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Cool J has been one of the leading rap artists since his 1985 debut ''Radio''. He has released a dozen albums since and has been one of the few rap artists to maintain consistent popularity for a period of almost thirty years. |
Cool J has been one of the leading rap artists since his 1985 debut ''Radio''. He has released a dozen albums since and has been one of the few rap artists to maintain consistent popularity for a period of almost thirty years. |
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James Todd Smith, better known by the name LL Cool J (for Ladies Love Cool James) is an American rap singer and actor. He played Clarence, a death row inmate suffering from an adrenaline producing tumor in Acceptance.
Cool J has been one of the leading rap artists since his 1985 debut Radio. He has released a dozen albums since and has been one of the few rap artists to maintain consistent popularity for a period of almost thirty years.
He is also an accomplished actor, having over twenty film and television credits since his debut playing a rapper in Wildcats in 1986. From 1995 to 1999, he starred in In The House as Marion Hill. Perhaps his best known role was in the re-make of Rollerball as Marcus Ridley.
He currently stars with Chris O'Donnell in the CBS series NCIS: Los Angeles, a spin-off of the original NCIS series as Sam Hanna, a former Navy SEAL and NCIS Special Agent.