Khujo Goodie, founding member of Atlanta-based hip-hop quartet Goodie Mob, says the group looked up to LL COOL J’s ability to musically adapt and make hit records regardless of his New York roots.

FILE - LL Cool J performs during the MTV Video Music Awards in Newark, N.J., on Sept. 12, 2023. The rapper-actor will release “The F.O.R.C.E.," his first album in 11 years. (Photo by Charles ...

LL Cool J proved yet ... a Cleveland native group with a unique melody, surprisingly stole part of Friday night's show. The crew dominated the mid-'90s era of hip-hop with their early album ...

It has been a long time since LL COOL J grabbed the mic ... He is, of course, a Grammy- and Billboard Music Award-winning rap legend and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame honoree who has merely taken ...

Veteran rapper LL COOL J has returned to the hip-hop ... The song, released by Def Jam Recordings and Virgin Music Group, was produced by another hip-hop veteran, Q-Tip. An accompanying music ...

LL Cool J ripped into DJ Akademiks for referring to hip-hop pioneers as “dusty” and saying that many of today’s artists are much better off financially than the old heads. Akademiks went off ...

LL COOL J: “I respect a lot of women in the game. When you think about Sha-Rock, she was part of the group that was one of the first hip-hop artists to be on Saturday Night Live. That was a big ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — The Grammy award winning rapper-actor- author LL COOL J will release his first new album in 11 years, “The FORCE” in September — 40 years into his hip-hop career.

NEW YORK – The Grammy award winning rapper-actor- author LL COOL J will release his first new album in 11 years, “The FORCE” in September — 40 years into his hip-hop career. Not that he ...