American Songwriter

LL Cool J and Public Enemy Celebrate 40 Years of Def Jam Records with a Medley of Old-School Hits at the MTV VMAs

With the 2024 VMAs, MTV is marking a major milestone. This is the 40th annual Video Music Awards. The awards show isn’t the only thing celebrating 40 years this year. The groundbreaking hip-hop label ...

LL COOL J’s new ‘NCIS’ spin-off has the perfect opportunity for a ‘Los Angeles’ reunion [exclusive]

NCIS: Los Angeles alum Chris O'Donnell is open to the idea of reuniting with LL COOL J for his new spin-off, NCIS: New York.
Rolling Out

LL Cool J reveals shocking details about childhood trauma in new interview

LL Cool J at the 34th Annual PaleyFest Los Angeles - "NCIS: LA" at Dolby Theater on March 21, 2017 in Los Angeles. (Photo credit: Shutterstock.com/Kathy Hutchins) In ...
CBS News

LL COOL J explores hip-hop's roots in new docuseries, "Hip Hop Was Born Here"

Fifty years after critics dismissed hip-hop as a passing fad, Grammy winner LL COOL J is taking viewers back to the genre's authentic New York roots with his new docuseries "Hip Hop Was Born Here," ...
WLRN

LL Cool J goes back to his roots in his new album

LL Cool J, a two-time Grammy Award winner, has never lost his rap bona fides. At age 56, the legend is rapping again on The FORCE — short for Frequencies of Real Creative Energy — his first album in ...