Yeah, this is news from around October I believe. LL Cool J is probably my second favorite rapper followed by Jay-Z. I see where LL is going with this - hes smart. I love Jigga, I think he's highly skilled and hes got tons of great lines/great tracks. Pretty much each of his albums are real hot. However, I dont think he should run Def Jam. Let him run Roc-a-fella but not Def Jam. Thats the only reason why his albums go platinum, cause he does what he wants as president of Def Jam. I think Russell should've passed the torch to someone other than an active rapper in the game.
I hope LL and Jay-Z have a battle. LL supposibly already killed Jay-Z in a freestyle battle in NYC back in the early 90s I believe. This could help spark LL's sales as well. Should be interesting.