L.L. Cool J Takes The Rap

“You ain’t gettin’ no scoop, lookin’ at me with your beady eyes!”

James Todd Smith, a/k/a L.L. Cool J, laughs as he wards off the questions of your trusty reporter, but he isn’t kidding. Although the hottest solo artist in rap can talk a blue streak when he’s entertaining the fans, it’s an altogether different story when the audience is the nosy old press. Then the silver-tongued poet cheerfully retreats into a slick routine that reveals none of the man’s inner hopes, wishes and dreams—the things we the public have come to demand of our media favorites.