NCIS:Los Angeles LL Cool J "DROPS WISDOM IN BET HIP-HOP AWARDS SPEECH"

"If you're going to accept the I Am Hip-Hop Icon Award -- the 2011 BET Hip-Hop Award's prize for lifetime achievement in the rap game -- you might as well do so in rhyme.

At this year's awards show, which was taped in Atlanta last week and aired last night (Oct. 11) ,LL Cool J did just that, wowing the audience with his inspiring turns of phrase." -via Kenneth Partridge

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NCIS:Los Angeles LL Cool J Enjoys Music to TV Transition

"LL isn't the first rapper to score as an actor. Ice-T and Ice Cube are in there, too, suggesting LL was right that one key to longevity is the ability to do more than rap.

"I always wanted to do more than people thought I could do," says LL, who turns 44 in January. "This is different than going on stage and playing music.

"In rap, you're trying to say, 'Look at me, I'm somebody' - especially when people have been saying you're nobody. You're trying to get out of street, saying what we feel will get us out of there.""

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Via: David Hinckley 

NCIS: Los Angeles' LL Cool J Not Impressed With Newbies

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While trying to stay humble about his own contributions to rap music, LL Cool J said that he’s not all that impressed with what hip-hop artists are putting out these days.

“Right now, there isn’t really anything that has my attention like that to be honest with you,” he told MTV.

“There’s nothing that—I’m not like shivering in my seat,”- via Tracy L. Scott

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Source: s2smagazine.com