LL Cool J
James Todd Smith
January 14th, 1968
Queens, New York.
His grandfather bought him his first DJ set when he was nine years old.
By 13, he was already out on the streets selling his demos. The first one to notice this budding talent was Rick Rubin of the then-new Def Jam Records. At 16 years old, Smith, now known as L.L. Cool J (short for Ladies Love Cool James), had a contract with the upstart label and released its first single ever, "I Need A Beat," in 1984.FIRSTS FOR A RAP ARTIST :-
First Hiphop artist to perform on MTV Unplugged
1987 - Billboard - Black Single Chart - #l - "I Need Love"
4 consecutive RIAA platinum albums
4 consecutive RIAA gold singles
12 million album sales world-wide
one of "Ten Sexiest Men in Rock" featured in EbonyOne room in his home stores his more than 2,000 hats.
DISCOGRAPHY
The DEFinition
Todd Smith
10
G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time)
Phenomenon
All World Greatest Hits
Mr. Smith
14 Shots To The Dome
Mama Said Knock You Out
Walking With A Panther
Bigger And Deffer
Radio
FILMOGRAPHY
Deliver Us from Eva
S.W.A.T.
Mindhunters
Slow Burn
Last Holiday
Rollerball
Kingdom Come
Charlies Angels
Any Given Sunday
In Too Deep
Deep Blue Sea
Halloween H20
Woo
Caught Up
Touch
B*A*P*S
The Right To Remain Silent
Out Of Sync
Toys
The Hard Way
Wildcats
Krush Groove
Fill your mind with good things, and the rest will follow. You gotta be careful with what you fill your mind with. It all starts in your mind. Whatever you put your attention to, thats what grows in your life. So if you put a lot of attention to struggling, you gonna struggle. If 99 bad things happen, and one good thing happens, you gotta take a real hard look at that good thing and focus on that, and try to keep making that happen. Keep your mind staying on good things."