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
Todd Joseph Smith 1999 National Steroid Free Bodybuilding Championship in Venice Beach, California. After winning the competition he became a contributing author to Ironman Magazine. Then Todd traveled extensively as a management consultant for the health club industry. He was able to travel all around the USA helping club owners improve their bottom line as well as assist trainers to create better and more effective fitness and nutrition programs for their customers. Currently Todd lives and works out of Omaha, Nebraska. He is still active with his online training courses. In addition he owns and operates a small fitness-training studio called Todd Smith