Legendary rapper and "NCIS" star LL Cool J has been married to his wife Simone I. Smith for decades and met her when they ...

LL COOL J explained how he and his wife, Simone I. Smith, built a 30-year marriage and raised four kids while staying grounded. “Having a couple TVs doesn’t hurt,” the 57-year-old Hip-Hop icon told ...

Mama must've told Doja Cat to knock out LL Cool J at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards. As host LL Cool J (real name James Todd Smith) was wrapping up his opening monologue at the Sept. 7 ceremony, a ...

LL Cool J found love with his wife, Simone I. Smith, when they were teenagers. The rapper and host of the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards met his longtime love in 1987 in New York City, and they dated for ...

The "Murdergram" rapper will host the awards show for the second time on Sunday, Sept. 7 FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images LL COOL J revealed his pre-hosting rituals to PEOPLE, which includes ...

LL Cool J has been bringing the cool and captivating crowds with his voice for decades. Following his epic six-minute medley at the 2024 MTV Video Music Awards, where he performed his hits "Going Back ...

LL Cool J is doin’ it — and by it, we mean hosting the MTV Video Music Awards solo for the first time next month in his native New York. MTV announced Thursday that the Long Island-born “Doin’ It” ...

LL Cool J arrives on the red carpet at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in 2023. He will host the upcoming MTV Video Music Awards. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI Aug. 14 (UPI) --Rock ...

The 2025 MTV Video Music Awards are a month away, which seems like an opportune time for MTV to announce the host for this year’s ceremony. LL COOL J, who last co-hosted in 2022 with Nicki Minaj and ...

Fifty years after critics dismissed hip-hop as a passing fad, Grammy winner LL COOL J is taking viewers back to the genre's authentic New York roots with his new docuseries "Hip Hop Was Born Here," ...

This year’s Fourth of July celebrations in Philadelphia were a little different. As thousands of city workers continue to strike, notably affecting many city services like trash pickups, LL Cool J and ...