Photos of rapper/actor LL Cool J performing on TV and in concert.

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LL Cool J performs at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn on Dec.19, 2014.

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Actor Chris O'Donnell, left, and LL Cool J present the award for favorite comedic TV actress at the 40th annual People's Choice Awards at the Nokia Theatre L.A. (now Microsoft Theater) on Jan. 8, 2014, in Los Angeles.

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Rapper/actor LL Cool J watches the Los Angeles Clippers play the Utah Jazz during the first half of a NBA game on Nov. 3, 2014, in Los Angeles.

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James Todd Smith, known as LL Cool J, stops by the pressroom on first day of the 2013 Essence Music Festival at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on July 5, 2013 in New Orleans.

The cover of LL Cool J's "Platinum 360 Diet and Lifestyle: A Full-Circle Guide to Developing Your Mind, Body, and Soul."

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Actors LL Cool J and Chris O'Donnell attend the 2010 CBS UpFront at Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center.

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Dan Henderson and LL Cool J on the set of "NCIS: Los Angeles."

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LL Cool J poses at the Soul Train Music Awards in Santa Monica, Ca. on March 30, 1988.

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Actor LL Cool J attends the 2010 CBS UpFront at Damrosch Park, Lincoln Center on May 19, 2010 in New York City.

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LL Cool J stars as as Special Agent Sam Hanna in "NCIS: Los Angeles," a drama about the high stakes world of undercover surveillance at the Office of Special Projects, a division of NCIS.

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Recording artist LL Cool J hosts the second annual "Pay It Fashion Forward" party at M2 Ultra Lounge in Manhattan.

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Entertainer LL Cool J attends the world premiere of Showtime's new comedy series "Nurse Jackie" at the DGA Theater.

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