LL Cool J became one of the earliest rappers to reach commercial success alongside Beastie Boys and Run-DMC after signing with Def Jam Recordings in 1984. His breakthrough came with the single I ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 22: LL Cool J arrives at the 2022 iHeartRadio music awards at Shrine Auditorium and Expo Hall on March 22, 2022 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Emma ...

Ahead of the ceremony, he took to Twitter to explain why LL COOL J is his G.O.A.T., high praise from a legend such as himself. “Seriously theres a REASON I treat @llcoolj like Michael Jackson ...

Rapper-actor LL Cool J spoke at a Black Music Action Coalition gala about being honored by the group — and Sean "Diddy" Combs' arrest earlier in the week. The two collaborated on the 1997 album ...

Additional honorees at Thursday's event included LL Cool J, BeyGood executive director Ivy McGregor, Live Nation and the BET Executive Suite. By Brande Victorian Usher paid tribute to the male ...

Eminem, Vorst Nationaal, Brussels, Belgium, 05/02/2001. “Murdergram Deux” gives LL Cool J his first ... [+] No. 1 hit on both the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales and Rap Digital Song Sales ...

LL Cool J, Diddy, Flavor Flav (CREDIT: Frazer Harrison/Getty Images, Dave Benett/Getty Images for TAO Group Hospitality, Gregg Deguire/Variety via Getty Images) The fourth annual awards gala was ...

By Gail Mitchell LL COOL J and Usher were among the honorees saluted Thursday night by the Black Music Action Coalition at the organization’s fourth annual BMAC Gala. As BMAC co-founder ...

A fist fight breaking out at New York Comic Con over a Peach Momoko cover, again, was the most-read article on Bleeding Cool yesterday. Who Is Next #5 is both brutal crime comic and a surprising ...

The Black Music Action Coalition (BMAC) convened once again at Los Angeles’ Beverly Hilton last night for its fourth annual awards gala, celebrating stars including Usher, LL Cool J, Gunna and ...

The health-care giant can’t force women with ovarian cancer to join a proposed, $8 billion settlement under a ruling earlier this year by the top US court, lawyers who have long fought J&J argued.