LL Cool J is a legendary actor and a legendary rapper also. But he also used to have a legendary reputation with the ladies – both before and during his marriage to his lovely wife, Simone Smith.
LL and Simone have been married for almost 30 years, and have been together for almost 40.
The handsome actor, who is now 55 years old, has been open about his past promiscuous behavior. Media Take Out learned that there’s a 20-something year old rapper named Love Benji – who is claiming to be one of LL’s side babies.
Love Benji went on social media, Media Take Out confirmed, and explained that his mother told him that his father was LL Cool J. Benji claims that LL never paid child support, but that the millionaire actor “gave him a couple of hundred dollars” every now and again.
And Benji is claiming that LL is trying to get him to sign legal paperwork that prevents him from associating with LL or Simone. Media Take Out learned that Benji is saying that LL “blocked” him on social media, shortly after he turned 18 – and wants nothing to do with the young man.
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Signed to Def Jam Recordings in 1984, LL Cool J’s breakthrough came with his single “I Need a Beat” and his landmark debut album, Radio (1985). He achieved further commercial and critical success with the albums Bigger and Deffer (1987), Walking with a Panther (1989), Mama Said Knock You Out (1990), Mr. Smith (1995), and Phenomenon (1997). His twelfth album, Exit 13 (2008), was his last in his long-tenured deal with Def Jam.
LL Cool J has appeared in numerous films, including Halloween H20, In Too Deep, Any Given Sunday, Deep Blue Sea, S.W.A.T., Mindhunters, Last Holiday, and Edison. He currently plays NCIS Special Agent Sam Hanna in the CBS crime drama television series NCIS: Los Angeles. LL Cool J was also the host of Lip Sync Battle on Paramount Network.
A two-time Grammy Award winner, LL Cool J is known for hip hop songs such as “Going Back to Cali”, “I’m Bad”, “The Boomin’ System”, “Rock the Bells”, and “Mama Said Knock You Out”, as well as R&B hits such as “Doin’ It”, “I Need Love”, “Around the Way Girl” and “Hey Lover”. In 2010, VH1 placed him on their “100 Greatest Artists Of All Time” list. In 2017, LL Cool J became the first rapper to receive the Kennedy Center Honors. In 2021, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with an award for Musical Excellence.
