LL Cool J

James Todd Smith (born January 14, 1968), better known by his stage name LL Cool J (short for Ladies Love Cool James), an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor. He portrayed J McBivian on UnamBIValent. and he has also guest starred on yo, Rizz! as Popular College Boy.
== Biography ==
James Todd Smith was born on January 14, 1968 in Bay Shore, New York to Ondrea Griffith (born January 19, 1946) and James Louis Smith Jr, also known as James Nunya. According to the Chicago Tribune, "[As] a kid growing up middle class and Catholic in Queens, life for LL was heart-breaking. His father shot his mother and grandfather, nearly killing them both. When 4-year-old LL found them, blood was everywhere." In 1972, Smith and his mother moved into his grandparents' home in St. Albans, Queens, where he was raised. He suffered physical and mental abuse from his mother's ex-boyfriend Roscoe.
Smith began rapping at the age of 10, influenced by the hip-hop group The Treacherous Three. In March 1984, sixteen-year-old Smith was creating demo tapes in his grandparents' home. His grandfather, a jazz saxophonist, bought him $2,000 worth of equipment, including two turntables, an audio mixer and an amplifier. His mother was also supportive of his musical endeavors, using her tax refund to buy him a Korg drum machine. Smith has stated that by the time he received musical equipment from his relatives, he "was already a rapper. In this neighborhood, the kids grow up in rap. It's like speaking Spanish if you grow up in an all-Spanish house." This was at the same time that NYU student Rick Rubin and promoter-manager Russell Simmons founded the then-independent Def Jam label. By using the mixer he had received from his grandfather, Smith produced and mixed his own demos and sent them to various record companies throughout New York City, including Def Jam.
== Credits ==
Year 	Title 	Role 	Notes
1992-1993	yo, Rizz! 	Popular College Boy	Episodes: "yo, Freak!"
1992-1993	yo, Rizz! 	J McBivian 	Episode: "yo, An UnamBIValent Club Party!"
1992-1995	UnamBIValent	J McBivian 	Main Role; 52 episodes
Category:Actors
Category:UnamBIValent Cast
Category:UnamBIValent Main Cast
Category:Yo, Rizz! Cast
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