LL Cool J's Grammy-winning "Mama Said Knock You Out" was used by DHS to soundtrack footage of U.S. forces seizing a Venezuelan oil tanker.

The rapper’s 1991 hit “Mama Said Knock You Out” provides the soundtrack for Pfizer’s cancer-busting commercial LL COOL J/Youtube; Arnold Turner/Getty LL Cool J is bringing back an iconic hit for a ...

The Donald Trump administration has taken a flippant tone in regards to its highly controversial strikes on alleged drug ...

If there’s anyone fit enough to host a docuseries entitled Hip Hop Was Born Here, it’s LL Cool J. The two-time Grammy-winning performer and Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee was one of the earliest ...

ELMONT, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 11: LL Cool J attends the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on September 11, 2024 in Elmont, New York. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for MTV) LL Cool J, the ...

It’s all too easy to look on LL Cool J today as something of a side-story to the major figures in hip hop’s evolution. He wasn’t the first rapper to have a hit, and he wasn’t making the kind of ...

On May 22, 2017, in the dead of night, LL COOL J posted a tweet that has become the stuff of internet legend: “If I hear one more terrible rap record I’m gonna have to do it to these meatballs.” The ...

The king of crowd rockers is finally back (but don’t call it a comeback). LL COOL J has always been a force in pop culture, and now he’s set to elevate hip-hop culture with his 14th studio album, The ...

LL Cool J is bringing back an iconic hit for a Super Bowl ad that packs a punch — literally. In Pfizer’s “Knock Out" ad, a young cancer patient is first shown laying in a hospital bed watching TV when ...

Editor’s note: The following article is an op-ed, and the views expressed are the author’s own. Read more opinions on theGrio. LL Cool J, the multi-hyphenate entertainer who in 2024 released his 14th ...