Photos: LL Cool J through the years

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Photos: LL Cool J through the years

Photos: LL Cool J through the years

LL Cool J arrives at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards at Nokia Theatre on Sunday Sept. 22, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

In this March 30, 1988 file photo, from left: Bobcat, E. Love, Cut Creator and LL Cool J pose at the Soul Train Music Awards in Santa Monica, Ca. (AP Photo/Bob Galbraith)

LL Cool J is a major rap star and has his own TV show. But he'd like to change one thing: he'd like a college degree. The rapper is shown in this 1991 photo. He told an audience of high school students in Jackson, Miss., that people tried to take advantage of him when he was new to show business because he had only a high school education. (AP Photo/Craig Fujii)

Rap artist LL Cool J arrives at New York's Madison Square Garden for the 39th Annual Grammy Awards Wednesday, Feb. 26, 1997. He is nominated in the Rap Solo Performance category. (AP Photo/Todd Plitt)

LL Cool J, left, and Al Pacino, center, pose for pictures as director Oliver Stone reaches to twist the ear of Pacino at a screening of their movie "Any Given Sunday," Thursday, Dec. 16, 1999, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Show hosts Britney Spears, right, and LL Cool J are seen during the opening of the 28th Annual American Music Awards in Los Angeles, Monday, Jan. 8, 2001. (AP Photo/Michael Caulfield)

Entertainer LL Cool J, right, presents Renny Harlin with the "Vision in Directing" award at the American Film Marketing Association's inaugural AFMA Honors event Thursday, Feb. 22, 2001, in Santa Monica, Calif. (AP Photo/Kim D. Johnson)

Heavyweight boxing champion Evander Holyfield, left, and rap artist LL Cool J share a light moment in courtside seats before the start of the Indiana Pacers-los Angeles Lakers basketball game, Wednesday, Dec. 11, 1996 at the Forum in Inglewood, California. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)

Recording artist LL Cool J. stops for the cameras as he arrives Monday, Aug. 20, 2001, during the The Source Hip-Hop Music Awards at the Jackie Gleason Theatre in Miami Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Amy E. Conn)

Jennifer Lopez smiles as she sings a duet with LL Cool J at the Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club in the Bronx borough of New York, during NBC's "Today" morning televison program appearance Friday Dec. 6, 2002. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

LL Cool J and his wife Simone arrive at the State Dept. in Washington, Saturday, Dec. 6, 2003 for a reception for the honorees for the Kennedy Center the 26th national celebration of the arts. The Kennedy Center Honorees are being honored for thier unique contributions to the cultural life of our nation. (AP Photo/ Jacqueline Roggenbrodt Malonson )

LL Cool J performs at the 17th Annual Soul Train Music Awards in Pasadena, Calif., Saturday, March 1, 2003. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Def Jam recording artist LL Cool J, third left, exhults as he's applauded while ringing the opening bell to begin trading at the New York Stock Exchange, Monday July 7, 2003. Joining in the festivities are NYSE Chairman Richard Grasso, left, Def Jam Records founder Russell Simmons, and Island Def Jam Music Group Chairman & CEO Lyor Cohen, right. (AP Photo)

Mitch Bainwol, Chairman and CEO of the Recording Industry Association of America, left, Jack Valenti, President and CEO of the Motion Picture Association, second from left, LL Cool J, actor and recording artist, second from right, and Mike Negra, Presdient of Mike Video, Inc., right, raise their hands prior to the start of a Senate hearing on illegal file sharing on Capitol Hill Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2003 in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Hip-hop pioneer Russell Simmons, right, is cheered by his wife Kimora Lee Simmons, far left, producer Quincy Jones, center, and rapper LL Cool J upon accepting the VX Award for lifetime achievement at the first Vibe Awards: Beats, Style, Flavor event at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium in Santa Monica, Calif., Thursday, Nov. 20, 2003. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Entertainer LL Cool J signs an autograph as he leaves the New Orleans Saints Denver Broncos football game in the Louisiana Superdome in New Orleans Sunday afternoon Nov. 21, 2004. LL Cool J watched the game from the sidelines. The Saints lost to the Broncos 34-13. (AP Photo/Bill Haber)

Shown from left: Robert Lopez, LL Cool J, Jeff Marx, and Carol Channing pose for a picture after Lopez and Marz won the Tony Award for Best Original Score for "Avenue Q," during the 58th Annual Tony Awards Sunday, June 6, 2004, at New York's Radio City Music Hall. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)

LL Cool J and Tyra Banks co-host the Second Annual Vibe Awards at Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., Monday, Nov. 15, 2004. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

LL Cool J arrives at the VH1 Hip Hop Honors show in New York, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2005. The VH1 Hip Hop Honors will be televised Sept. 26 on the cable network. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)

Rap artist LL Cool J takes a drink of water as he performs at the "VH1 Hip Hop Honors" show in New York, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2005. The show will be televised Sept. 26 on the cable network. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)

Actor and Hip Hop artist LL Cool J, left, appears onstage with host LaLa Vasquez during MTV's "Total Request Live" show at the MTV Time Square Studios, Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2006 in New York City. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)

LL Cool J holds his daughter, Nina, outside the New Jersey premiere of his new film, "Last Holiday" in Newark, N.J., Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006. LL Cool J co-stars with Queen Latifah, who grew up in Newark, in the new comedy. (AP Photo/Mike Derer)

Rapper and actor LL Cool J, and actress Carmen Electra appear onstage during MTV's 'Total Request Live' at the MTV Times Square Studios Monday, April 10, 2006 in New York. LL Cool J's latest album 'Todd Smith' is due to be released Tuesday. (AP Photo/Jason DeCrow)

Jeffrey Katzenberg, left, Steven Spielberg, second to the left, and musician LL Cool J, right, watch the Los Angeles Lakers play the Philadelphia 76ers in Los Angeles, Friday, Jan. 6, 2006. The Lakers won 119-93. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)

Spike Lee, right, is presented the silver bucket of excellence award by LL Cool J at the 2006 MTV Movie Awards in Culver City, Calif., on Saturday, June 3, 2006. (AP Photo/Kevork Djansezian)

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LL Cool J arrives at the 65th Primetime Emmy Awards at Nokia Theatre on Sunday Sept. 22, 2013, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

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