(ThyBlackMan.com) LL Cool J’s name has long been synonymous with hip hop’s evolution, versatility, and resilience. From the moment he burst onto the scene in the mid-1980s, his commanding voice, ...

LL Cool J brought a new sound to Hip Hop. Deemed the genre's first ladies' man, the MC openly explored love and lust in his rhymes, intertwining gritty, confident anthems with romantic ballads on his ...

LL Cool J is one of the most important figures in hip-hop history as one of the first rappers to achieve commercial success in the ’80s. If you ask him, he’s the most important one. During a recent ...