# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ll-cool-j
# Generated: 2026-08-13T14:43:54.101Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ll-cool-j"
name: "LL Cool J"
slug: "ll-cool-j"
description: "James Todd Smith, known professionally as LL Cool J, is an American rapper and actor. He is one of the earliest rappers to realize crossover commercial success, alongside fellow new-school hip-hop acts like Run-DMC."
tagline: "American rapper and actor (born 1968)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/LL_Cool_J_in_2023_(cropped).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1968-01-14"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           77.21
  momentum:             0
  historical:           28.061016
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     100
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 233
totalFollowers: 1050000
platforms:
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://llcoolj.com/"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/llcoolj/"
    handle:    "llcoolj"
  - platform:  "TIKTOK"
    url:       "https://www.tiktok.com/@llcoolj"
    handle:    "llcoolj"
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/llcoolj"
    handle:    "llcoolj"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/llcoolj"
    handle:    "llcoolj"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005112/"
    handle:    "nm0005112"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
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    handle:    "1P8IfcNKwrkQP5xJWuhaOC"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDG8P-_qq4PuT0DtxzlQlsw"
    handle:    "@llcoolj"
    followers: 1050000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
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    title: "LL Cool J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "إل إل كول جي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D9%84_%D8%A7%D9%84_%D9%83%D9%88%D9%84_%D8%AC%D9%89"
    title: "ال ال كول جى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ال ال کول جی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ئێڵ ئێڵ کوول ج"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "LL Cool J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "LL Cool J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "LL Cool J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "LL Cool J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "LL Cool J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "LL Cool J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "LL Cool J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "ال‌ال کول جی"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/LL_Cool_J"
    title: "LL Cool J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/LL_Cool_J"
    title: "LL Cool J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/LL_Cool_J"
    title: "LL Cool J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/LL_Cool_J"
    title: "LL Cool J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%90%D7%9C_%D7%A7%D7%95%D7%9C_%D7%92'%D7%99%D7%99"
    title: "אל אל קול ג'יי"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/LL_Cool_J"
    title: "LL Cool J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/LL_Cool_J"
    title: "LL Cool J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://io.wikipedia.org/wiki/LL_Cool_J"
    title: "LL Cool J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/LL_Cool_J"
    title: "LL Cool J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/LL_Cool_J"
    title: "LL Cool J"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/LL_Cool_J"
    title: "Wikiquote"
    type:  "WEBSITE"
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    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q52440"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/36424"
    title: "LL Cool J"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump