LL Cool J
LL Cool J
James Todd Smith, better known by his stage name LL Cool J, is an American rapper and actor from Queens, New York. He is known for such hip hop hits as "I Can't Live Without My Radio", "I'm Bad", "The Boomin' System", "Rock The Bells" and "Mama Said Knock You Out", as well as romantic ballads such as "Doin' It", "I Need Love", "Around the Way Girl" and "Hey Lover"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth14 January 1968
CityBay Shore, NY
CountryUnited States of America
I am what I am, I'm doing very well in my life, and I'm thankful to God for that.
I'm not just a rapper. I'm an entertainer. That's the difference.
I've never been one to have to manipulate women. I always want it to be like a mutual thing, like everybody loves everybody.
We're going to raise a lot of money for cancer awareness, give some to the American Cancer Society and hopefully make a big difference.
What I like to do is just make good music, good movies, hopefully perform a good show full of energy and just have some fun.
You don't need to be the good guy to get a good message out.
I think the guy who has had the better films is Will Smith. I don't know if he's a better actor than me. I don't think so. I am a rapper first. Man, I just love what I do. I am just the greatest and I can't help it. I'm sorry man.
There's a lot of single black women who did the best that they could and that's a beautiful thing, but they don't know how necessary a father is in a kid's life and how much guys miss that deep down inside.
I do about 90 percent of my own stunts, and the things I can't do for insurance reasons, like swinging out of a flying helicopter, I wouldn't want to do anyway.
I feel like my peers now are artists like Madonna and the Stones, Michael Jackson and Prince. These are people who were able to take their careers beyond the normal here-today-gone-tomorrow life span.
At fourteen, I started sending out demo tapes.
Do what you love; you'll be better at it. It sounds pretty simple, but you'd be surprised how many people don't get this one right away.
Dreams don't have deadlines. I'm thinking of doing bigger and better things and having more fun with it.
I'm not giving up my history and what I've done in my music because I love it and I'm very proud of it. I just want to open it up for more people.