Rapper LL Cool J’s stage name stands for “Ladies Love Cool James.” His real name is James Todd Smith, and he was born in 1968 in Bay Shore, Long Island, New York. He was raised in Queens and began rapping at age nine, releasing his first single, “I Need a Beat,” when he was 16.
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