LL Cool J soon led to an increase in multi-racial audiences and listeners, adding to the legacy of the album and hip hop as well. In 2017, LL Cool J became the first rapper to receive Kennedy Center Honors. LL Cool J James Todd Smith (born January 14, 1968), known professionally as LL Cool J (short for Ladies Love Cool James), is an American hip hop recording artist, record producer, actor, author and entrepreneur from Queens, New York. He is known for such hip hop hits as "Going Back to Cali", "I'm Bad", "The Boomin' System", "Rock the Bells" and "Mama Said Knock
Robin B. Smith Robin B. Smith Robin B. Smith (born February 28, 1955) is a South African former wrestling manager and actor. He appeared in the 2009 film "Invictus". He was known in the World Wrestling Federation as The Commandant, who managed the South African Truth Commission for a short time in 1997. Born in South Africa as Robin Beauclerk Smith, he is an Award Winning Film and Stage Actor, as well as a multi-Award Winning Voice Artist. He has appeared in many South African and International movies throughout the 1980s into the 2000s, and is still working as an Actor, Voice Artist