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LL Cool J

July 2024

  • LL Cool J.

    The reader interview
    Post your questions for LL Cool J

    As he prepares to release The Force, his first album in over a decade, the rapper and actor will take on your questions

August 2022

  • 2022 MTV VMAs – Show<br>NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - AUGUST 28: Taylor Swift accepts the Best Long Form Video award onstage at the 2022 MTV VMAs at Prudential Center on August 28, 2022 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images for MTV/Paramount Global)

    MTV VMAs 2022: Taylor Swift wins and Johnny Depp surprises in chaotic ceremony

    Taylor Swift announced a new album, Nicki Minaj shouted out female genitals and Johnny Depp made a surprise appearance in a strange, profane evening

August 2021

  • The ‘We Love NYC: The Homecoming Concert’ in Central Park is interrupted due to rain storms that are part of hurricane Henri in New York.

    Hurricane Henri scuppers New York comeback concert

    Crowd asked to leave Central Park extravaganza that featured Springsteen and LL Cool J on the billing

February 2021

  • Criminal Justice Reform Organization Launch<br>NEW YORK, NY - JANUARY 23: Shawn 'Jay-Z' Carter attends Criminal Justice Reform Organization Launch at Gerald W. Lynch Theater on January 23, 2019 in New York City. (Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images)

    Jay-Z, Kate Bush and Foo Fighters lead Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees

    Female-heavy list of acts aiming to be inducted this year also includes Tina Turner, Mary J Blige and Dionne Warwick

October 2018

  • from left, Thom Yorke, Janet Jackson and Stevie Nicks

    Radiohead, Stevie Nicks and the Cure among 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame nominees

    The Ohio institution will select its 2019 cohort at a ceremony in Brooklyn next March

November 2017

  • T-Pain.

    T-Pain: Oblivion review – tasteless rap ballads

    T-Pain: Oblivion review – tasteless rap ballads

October 2017

  • Northside Festival - Day 3<br>AARHUS, DENMARK - JUNE 11: Musician Thom Yorke of Radiohead performs on the stage on Northside Festival on June 11, 2017 in Aarhus, Denmark. (Photo by Yuliya Christensen/Redferns)

    Radiohead among nominees for Rock & Roll Hall of Fame's class of 2018

    Rage Against the Machine, LL Cool J and Kate Bush also feature on the shortlist, which will be put to a public vote

October 2016

  • Wiz Khalifa

    Louder than a bomb: 40 years of hip-hop photography – in pictures

    A new photography book, Hip-Hop Raised Me, chronicles the rise of rap as it spilled from the US to the world – featuring the likes of Eminem, Notorious BIG and Lauryn Hill

March 2015

  • John Lennon in 1970.

    Readers suggest the 10 best …
    Readers suggest the 10 best songs about mothers

    Last week we brought you our 10 best songs about mothers. Here, we present your thoughts on the songs that should have made the list

February 2015

  • Dr Dre in 1994

    Dr Dre at 50: NWA, bangers and beef – the moments that made a megastar

  • SAm Smith

    Sam Smith and Beck scoop top prizes at 2015 Grammy Awards

December 2014

  • Run DMC: Still the kings of hip-hop

    Run-DMC and LL Cool J review – 'minimal hip-hop loaded with incisive satirical humor'

    Run-DMC and LL Cool J gave a master class in old-school hip-hop which featured homages to their producer Larry Smith, who had died earlier that day

November 2014

  • Fugazi, Irving Plaza, New York, 1995

    Beats, punks and stunts: the photography of Glen E Friedman

  • Minor Threat

    Glen E Friedman's photographs from the births of hip-hop and hardcore punk – in pictures

September 2014

  • LL Cool J

    10 of the best
    Def Jam: 10 of the best

    Def Jam’s celebrating its 30th anniversary with a new 30 disc box set. For those without the time (or money) for that, here’s our condensed guide to the hip-hop label’s highlights

October 2013

  • Rock hall of fame

    Nirvana and Replacements lead first-time nominees to Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

    The voting process officially considers musical impact and contributions, but let's call it what it really is: a popularity contest

July 2013

  • The Clash at the Rock against Racism carnival

    From Rock's Backpages
    Nick Hornby's favourite music – a classic interview from the vaults

    This week Nick Hornby visits Rock's Backpages Albums Club, and to mark the occasion we bring you this discussion of his favourite songs, originally published in 2002 at Rock's Backpages itself

April 2013

  • LL Cool J and Brad Paisley, celebrating their duet 'Accidental Racist'

    This Brad Paisley-LL Cool J duet is a horrible accident, and possibly racist

    Mychal Denzel Smith

    Mychal Denzel Smith: The colloboration between the country and hip-hop stars is well-meant but utterly clueless about America's history of racism

March 2013

  • Terry Hall of The Specials

    SXSW music festival: day two - in pictures

    From Alt-J to Yeah Yeah Yeahs, here's all the action from the second day of this year's music festival in Austin, Texas. Warning: contains image of Diplo zorbing

February 2013

  • Bruno Mars, Rihanna and Sting

    Rihanna, Sting and Bruno Mars to sing together at Grammy awards

    Fans speculate that trio will perform a version of Locked Out of Heaven, Mars's effort to write a Police song

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