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
Clemens (rapper) Clemens (rapper) Clemens Legolas Telling better known as Clemens and MC Clemens (born October 8, 1979 in Roskilde, Denmark) is a Danish rapper, singer, music writer, actor. Clemens started as a DJ in 1989 and was known as MC Clemens winning many freestyle prizes in Denmark. In 1997 he had his debut album release "Regnskabets Time" with commercial success followed up in 1999 with "Den Anden Verden". This album won him a Grammy for Best Hip Hop Album and a grant from the Arts Foundation. The same year he collaborated with Swedish rapper Petter and they both toured Denmark, Sweden,