While feuds in hip-hop are nothing new, the reason behind LL Cool J and Jay-Z not getting along is surprisingly mundane. Here ...

Before the rap world’s East Coast-West Coast rivalry hit the headlines in the ’90s, another war was brewing, silent but equally important. While it didn’t claim lives, the war ...

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for NCIS: Tony & Ziva Season 1 Episode 5 “To Be Determined.”] Does Tony (Michael Weatherly) have Sam Hanna (NCIS: LA‘s LL COOL J) on speed dial (sort of)?

[Warning: The below contains MAJOR spoilers for NCIS: Tony & Ziva Season 1 Episode 5 “To Be Determined.”] So was that a reference to Sam Hanna, whom Tony knows from Weatherly’s crossover to NCIS: Los ...

Watch the most unforgettable moments from the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards below. Saba Hamedy Saba Hamedy The winners of the remaining categories that were not announced during the preshow or the ...

LL Cool J and his wife Simone Johnson-Smith stepped out to attend the 2025 VMAs. The awards show is being held at New York’s UBS Arena and is streaming live on Paramount+. LL is hosting this year’s ...

Busta Rhymes proved his legendary hip hop status during his set at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards. With his hype man Spliff Star, the New York native took over the stage in a fiery all-red leather ...

Mama must've told Doja Cat to knock out LL Cool J at the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards. As host LL Cool J (real name James Todd Smith) was wrapping up his opening monologue at the Sept. 7 ceremony, a ...

The couple looked loved up in their matching outfits in support of his hosting gig at the awards show Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty LL Cool J and Simone I. Smith stepped out for a rare red carpet ...

LL Cool J and Simone I. Smith are one good-looking couple! The rapper, 57, and his wife took date night to the 2025 MTV VMAs for his hosting gig at the awards show. Prior to LL Cool J taking the stage ...

LL Cool J found love with his wife, Simone I. Smith, when they were teenagers. The rapper and host of the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards met his longtime love in 1987 in New York City, and they dated for ...