'Fresh Air' celebrates 50 years of hip-hop: LL Cool J
LL Cool J made his recording debut in 1984 when he was 16. He's then, since won two Grammys, had several platinum recordings and starred in NCIS: Los Angeles. Originally broadcast in 1997.
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LL Cool J made his recording debut in 1984 when he was 16. He's then, since won two Grammys, had several platinum recordings and starred in NCIS: Los Angeles. Originally broadcast in 1997.
LL Cool J made his recording debut in 1984 when he was 16. He's then, since won two Grammys, had several platinum recordings and starred in NCIS: Los Angeles. Originally broadcast in 1997.
This year kicks off the 50th anniversary of hip-hop, a diasporic collaboration that started in the Bronx, but became a global phenomenon. It’s still a young genre but it has a layered and interesting history that dates back to West African oral traditions. In West Africa, stories were told in the form of singing and […]
In his 1997 biography, LL Cool J recounts his wild years coming up in the music industry, which included drug addiction.
In his 1997 biography, LL Cool J recounts the time his father shot his mother and grandfather because he was bitter about getting a divorce.