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"When it ended, I asked, “Do you hate it?” How an old rap-rock demo, a Chris Farley skit and an all-star jam helped turn one Canadian pop-punk band into megastars

Deryck Whibley said Sum 41's breakthrough hit was kicking around for 18 months

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Celebrity birthdays for the week of Jan. 11-17 includes LL Cool J and Julia Louis-Dreyfus

Celebrities having birthdays during the week of Jan. 11-17 include rapper-actor LL Cool J, actor Julia Louis-Dreyfus and actor-playwright Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Romesh Ranganathan: ‘I Want Your Soul by Armand Van Helden is so relentlessly catchy I’m sick of it’

The comedian and presenter would do LL Cool J at karaoke – if his family’s lives depended on it. But what song would make his funeral ‘pop off’?

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Taylor Swift and LL Cool J get Songwriters Hall of Fame nod

Songwriters qualify for induction 20 years after the first commercial release of a track

The Independent UK

MTV VMAs 2025 winners: Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter triumph at muted award ceremony

Singers took home two trophies each as Mariah Carey won a lifetime achievement award, in a night that largely celebrated female artists

The Guardian - US

All The 2025 MTV VMA Winners Who Won A Shiny Moon Man Trophy

“Thank you to my therapists and gay people, I love you,” said Ariana Grande as she accepted her Best Pop award :face_holding_back_tears:

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MTV VMAs 2025: Ariana Grande, Sabrina Carpenter, Lady Gaga among winners

Lady Gaga walked away with Artist of the Year, while Ariana Grande took home the most coveted award of the night

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How To Watch The 2025 VMAs In Australia So You Don’t Miss A Beat On Music’s Biggest Night

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Today I Learned LL Cool J Claims He Created The Term 'G.O.A.T'

Knocked out about this one.

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LL Cool J takes the mic for the 2025 MTV VMAs, where Lady Gaga rules nominations

The MTV Video Music Awards announced Thursday that LL Cool J will host the 2025 ceremony

The Independent UK

Rap legend to host 2025 MTV Video Music Awards

LL Cool J has been announced as the host of the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards, whilst he has also been nominated as an artist in the Best Hip Hop category for his song Murdergram Deux.

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How to watch 'Hip Hop Was Born Here' documentary online — stream from anywhere

How hip hop went from a street corner in New York City to world domination. Here's how to watch "Hip Hop Was Born Here" online from anywhere.

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LL Cool J says he won't perform at Philadelphia's July Fourth festival in support of workers strike

Rapper LL Cool J says he will not perform at a Fourth of July festival in Philadelphia in support of a strike by nearly 10,000 city workers in Philadelphia

The Independent UK

Surprising reason LL Cool J is refusing to perform at 4th of July concert

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LL Cool J refuses to perform at Philadelphia’s 4th of July concert until workers’ strike ends

Nearly 10,000 city workers are on strike to demand better pay

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Dave Grohl makes a surprise appearance at Coachella

Dave Grohl made a surprise appearance during the second weekend of the Coachella music festival in California - taking to the stage with the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra to perform two Foo Fighters songs.

The Guardian - UK

Samuel L Jackson on shark thriller Deep Blue Sea: ‘I’ve had many deaths – but everyone remembers this one’

‘I had no idea I’d get so wet. I was in water for a month. For the storm scenes, they were dumping it on us from towers. There were big-ass waves flying everywhere’

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LL Cool J says he is the 'most important rapper that ever existed'

LL Cool J believes that he is "the most important rapper that ever existed" thanks to what he has achieved in his four-decade career in the industry.

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The Independent UK

LL Cool J ‘humbly’ predicts people will realise he’s ‘the most important rapper that ever existed’

‘I truly believe one day people are going to say that,’ rapper said

MusicRadar

“Teenage Dirtbag has always felt like a bit of a queer anthem to me, even if it wasn’t meant to be - I love that I didn’t have to change a single lyric”: Cat Burns releases “unapologetic” cover of Wheatus’s 2000 hit

A new version of the song that was designed to sound like “Metallica, AC/DC, Paul Simon and James Taylor from the waist up,” and “LL Cool J and Public Enemy” from the waist down

The Independent UK

BBC viewers make same LL Cool J demand after uplifting Breakfast interview

Rapper got comfortable as he put his feet up on the BBC Breakfast coffee table

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Busta Rhymes hails 'inspirational' LL Cool J at MTV EMAs

Rap star Busta Rhymes was thrilled to win the Global Icon gong at the MTV Europe Music Awards.

Evening Standard

LL COOL J wants to make 'fun' Deep Blue Sea movie reboot or sequel

EXCLUSIVE The legendary rapper also discussed with The Standard the ‘risk’ of releasing his first album in over a decade

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Ice-T warns rap beefs are 'not smart' anymore

Ice-T has warned rap beefs are "not smart" anymore because of the risk of retaliation from other people outside of the control of the artists involved.

Evening Standard

Inside Quincy Jones' family: His seven children including Parks And Recreation star and music protégé

The music mogul, who worked with everyone from Frank Sinatra to Michael Jackson, has died aged 91

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