned in September with his first album since 2013 ...

LL COOL J (short for "Ladies Love Cool James") started writing rhymes and recorded a demo tape, and in 1984, the right person found it. Adam Horovitz, known as Ad Rock from the Beastie Boys, was ...

LL Cool J speaks onstage during “The Night That Changed America: A GRAMMY Salute To The Beatles” at the Los Angeles Convention Center on January 27, 2014, in Los Angeles, California.

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.

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