O n what seemed like a normal day in 2004, LL COOL J’s wife Simone I. Smith, then in her 30s, was working out with her ...

Momma Said Knock You Out's impact is fueling a different kind of battle—one that is deeply personal for LL and his family ...

The rapper’s 1991 hit “Mama Said Knock You Out” provides the soundtrack for Pfizer’s cancer-busting commercial.

30, 2008). As of 2011, LL Cool J is a series regular on the CBS police procedural NCIS: Los Angeles, a spin-off of NCIS. He lives in Long Island, New York, with his wife and four children.

James Todd Smith, a.k.a. LL Cool J, globally known as “Ladies Love Cool James”, was born on January 14, 1968, in Long Island, New York. LL Cool J burst onto the Hip Hop scene in 1984 when he ...