LL Cool J 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 You Out", as well as romantic ballads such as "Doin' It", "I Need Love", "All I Have", "Around the Way Girl" and "Hey Lover". A two-time Grammy Award winner, LL Cool J has released 13 studio
James Sutton (actor) James Sutton (actor) James Cook (born 31 January 1983), better known as James Sutton, is an English actor, best known for playing John Paul McQueen in the British Channel 4 soap opera "Hollyoaks" from 2006 to 2017, and Ryan Lamb in the ITV soap opera "Emmerdale" from 2009 to 2011. Sutton was born James Cook on 31 January 1983 in Sutton Coldfield, West Midlands, the son of Jeanette and Stephen Cook. It is from his hometown that he derived the stage name "Sutton". He has a younger brother and two younger sisters. He grew up in Haughton, Staffordshire, and attended