LL COOL J shows his basement studio at his grandparents' Queens house to "Sunday Morning" contributor Kelefa Sanneh. CBS News He said this basement was the place where dreams come true.

I’m not doing that,” LL Cool J said. “I’ve been coming to Philly my whole life. I have respect for the city. And I hope, I hope, I hope that, you know, the mayor and the city can make a deal.

While LL Cool J went on to star in dozens of TV shows and movies, including Halloween H20: 20 Years Later, In the House, Any Given Sunday and long-running NCIS: Los Angeles, he also struggled to ...

LL Cool J previously played the supporting role of Dr. Jimmy Palmer on NCIS since 2004. He then went on to star as Sam Hanna on NCIS: Hawai'i with Vanessa Lachey.

From movies to music to TV, LL Cool J is a household name. And he’ll end up in a few more households, figuratively and almost literally, on Super Bowl Sunday.The multi-hyphenate, born James Todd ...

LL Cool J describes the process of making his 14th studio album as “going back to the drawing board and learning how to rap again … making sure I was really inspired by the things I was saying.

May 06, 2025 LL Cool J, Jazmine Sullivan to headline Wawa Welcome America festival The annual July 4th concert and fireworks display caps 16 days of free concerts, block parties and movies screenings.

LL COOL J adds that he feels that his job as an artist is to "get out of the way and let the song speak." "This is where I was led and I feel like people are gonna really enjoy it," he continues.

LL Cool J says entrepreneurship is “in the DNA” of hip-hop. Without necessarily realizing it, he says, the founding artists of the 1970s innovated a new genre and created a new market in music.

LL Cool J and Simone I. Smith have been married since 1995 LL Cool J and his wife, Simone I. Smith, have been together since they were teenagers. The pair first met in 1987 in New York City and ...

“I'm still going to come to Philly, in case it works out,” LL Cool J said. “I'm gonna be in town, y'all, but I'm just letting you know I'm not gonna cross a picket line and perform for money ...

There still isn't much information regarding the specific role LL Cool J’s Sam has to play on NCIS: Hawai’i as well as just how many episodes he'll pop up in. The season finale saw him lending ...