![]() In 2000, he put out an album called G.O.A.T.: The Greatest of All Time, officially bringing the phrase into the English vernacular. ![]() He’s won two Grammys (and hosted the Grammys five times), as well as MTV VMAs, NAACP Image Awards, and Soul Train Music Awards. Additionally, he programs his own SiriusXM channel, Rock the Bells, and hosts its Influence of Hip Hop show. He later added acting to his C.V., appearing in the movies Deep Blue Sea and Halloween H20, among others, and he currently stars in NCIS: Los Angeles and hosts Lip Sync Battle. He went on to become Def Jam’s first superstar solo artist and has scored a slew of gold and platinum hits like “Going Back to Cali,” “Mama Said Knock You Out,” “Around the Way Girl,” and “Doin’ It.” In recent years, he stoked controversy with his Brad Paisley duet “Accidental Racist.” The rapper, actor, and entrepreneur, born James Todd Smith, went after his dreams as a teenager when he convinced Rick Rubin to put out his first single, “I Need a Beat,” in 1984. ![]() “I think the worst part of life would be not going after your dreams and living a life of quiet desperation,” he tells Rolling Stone. If you ask LL Cool J, there is no “worst part” of being successful.
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