LL Cool J

Rapper/actor LL Cool J performs his song, “Mama Said Knock You Out” at the Keep Memory Alive foundation’s “Power of Love Gala” celebrating Muhammad Ali’s 70th birthday.
(Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images for Keep Memory Alive)
Cool J was a big name in rap in the 80’s and would fall off until releasing not one, not two, but four singles off of his album Mama Said Knock You Out, before the title track, a response to lackluster reviews of his previous album, took the hip hop and pop world by storm.
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