LL Cool J

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actor human rapper record producer songwriter television presenter

LL Cool J is an American rapper and actor who emerged as one of hip-hop’s early stars and later became widely known for his roles in film and television.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
LL Cool J canonical	169
LL Cool J discography	3
LL Cool J album Phenomenon	1
LL Cool J as Raymond Adams	1
abbreviation LL Cool J	1

Statements (79)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	actor ⓘ human ⓘ rapper ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ television presenter ⓘ
activeYearsStart	1984 ⓘ
associatedAct	Def Jam Recordings ⓘ Marley Marl ⓘ Rick Rubin ⓘ Russell Simmons ⓘ
awardReceived	Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group ⓘ Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance ⓘ surface form: Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance Kennedy Center Honors ⓘ
birthName	James Todd Smith ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1968-01-14 ⓘ
filmWork	Any Given Sunday ⓘ Deep Blue Sea ⓘ Deliver Us from Eva ⓘ Halloween H20: 20 Years Later ⓘ Krush Groove ⓘ Last Holiday ⓘ SWAT ⓘ surface form: S.W.A.T. Toys ⓘ
genre	golden age hip hop ⓘ hip hop ⓘ rap ⓘ
hasChild	Italia Smith ⓘ Najee Smith ⓘ Nina Smith ⓘ Samaria Smith ⓘ
honor	Hollywood Walk of Fame ⓘ surface form: Hollywood Walk of Fame star
hosted	Grammy Award ⓘ surface form: Grammy Awards Lip Sync Battle ⓘ
knownFor	aggressive battle rap style ⓘ early commercial success in hip hop ⓘ romantic rap ballads ⓘ
memberOf	Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
notableRole	Marion Hill in In the House ⓘ Sam Hanna in NCIS: Los Angeles ⓘ
notableSong	Around the Way Girl ⓘ Doin' It ⓘ Going Back to Cali ⓘ Hey Lover ⓘ I Need Love ⓘ I Need a Beat ⓘ Luv U Better ⓘ Mama Said Knock You Out ⓘ Phenomenon ⓘ Rock the Bells ⓘ
notableWork	10 ⓘ 14 Shots to the Dome ⓘ Bigger and Deffer ⓘ Exit 13 ⓘ G.O.A.T. ⓘ Mama Said Knock You Out ⓘ Mr. Smith ⓘ Phenomenon ⓘ Radio ⓘ The DEFinition ⓘ James Todd Smith ⓘ surface form: Todd Smith Walking with a Panther ⓘ
occupation	actor ⓘ author ⓘ entrepreneur ⓘ rapper ⓘ record producer ⓘ songwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Bay Shore, New York, United States ⓘ
recordLabel	Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
residence	Los Angeles ⓘ surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
spouse	Simone Smith ⓘ
stageName	LL Cool J self-link ⓘ
standsFor	Ladies Love Cool James ⓘ
televisionWork	In the House ⓘ Lip Sync Battle ⓘ NCIS: Los Angeles ⓘ

Referenced by (175)

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Lip Sync Battle → presenter → LL Cool J ⓘ

Lip Sync Battle → executiveProducer → LL Cool J ⓘ

Grammy Legend Award → hasRecipient → LL Cool J ⓘ

Def Jam Recordings → notableArtist → LL Cool J ⓘ

DMX → associatedAct → LL Cool J ⓘ

LL Cool J → stageName → LL Cool J self-link ⓘ

Hype Williams → directedMusicVideoFor → LL Cool J ⓘ

NCIS: Los Angeles → portrayedBy → LL Cool J ⓘ

Yo! MTV Raps → featuredArtist → LL Cool J ⓘ

Ain’t Nobody → hasNotableCoverVersionBy → LL Cool J ⓘ

Mindhunters → starredActor → LL Cool J ⓘ

2012 Grammy Awards → host → LL Cool J ⓘ

Rick Rubin → producedFor → LL Cool J ⓘ

Beastie Boys → associatedAct → LL Cool J ⓘ

Radio (LL Cool J album) → artist → LL Cool J ⓘ

Radio (LL Cool J album) → performer → LL Cool J ⓘ

Radio (LL Cool J album) → producer → LL Cool J ⓘ

Radio (LL Cool J album) → labelDebutForArtist → LL Cool J ⓘ

Radio (LL Cool J album) → helpedLaunchCareerOf → LL Cool J ⓘ

Russell Simmons → represented → LL Cool J ⓘ

Lyor Cohen → workedWith → LL Cool J ⓘ

Total → associatedWith → LL Cool J ⓘ

Violator Records → associatedAct → LL Cool J ⓘ

Golden Age of hip hop → notableArtist → LL Cool J ⓘ

Trackmasters → notableWorkForArtist → LL Cool J ⓘ

58th Annual Grammy Awards → hostedBy → LL Cool J ⓘ

58th Annual Grammy Awards → isFinalHostingBy → LL Cool J ⓘ

Craig Mack → associatedWith → LL Cool J ⓘ

The Day → featuresArtist → LL Cool J ⓘ

Canibus → hasRivalry → LL Cool J ⓘ

Joe → associatedAct → LL Cool J ⓘ

Inga DeCarlo Fung Marchand → associatedAct → LL Cool J ⓘ

In Too Deep → castMember → LL Cool J ⓘ

Ladies Love Cool James → stageNameOf → LL Cool J ⓘ

Ladies Love Cool James → alsoKnownAs → LL Cool J ⓘ

Ladies Love Cool James → hasPart → LL Cool J ⓘ

this entity surface form: abbreviation LL Cool J

Bay Shore, New York, United States → birthplaceOf → LL Cool J ⓘ

subject surface form: Bay Shore, New York

Bay Shore, New York, United States → hasNotablePerson → LL Cool J ⓘ

subject surface form: Bay Shore, New York

Radio → artist → LL Cool J ⓘ

Radio → performer → LL Cool J ⓘ

Radio → producer → LL Cool J ⓘ

Radio → notableWorkOf → LL Cool J ⓘ

Bigger and Deffer → artist → LL Cool J ⓘ

Bigger and Deffer → performer → LL Cool J ⓘ

Bigger and Deffer → producer → LL Cool J ⓘ

Bigger and Deffer → partOf → LL Cool J ⓘ

this entity surface form: LL Cool J discography

Walking with a Panther → artist → LL Cool J ⓘ

Walking with a Panther → performer → LL Cool J ⓘ

Walking with a Panther → producer → LL Cool J ⓘ

Walking with a Panther → mainPerformer → LL Cool J ⓘ