<p>Early life This section requires expansion LL Cool J grew up in Queens New York His parents divorced when he was at the age of four consequently he was raised by his grandparents He started rapping at the age of nine In his youth LL Cool J performed in the church choir participated in the Boy Scouts and delivered newspapers At age 16 by using a mixing table purchased by his grandfather at Sears Smith produced and created demos and sent them to various record companies including Def Jam Recordings Under his new stage name LL Cool J Ladies Love Cool James Def Jam released his first record the 12 single I Need a Beat The single sold over 100 000 copies The success of I Need a Beat helped lead to a distribution deal with Def Jam and Columbia Records in 1985 Soon after he dropped out of Andrew Jackson High School to record his debut album Music career Radio 1985 Main article Radio LL Cool J album Radio was released to critical acclaim as LL Cool J was one of the first rappers t
o use conventional song structure to make pop oriented rap I Can t Live Without My Radio and Rock the Bells were singles that helped the album go platinum with 1 500 000 sales Bigger and Deffer 1987 In 1987 he released Bigger and Deffer which included I Need Love Also featured on the album was Go Cut Creator Go which pays homage to the DJ The album sold about 2 300 000 copies In 1998 The Source Magazine named it as one of the top 100 albums ever citation needed I Need Love was the second single from LL Cool J s second album Bigger and Deffer The song released in the fall of 1987 reached 1 on the R amp B Hip Hop charts 14 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts and 8 in the UK Singles Chart The single won a Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap Single in 1987 The song was parodied in 2000 by Brooklyn rapper Necro in his song I Need Drugs which alters the lyrics to a narrative of a man s addiction to crack cocaine I Need Love was ranked 13 on the 100 Greatest Rap Songs Walking with a Pa
nther 1989 LL Cool J s third album was 1989 Walking with a Panther The album featured the singles Going Back to Cali I m That Type of Guy Jingling Baby and Big Ole Butt and went platinum with 1 100 000 sales Mama Said Knock You Out 1990 Following this LL Cool J released Mama Said Knock You Out which contained three singles The Boomin System Around the Way Girl and the title track which he performed during an episode of MTV Unplugged It was also featured in the film The Hard Way The album on to sell over 2 700 000 copies 14 Shots to the Dome 1993 14 Shots to the Dome was LL Cool J s fifth album The album had three singles How I m Comin Back Seat and the strangely titled Pink Cookies in a Plastic Bag Getting Crushed by Buildings and guest featured labelmates Lords of the Underground on NFA No Frontin Allowed The album went gold Mr Smith 1995 After acting in The Hard Way and Toys LL Cool J released 14 Shots To The Dome 1993 which included Back Seat of My Jeep He starred in In t
he House an NBC sitcom before releasing Mr Smith 1995 which went on to sell over two million copies Its singles included Doin It and Loungin Another of the album s singles Hey Lover featured Boyz II Men sampling Michael Jackson s The Lady in My Life which eventually became one of the first hip hop music videos to air on American VH1 citation needed The song also earned him a Grammy Award Yet another single from the album I Shot Ya Remix included vocal work by Foxy Brown Phenomenon and beef with Canibus 1997 In 1997 he released the album Phenomenon The singles included Phenomenon and Father The official second single from Phenomenon was 4 3 2 1 which featured Method Man Redman amp Master P and introduced DMX and Canibus G O A T 2000 In 2000 LL Cool J released the album G O A T which stood for the greatest of all time It debuted at number one on the Billboard album charts and went platinum LL Cool J thanked Canibus in the liner notes of the album for the inspiration 10 2002 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 The Neptunes and the 2003 Jennifer Lopez duet All I Have The album reached platinum status The DEFinition 2004 LL Cool J s 10th album The DEFinition was released on August 31 2004 The album debuted at 4 on the Billboard charts Production came from Timbaland 7 Aurelius R Kelly and others The lead single was the Timbaland produced Headsprung which peaked at 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 The second single was the 7 Aurelius produced Hush which peaked at 26 on the Billboard Hot 100 Todd Smith 2006 LL Cool J s 11th album Todd Smith was released on April 11 2006 It includes collaborations with 112 Ginuwine Juelz Santana Teairra Mari and Freeway The first single was the Jermaine Dupri produced Control Myself aka the zzz song which was with singer Jennifer J Lo Lopez They shot the video for Contr
ol Myself on January 2 2006 at Sony Studios New York The second video directed by Hype Williams was Freeze featuring Lyfe Jennings Exit 13 2008 LL Cool J performing in Wilmington Delaware in August 2008 LL Cool J in concert at the Arizona State Fair in Phoenix Arizona In July 2006 LL Cool J announced details about his final album with Def Jam recordings the only label he has ever been signed to The album is titled Exit 13 The album was originally scheduled to be executively produced by fellow Queens rapper 50 Cent Exit 13 was originally slated for a fall 2006 release however after a 2 year delay it was released September 9 2008 without 50 Cent as the executive producer Tracks that the two worked on were leaked to the Internet and some of the tracks produced with 50 made it to Exit 13 LL Cool J partnered with DJ Kay Slay to release a mixtape called The Return of the G O A T It was the first mixtape of his 24 year career and includes freestyling by LL Cool J in addition to oth
er rappers giving their rendition of his songs A track entitled Hi Haterz was leaked onto the internet on June 1 2008 The song contains LL Cool J rapping over the instrumental to Maino s Hi Hater He toured with Janet Jackson on her Rock Witchu tour only playing in Los Angeles Chicago Toronto and Kansas City NCIS No Crew Is Superior In September 2009 LL Cool J released a song about the NCIS TV series It is a single and is available on iTunes The new track is based on his experiences playing special agent Sam Hanna This song is the musical interpretation of what I felt after meeting with NCIS agents experienced Marines and Navy Seals LL Cool J said It represents the collective energy in the room I was so inspired I wrote the song on set Acting career LL Cool J has branched out into a film and television acting career From 1995 through 1999 he starred on the NBC UPN sitcom In the House as an ex Los Angeles Raiders running back who finds himself in financial difficulties and is
forced to rent part of his home out to a single mother and her two children In 1998 he had a role in the film Halloween H20 He followed up H2O with 1999 s Deep Blue Sea where he played the wise cracking cook on a top secret sea base besieged by genetically enhanced sharks Later that year he had a starring role in Any Given Sunday in which he played Julian Washington the talented but selfish running back on the dysfunctional Miami Sharks Since then LL Cool J has appeared in a variety of films such as the 2002 remake of Rollerball Deliver Us from Eva and S W A T In 2005 he returned to television in a guest starring role on the Fox medical drama House as a death row inmate felled by an unknown disease He also guest starred on 30 Rock in the episode The Source Awards as the hip hop producer Ridiculous who Tracy Jordan fears is going to kill him LL Cool J appeared in Sesame Street s 39th season where he introduced the word of the day Unanimous in episode 4169 Sept 22 2008 and per
forming The Addition Expedition in episode 4172 Sept 30 2008 He was cast as a series regular in the CBS police procedural NCIS Los Angeles a spin off of the NCIS LL Cool J plays Special Agent Sam Hanna an ex Navy SEAL who is fluent in Arabic and an expert on West Asian culture The series debuted in autumn of 2009 but the characters were introduced in an April 2009 crossover episode on the parent show Other works and ventures Fashion LL Cool J worked behind the scenes with the mid eighties Hip Hop sportswear line TROOP In the mid 90 s he also helped to launch a clothing line named FUBU which means For Us By Us LL Cool J launched a clothing line called Todd Smith Books LL Cool J has written four books including 1998 s I Make My Own Rules an autobiography co written with Karen Hunter His second book was the children oriented book called And The Winner Is published in 2002 In 2006 LL Cool J and his personal trainer Dave Scooter Honig wrote a fitness book The Platinum Workout His
fourth book LL Cool J Hip Hop Stars was co written in 2007 with hip hop historian Dustin Shekell and Public Enemy s Chuck D Businessman and entrepreneur LL Cool J at MyCokeFest at Centennial Olympic Park in Atlanta Georgia LL Cool J started his own businesses in the music industry such as the music label in 1993 called P O G Power Of God and formed the company Rock The Bells to produce music With the Rock The Bells label he had artists such as Amyth unreliable source Smokeman Natice Chantel Jones and Simone Starks Rock the Bells Records was also responsible for the Deep Blue Sea soundtrack for the 1999 movie of the same name Rufus Scola Waller was also signed to the label but was released when the label folded LL Cool J founded and launched Boomdizzle com a record label social networking site launched in September 2008 The website accepts music uploads from aspiring artists primarily from the hip hop genre and the site s users rate songs through contests voting and other co
mmunity events Discography Main article LL Cool J discography Radio 1985 Bigger and Deffer 1987 Walking with a Panther 1989 Mama Said Knock You Out 1990 14 Shots to the Dome 1993 Mr Smith 1995 Phenomenon 1997 G O A T 2000 10 2002 The DEFinition 2004 Todd Smith 2006 Exit 13 2008 Filmography Year Title Role Notes 1985 Krush Groove Himself 1986 Wildcats Rapper 1991 The Hard Way Detective Billy NYPD 1992 Toys Captain Patrick Zevo 1995 Out of Sync Jason St Julian 1995 1999 In The House Marion Hill 1997 Touch Himself cameo 1998 Caught Up Roger All That TV Himself Guest appearance OZ TV Jiggy Walker Guest appearance Woo Darryl Caught Up Roger Halloween H20 20 Years Later Ronald Ronny Jones 1999 Deep Blue Sea Sherman Preacher Dudley In Too Deep Dwayne Gittens God Any Given Sunday Julian Washington 2000 Charlie s Angels Mr Jones cameo 2001 Kingdom Come Ray Bud Slocumb 2002 Rollerball Marcus Ridley 2003 Deliver Us from Eva Raymond Ray Adams S W A T Officer Deacon Deke Kaye 2004 Mindhu
nters Gabe Jensen 2005 Edison Officer Rafe Deed Slow Burn Luther Pinks House TV Clarence Guest appearance 2006 Last Holiday Sean Williams 2007 Heartland 30 Rock TV Ridikulous Guest appearance 2008 The Deal Bobby Mason 2009resent NCIS Los Angeles TV Special Agent Sam Hanna an NCIS spin off television series 2009 WWII In HD TV Shelby Westbrook Voice Awards MTV Video Music Awards 1991 MTV Video Music Award for Best Rap Video for Mama Said Knock You Out 1997 MTV Video Music Vanguard Award for career achievement NAACP Image Awards 1996 Best Rap Artist for Mr Smith 1997 Best Rap Artist for Mr Smith 2001 Outstanding Hip Hop Rap Artist for G O A T 2003 Outstanding Male Artist Grammy Awards 1991 Best Rap Solo Performance for Mama Said Knock You Out from Mama Said Knock You Out 1996 Best Rap Solo Performance for Hey Lover from Mr Smith Soul Train Music Awards 1987 Soul Train Music Award for Best Rap Single for I Need Love 2003 Quincy Jones Award for outstanding career achievements in
the field of entertainment Blockbuster Entertainment Awards 2000 Favorite Supporting Actor Action from Deep Blue Sea The New York Music Awards 15 New York Music Awards Soul Train Awards 10 Soul Train Awards Billboard Awards 1 Billboard Award Rock The Vote Award 1997 Patrick Lippert Award Source Awards 2003 Source Foundation Image Award for his community work Long Island Music Hall of Fame 2007 Inducted as part of the Inaugural Class of Inductees for his contribution to Long Island s rich musical heritage References CBS 2008 09 12 There s No Doubt Ladies Love Cool James CBS News http www cbsnews com stories 2008 09 12 earlyshow leisure music main4445125 shtml Retrieved 2009 05 20 160 http www defjam com site artist_home php artist_id 202 Official Site Def Jam According to speech made by LL Cool J at Sears Headquarters in October 23 2008 to promote his new clothing line VideoETA LL Cool J bio VideoETA com Inc http videoeta com person 726 Retrieved 2008 06 24 160 Acronyms and a
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