LL COOL J
THEN: James Todd Smith probably had the most idyllic childhood of any of his rap contemporaries. He sang in church choir, joined the Boy Scouts, and delivered papers. His grandfather bought him his first mixer at Sears. His first single as LL Cool J (it stands for "Ladies Love Cool James), "I Need a Beat," sold over 100,000 copies.
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except the fact that his dad shot his grandfather and his mother while he was watching. this article is wack, anybody can read wikipedia and transform it into short parts