Profile
LL Cool J
President + Actor
Male
Born
Jan 14, 1968
Age
45
Hometown
Bay Shore, New York
Genres
Hip-hop music
Performed With
Kool Moe Dee + DM...
Record Label
Def Jam Recordings
James Todd Smith, better known as LL Cool J (an abbreviation for Ladies Love Cool James), is an American rapper, entrepreneur, and actor from Bay Shore, New York. He is known for romantic ballads such as "I Need Love", "Around the Way Girl" and "Hey Lover… Read More
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News + Updates
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Review: Kenny Chesney's 'Life On A Rock' Could Do Without 'Lindy'LATimes - 13 days ago
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Ll Cool J: I Reached Out To Van HalenCNN Bussiness Blogs - May 04, 2013
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Ll Cool J Defends Brad Paisley Duet ‘accidental Racist’Calgary Sun - May 02, 2013
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AuthenticRolling Stone - Apr 30, 2013
Timeline
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of LL Cool J.
CHILDHOOD
1968
Birth
Born on January 14, 1968.
TEENAGE

TWENTIES
1995
27 Years Old
LL Cool J was born in Bay Shore, New York, the son of Ondrea (Smith) and James Nunya. He married Simone I. Johnson, on August 9, 1995 at his home in Long Island, New York.
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1996
28 Years Old
In 1996, 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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THIRTIES

2000
32 Years Old
In 2000, LL Cool J released the album G.O.A.T., which stood for the "greatest of all time."
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2002
34 Years Old
LL Cool J's next album 10 from 2002, was his 9th studio (10th overall including his greatest hits compilation All World), and included the singles "Paradise" (featuring Amerie), "Luv U Better", produced by Pharrell and The Neptunes and the 2003 Jennifer Lopez duet, "All I Have".
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2004
36 Years Old
LL Cool J's 10th album The DEFinition was released on August 31, 2004.
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LL Cool J's 11th album, Todd Smith, was released on April 11, 2006.
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He also guest starred on 30 Rock in the 2007 episode "The Source Awards" as the hip-hop producer Ridiculous, who Tracy Jordan fears is going to kill him.
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FORTIES
2008
40 Years Old
LL Cool J founded and launched Boomdizzle.com, a record label / social networking site launched in September 2008.
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2009
41 Years Old
The series debuted in autumn of 2009, but the characters were introduced in an April 2009 crossover episode on the parent show.
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In a February 10, 2012 televised interview with CNN host Piers Morgan, LL Cool J expressed sympathy for President Barack Obama and ascribed negative impressions of his leadership to Republican obstruction designed to "make it look like you have a coordination problem."
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