LL Cool J

Bold and vainglorious, 16-year-old James Todd Smith was a one-man Run-DMC when he
exploded onto the scene as LL Cool J in 1985. He was a cartoon character with ironclad
lyrical muscles, venomous enough in spirit to please the gangsters of his Queens, N.Y.,
hometown but with enough velvet in his voice to make the young ladies swoon. The only
problem was that Smith never wanted to be a tough guy; deep down, he wanted... More >