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LL Cool J feels he’s one of the greatest of all time and is waiting for other people to realize the same thing.
During his recent appearance on Apple Music‘s Le Code, the Queens-bred emcee shared, “Imma say this humbly, but I really mean this— I think that one day people are going to wake up and realize LL Cool J is the most important rapper that ever existed. I truly believe one day people are gonna say that.”
He went to explain that people will confess that sentiment as it relates to fashion, love, business, acting, and more.
“They’re gonna look and say, ‘Wow when it comes to the jewelry, this is the guy that introduced all the diamonds, and the ice and the jewelry and the champagne.” LL continued, “They’re gonna say when it comes to the love songs, they’re gonna say, ‘This is the guy that introduced the love songs and all the love s**t.’”
The FORCE rapper added, “When it comes to the bad boy vibe, they’re gonna realize that this is the guy who introduced all the rebellious, bad boy vibes before it was done. When it comes to the G.O.A.T terminology, they gon’ say, ‘This is the guy who came up with all the G.O.A.T stuff.’ […] I could go on and on and on. They gon’ say, ‘When it comes to FUBU, I introduced the whole idea of putting clothing lines,’ even before that I did Troop. [They gon’ say] ‘Oh when it comes to endorsements, this is the guy who did the Kangol and made the Kangol popular before people even did that.’”
LL went on to also list off his accomplishments as an actor. “This is the guy who did the incredible stuff on TV and at the same time was still making incredible records and wasn’t just doing TV and using rap as a launchpad,” he expressed.
Although LL wasn’t the first successful rapper-turned-actor, he garnered acclaim alongside Will Smith and Queen Latifah. The three of them are arguably the gold standard in the actor-rapper pipeline.
This part of the hour-long conversation stemmed from the 56-year-old being asked about a future biopic, of which he feels is hard to encapsulate his full life and legacy in a film.
Watch it in full above.
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