LL Cool J Bio|Wiki
LL Cool J (short for Ladies Love Cool James) ( Full name: James Todd Smith) is an American record producer, songwriter, rapper, and actor. He became an early hip-hop act to achieve mainstream success with the breakthrough success of his single titled “I Need a Beat” and the Radio LP.
LL became an early hip-hop act along with Kurtis Blow and Run-DMC. He has released 13 studio albums and two greatest hits compilations. His twelfth album titled Exit 13 was released in 2008 as his last for his long-tenured deal with Def Jam Recordings. As an actor, LL has appeared in countless films such as Mindhunters, S.W.A.T., Deep Blue Sea, Any Given Sunday, In Too Deep, and Edison.
Currently, LL appears in the CBS crime drama television series titled NCIS: Los Angeles playing NCIS Special Agent Sam Hanna. Also, he serves as the host of Lip Sync Battle on Paramount Network. LL is a two-time Grammy Award winner, known for hip hop songs such as “Rock the Bells”, “The Boomin’ System”, “I’m Bad”, “Going Back to Cali”, and “Mama Said Knock You Out.”
He is also famous for R&B hits such as “Around the Way Girl,” “All I Have”, “I Need Love”, “Doin’ It”, and “Hey Lover”. VH1 placed LL on their “100 Greatest Artists Of All Time” list in 2010. He became the first rapper to receive the Kennedy Center Honors in 2017. LL was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2021 with an award for Musical Excellence.
LL Cool J Age
He was born on January 14, 1968, in Bay Shore, New York, United States of America. LL is 54 years old.
LL Cool J Height
He is a man of above-average stature. LL stands at a height of 6 ft 2 in ( Approx 1.88m)
LL Cool J Family
He was born to his parents Ondrea Griffith (born January 19, 1946) and James Louis Smith Jr ( James Nunya) in Bay Shore, New York. As per the Chicago Tribune, life for LL was heart-breaking as a kid growing up middle class and Catholic in Queens. His father Nunya shot LL’s mother and grandfather, nearly killing them both. At the age of 4, LL found his mother and grandmother with blood everywhere.
LL and his mother moved into his grandparents’ home in St. Albans, Queens in 1972 where he was raised. While growing up, LL suffered physical and mental abuse from his mother’s ex-boyfriend Roscoe. He started rapping at the age of 10 after he was influenced by the hip-hop group The Treacherous Three. At the age of 16, LL created demo tapes in his grandparents’ home in March 1984.
His grandfather was a jazz saxophonist and he bought LL $2,000 worth of equipment, including an audio mixer, two turntables, and an amplifier. Also, LL’s grandmother was supportive of his musical endeavors, she used her tax refund to buy him a Korg drum machine. LL has stated that he “was already a rapper by the time he received musical equipment from his relatives. In this neighborhood, kids grow up in rap.
He has said that rapping in his grandmother’s neighborhood “It’s like speaking Spanish if you grow up in an all-Spanish house.” Around this time, NYU student Rick Rubin and promoter-manager Russell Simmons founded the then-independent Def Jam label. By using the mixer LL had received from his grandfather, he produced and mixed his own demos and sent them to different record companies throughout New York City such as Def Jam.
LL Cool J Wife
He dated the daughter of producer Quincy Jones called Kidada Jones, from 1992 to 1994. In 1995, LL married Simone Johnson. They first met each other in 1987.
LL Cool J Children | Daughter | Kids
LL and his wife Simone Johnson have four children. In an episode of Finding Your Roots, LL learned that his mother was adopted by Eugene Griffith and Ellen Hightower. CeCe Moore, the series’ genetic genealogist identified LL’s biological grandparents as Ethel Mae Jolly and Nathaniel Christy Lewis through analysis of his DNA. His biological great-uncle was Hall of Fame boxer John Henry Lewis.
LL Cool J Tv Show
– 2003 Deliver Us from Eva
– 2004 Mindhunters
– 2005 Edison
– 2006 Last Holiday
– 2007 The Man
– 2008 The Deal
– 2008 Sesame Street
– 2009 WWII in HD
– 2009–Present NCIS: Los Angeles
– 2009–2011 The Electric Company
– 2012 Hawaii Five-0
– 2013 55th Annual
– 2014 56th Annual
– 2015 57th Annual
– 2015–2019 Lip Sync Battle
– 2016 58th Annual Grammy Awards
– 2017 American Dad!
– 2022 iHeartRadio Music Awards
LL Cool J Songs
– Hey Loverr
– I Need Love
– Luv U Better
– Around he Way Girl
– Doin’ It 1995
– I Need Love 1987
– Going Back to Cali 1987
– Headsprung 2004
– Around The Way Girl 1990
– I’m Bad 1987
– Hey Lover 1995
– Loungin’ 1995
– Luv U Better 2002
– Rock The Bells 1985
– Mama Said Knock You Out 1990
– Jingling Baby 1989
– Paradise 2002
– I Can’t Live Without My Radio 1985
– I Shot Ya 1995
LL Cool J Songs
– Hit ’em High 1996
– Hush 2004
– U Will Know 1994
– The Boomin’ System 1990
– Big Ole Butt 1989
– I’m That Type of Guy 1989
– Control Myself 2006
– Go Cut Creator Go· 1987
– Imagine That 2000
– Baby · 2008
– I Need A Beat 1985
– Jack the Ripper 1989
– Ain’t Nobody 1995
– You’ll Rock· 1985
LL Cool J Movies
– 1985 Krush Groove
– 1986 Big Fun In The Big Town
– 1991 The Hard Way
– 1992 Toys
– 1993 The Adventures of Pete & Pete
– 1995 Out-of-Sync
– 1995–1999 In the House
– 1997 B*A*P*S
– 1998 Caught Up
– 1999 Deep Blue Sea
– 2000 Charlie’s Angels
– 2001 Kingdom Come
– 2002 Rollerball
– 2002 WWE SmackDown
LL Cool J Albums
Studio albums
– 1985 Radio
– 1987 Bigger and Deffer
– 1989 Walking with a Panther
– 1990 Mama Said Knock You Out
– 1993 14 Shots to the Dome
– 1995 Mr. Smith
– 1997 Phenomenon
– 2000 G.O.A.T.
– 2002 10 (2002)
– 2004 The DEFinition
– 2006 Todd Smith
– 2008 Exit 13
– 2013 Authentic
LL Cool J Net Worth
He is an American record producer, songwriter, rapper, and actor. LL has accumulated an estimated net worth of $4 million.
How Old Is LL Cool J
LL is 54 years old. He was born on January 14, 1968, in Bay Shore, New York, United States of America.
Is LL Cool J Married
LL dated the daughter of producer Quincy Jones called Kidada Jones, from 1992 to 1994. In 1995, LL married Simone Johnson. They first met each other in 1987.
Who Is LL Cool J
LL ( Full name: James Todd Smith) is an American record producer, songwriter, rapper, and actor. He became an early hip-hop act to achieve mainstream success with the breakthrough success of his single titled “I Need a Beat” and the Radio LP.