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James Todd Smith, to the audience known by the stage name of LL Cool J, is a famous American rap artist, actor, record producer, as well as an enterpreneur. LL Cool J’s rise to fame began in 1985 with the release of his debut album “Radio”. Released to generally positive reviews, the album was a huge commercial success, as it sold more than 500,000 copies within the first five months of its release and was eventually certified Platinum by the RIAA with over 1 million copies sold. “Radio” significantly contributed to the rise of popularity of the new school genre, as well as LL Cool J’s public recognition. The album also spawned six singles, one of which, namely “I Can’t Live Without My Radio”, became a major hit and was featured on the soundtracks of 50 Cent’s film “Get Rich or Die Tryin’” and a video game “True Crime: New York City”. “I Can’t Live Without My Radio” became one of LL Cool J’s signifying songs, alongside “I’m Bad”, “I Need Love” and “Rock the Bells”.

LL Cool J is also known as an actor, especially for the role of a Special Agent Sam Hanna on the police procedural and military drama series “NCIS: Los Angeles”. In 2009, LL Cool J was earning $150,000 per episode of “NCIS”.

A famous rap artist and actor, how rich is LL Cool J? In addition to his earnings per every episode of “NCIS”, in 2013 LL Cool J added $30,000 to his wealth from the sales of his most recent album titled “Authentic”. In regards to his wealth, LL Cool J’s net worth is estimated to be $100 million.

James Todd Smith was born in 1968, in Bay Shore, New York. Smith’s passion for music and rapping stems from his early teenage years, when he started recording and creating various demo tapes, which he would later send to producers and record companies in the New York area. Soon enough, James Todd Smith changed his name to LL Cool J, and under his new alias signed to the Def Jam recording label. It was with Def Jam Recordings that LL Cool J released his debut album “Radio”, and two years later came out with his second studio work “Bigger and Deffer (BAD)”. The album exceeded all expectations, and with over 3 million copies sold became LL Cool J’s best-selling album to date. Currently, LL Cool J has released thirteen albums and is working on his fourteenth project entitled “G.O.A.T. 2”.

At the peak of his rapping career, LL Cool J switched to acting. and even though he kept coming out with albums, most of his focus was shifted towards appearances on screen. LL Cool J made his film debut in 1985 in Michael Schultz’s movie “Krush Groove” with Run D.M.C. and the Beastie Boys. Since then, LL Cool J has starred in “All That”, “Charlie’s Angels” with Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore, “House”, “30 Rock” and many others. Currently, LL Cool J is one of the main stars in “NCIS: Los Angeles” series.

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James Todd Smith Trademarks

1. Always wears a hat when off-camera

James Todd Smith Quotes

• [Lip Sync Battle] The freshest show on TV.
• [Anne Hathaway] Stunning.
• [Emily Blunt] She’s got swagger. Incomparable and breathtaking.
• [Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt] Tonight, two of the most powerful stars of the big screen face off in a Devil Wears Prada reunion battle.
• [on George Michael] He’s very, very talented, and I’ll always like Wham! I thought it was cool. “Father Figure” was something else!
• [on “S.W.A.T.”] I loved “S.W.A.T.” In retrospect, I wish I could have had a bigger role in it, but I had a great time doing it, and it was a success. It was actually the coolest movie I’ve ever done, in terms of just a pure movie. It was the most entertaining and well done.
• [on “Rollerball”] I felt like it was a bad movie. Wack. Terrible. That’s the thing with making movies: You’re always going to make some stuff you believe is bad. This was mine.
• [on “Any Given Sunday”] It was a dream-fulfilling experience because growing up I had always wanted to be a pro football player. And if I had stayed in Long Island, I probably would have pursued it more vigorously. I actually got to run with the ball in Texas Stadium, wearing No. 33 — and [Tony] Dorsett was the guy that I loved growing up — and I got to play on a team and run the ball and take some real hits. It was great.
• [on “Deep Blue Sea”] The most appealing role I’ve ever had. It was fun, it was crazy, it was a success from the beginning, and my role kept getting bigger and bigger on that set. They actually had to reshoot the ending so I could survive because the people [in test screenings] didn’t want me to die.
• [on Halloween H20: 20 Years Later (1998)] – Jamie Lee Curtis taught me a lot about being classy on set. Me and my guys would be there, and she would be leaving and say, “Oh, take my trailer!” I played the security guard who everybody thought was going to die, but I didn’t. That brother lived! That was wonderful. I shocked the world! Then I shocked the world a year later in Deep Blue Sea (1999) and lived again.
• [on Deep Blue Sea (1999)] – The parrot chewed my ear something crazy. I had to take my earrings out because he kept biting them like a chew toy. Also, the [animatronic] shark didn’t always work on cue. I almost drowned once. The guy took his hand off the joystick [that maneuvered the shark] when they called lunch, but I had put my leg in the shark’s mouth, so I was stuck under water. Luckily, they had given me a little canister with some extra oxygen. When I finally came up, I was furious.
• I don’t think you should go around talking trash about people because I think that’s how you get your hat handed to you. I’m good at what I do, but I wouldn’t be so bold and arrogant as to say something disrespectful about, say, Eminem. He’s talented and he’s good at what he does.
• I think when you move past your fear and you go after your dreams wholeheartedly, you become free. Know what I’m saying? Move past the fear.
• One thing I’m not gonna do, because I’m black, is suddenly say ‘you know what, I can’t play a villain!’ You don’t need to be the good guy to get a good message out. I’m not going to limit myself like that. I just want to play good roles and be able to touch a lot of people.
• I’m happy to be black. I am what I am, I’m doing very well in my life, and I’m thankful to God for that. I am a real person that cares about his art and cares about what he’s doing – I have a heart and a soul and want to touch people and give. As a black man, my hope is that I can touch more and more people all over the world of different races and different colours. And I think eventually, if I just stay on this path, we’ll get there.
• Hip-hop can be limiting and I refuse to accept limits. I’ve been training as an actor for six years. Nobody goes to acting school for six years. I mean, the college course is only four years! I absolutely trained. My acting coach is from the Stanislavsky school. It’s real – I act.
• Am I James Todd Smith now or LL Cool J? Pick a name baby. Pick a name and ride with it. I don’t wanna abandon my identity as LL Cool J, but at the same time, I had to figure out how to let people know that I’m really serious about making these movies. You know when you do 25 or 30 movies and people are still asking you ‘how does it feel making the transition?’ you know you’re not communicating correctly. So I just put the James Todd Smith thing there to let people know I was serious. It’s not like I made it Lawrence Cool J or something!.
• “Rollerball sucked!” – discussing one of his movies on Late Night with Conan O’Brien.
• Keeping it real ain’t about carrying a gun or smoking blunts. It’s about being true to yourself and those around you.

James Todd Smith Important Facts

• $150,000 /episode (2009-10)
• $1,000,000
• A hip-hop icon.
• When Anne Hathaway was a guest on Lip Sync Battle (2015), she said she wanted to hug Cool J.
• He was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6901 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on January 21, 2016.
• On his second album “B.A.D.” (Bigger And Deffer), his single “I’m Bad” sampled the main theme of the 70’s TV show “S.W.A.T.” and years later he would co-star in the movie adaptation of that show. (And in a few movie trailers for “S.W.A.T.”, actually mimicking that same theme music).
• In 2012, he stated that no one “should assume that I’m a Democrat a Republican]. I’m an Independent, you know?”.
• He has played the same character (Sam Hanna) in three different series: NCIS (2003), NCIS: Los Angeles (2009) and Hawaii Five-0 (2010).
• On his second album “B.A.D.” (Bigger And Deffer), his single “I’m Bad” sampled the main theme of the 70’s TV show S.W.A.T. (1975) and, years later, he co-starred in the movie adaptation of that show.
• Ranked #32 on VH1’s 100 Sexiest Artists.
• Ranked #5 on VH1’s 50 Greatest Hip Hop Artists.
• Homaged/satirized in Sonic Youth’s song “Kool Thing” (from the 1990 album “Goo”).
• In his personal life, he goes by the name Todd.
• Wrote and performed the first ever rap love song “I Need Love” in 1985.
• He has been on Def Jam Records longer than any other artists from its start in 1985 to the present.
• Appeared with Rollerball (2002) co-star Chris Klein on World Wrestling Federation programming in early 2002 to promote the film. They appeared with APA members Ron Simmons (aka Faarooq) and John Layfield (aka Bradshaw), both of whom appear in the film along with a number of other WWF Superstars.
• The only job he had besides being an entertainer was that he was briefly a paper boy.
• Has four children (one boy and three girls): Najee (b. 1989), Italia (b. 1990), Samaria (b. 1995), and Nina Simone (b. 2000).
• Hosted The 28th Annual American Music Awards (2001) with Britney Spears. [2001]
• Separated from girlfriend Simone Smith sometime after the birth of their second child.
• Regarded as one of the most succesful rap artists of all time.
• LL Cool J stands for “Ladies Love Cool James.”
• Almost always wears a hat, and wears one of his pant legs rolled up.

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