LL Cool J recently appeared on Apple Music's Le Code and spoke about his place in the industry.
Speaking on his career over the decades, the rap legend responded to questions about a possible movie. While he did state that it would be difficult to accomplish, he said, 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 will say that." He goes on to break down that he was the first one to ever set any of the trends other rappers were doing. He explained, "They're going to look and say, 'Wow when it comes to the jewelry, this is the guy that introduced all the ice and the jewelry and the champagne." He adds, "They’re going to say when it comes to the love songs, they’re going to say, 'This is the guy that introduced the love songs and all the love shit.'" He continued to express his ideals on being the GOAT stating, "When it comes to the bad boy vibe, they’re going to realize that this is the guy who introduced all the bad boy vibes before it was done. When it comes to the G.O.A.T terminology, 'This is the guy who came up with all the G.O.A.T stuff.' They’re going to say when it comes to Def Jam ...'Wow this is the first artist that was on Def Jam.'”
Further in the interview, LL Cool J shared that he was one of the first rappers to accomplish and set many current trends now made popular by others, allowing him to be place in the GOAT category. Watch the full interview above.
LL Cool J says he believes that one day people will wake up and realize he's the most important rapper to ever exist.
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