Hello. Everyone. This is Mike-Mike. Giving you a little bio information on Men of Rap. The Rap Artists and Actors -LL Cool J & Q-Tip. --James Todd Smith professionally known as LL Cool J which is short for Ladies Love Cool James is an American rapper, record producer, actor, author, and entrepreneur from Queens, NY. LL Cool J has released 13 studio albums. And he is known for these such hip-hop and R&B hits. They are Going Back to Cali, I'm Bad, The Boomin System, Rock the Bells, Mama Said Knock You Out, Doin It, I Need Love, All I Have, Around the Way Girl, Hey Lover and Exit 13. --LL Cool J appeared in various films and shows. Which are In Too Deep, Any Given Sunday, S.W.A.T., Deep Blue Sea, Mindhunters, Edison and NCIS: Los Angeles. --LL Cool J popularity began from his apperances on American Bandstand as the first hip-hop act on the show, as well as his appearance on Diana Ross 1987 television special, Red Hot Rhythm & Blues. --He has been a two-time Grammy Award winner. --And lastly, LL Cool J became the first rapper to receive the Kennedy Center of Honors. --Q-Tip. Kamaal Ibn John Fareed born in Harlem, NY as Johnathan William Davis is better known by his stage name Q-Tip. He is an American rapper, record producer, singer, actor and DJ. --Q-Tip appeared in such films as Poetic Justice, She Hate Me and Prison Song. --In 2006, Q-Tip was given artistic director for hip hop culture at the Kennedy Center. --And in 2018, he became an instructor of a jazz and hip hop course at New York University's Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music. --Some information on the history of his career is Afrika Baby Bam from the hip hop group Jungle Brothers that gave him the nickname Q-Tip, which became popular in high school. This later became his stage name. --In 1988, Q-Tip was featured on Jungle Brother's songs titled the Promo and Black Is Black. --Later. Q-Tip renamed his hip hop group A Tribe Called Quest. This name was given to him by Afrika Baby Bam. --Johnathan Davis, Q-Tip is an outstanding producer in jazz-based hip hop. He is known as perfectionist on these instruments: vocals, keyboards, drums, bass guitar, guitar, glockenspiel, turntables and sampler. --Recently. LL Cool J says on Twitter that he and Q-Tip are working together on a New Album. --LL Cool J says on Twitter "I just started recording new music produced by my little bro." --After Q-Tip's Twitter message LL Cool J further says, "I'm putting this new music out on def-jam." --And I would like to commend James Todd Smith, as known as, LL Cool J and Johnathan Davis, as known as, Q-Tip on their marvelous, successful achievements and professional accomplishments in music. --Let's give it up to LL Cool J and Q-Tip. --Photography is by The Guardian
