LL Cool J Net Worth and Salary: LL Cool J is an American rapper and actor who has a net worth of $120 million. He is one of the first hip hop artists to leap into the mainstream. Today he is also known for starring in the network television series NCIS: Los Angeles. His salary per episode of NCIS is $350,000.

Beat” sold over 100,000 copies. This prompted him to drop out of high school to record his first album.

His debut album Radio was a huge success, going platinum with 1,500,000 copies sold. Not only was it a financial success, it was also a critical success, as Cool J brought a conventional song structure that made the rap friendlier to the average listener. He followed that up with Bigger and Deffer in 1987. The song “I need love” was one of the first pop rap songs. The album, which went double platinum, once again garnered critical and commercial acclaim. In 1989 he returned with another album (Walking with a Panther), which again went platinum. It was during this period that the hip hop scene began to develop in the west. Topics in the hip hop community began to include more and more gangster themes. In 1990 he released Mama Said Knock You Out. The album had a much rougher edge that appealed to the new face of hip-hop… It was seen as another hit.

Unfortunately, his follow-up album in 1993 failed with both critics and audiences. He took two years off and began an acting career. During this time he appeared in the films The Hard Way and Toys. He also starred in the NBC sitcom In The House. In 1995 he returned with the album Mr. Smith” back to the music. The record featured tracks featuring Boys II Men and even covered the Michael Jackson song “The Lady in My Life.” The music video was one of the first hip hop videos ever to appear on VH1 and earned LL a Grammy award. This album sold over 2 million copies. Next LL Cool J released his next album Phenomenon and in 2000 he released GOAT, which went platinum and debuted at #1 on the Billboard album chart. 2002 saw the release of LL Cool J’s ninth studio album, 10. It debuted at #4 on the Billboard charts. LL Cool J went on to release four more studio albums, each with varying degrees of success. LL Cool J hosted the Grammy Awards for five consecutive years, from February 2012 to February 2016. In September 2019, it was announced that LL Cool J had been re-signed to Def Jam Records and that new music was in the works.

LL Cool J was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in January 2016. In December 2017, LL Cool J became the first rapper to receive recognition at the Annual Kennedy Center Honors, America’s highest honor for an actor. In response to the honor, he responded with an Instagram post that read, “This post is for those who came before me and for those who followed me. We were sent to this planet to love and inspire one another. Manifest our dreams and make them come true. I hope you take inspiration from me because I am absolutely inspired by you.”

Alongside his successful music career, LL Cool J boasts an impressive resume with recognizable acting roles. His first acting role was a small role in a high school football film, Wildcats. He landed the role of Captain Patric Zevo in 1992’s Toys. LL Cool J even starred in his own TV sitcom In the House from 95-98. He portrayed a famous ex-soccer star who is struggling financially and is forced to rent part of his home to a single mother and her two children. In 1998 he had a small role on Halloween H20. In the following years he acted in Deliver Us from Eva, SWAT and Mindhunters.

Since 2009, he has played a leading role on NCIS: Los Angeles, a CBS police trial. LL Cool J plays NCIS Special Agent and ex-Navy SEAL Sam Hanna. He has hosted the popular celebrity competitive game show Lip Sync Battle since April 2015.

What is LL Cool J’s salary per episode of NCIS: Los Angeles? $350,000

LL Cool J has written four books: 1998’s I Make My Own Rules (an autobiography), 2002’s children’s book And The Winner Is, 2006’s fitness book called The Platinum Workout (which he co-wrote with his trainer), and 2007’s LL Cool J (Hip Hop Stars.)

LL Cool J has written four books.

<LL Cool J has been married to his wife Simone since 1995. The couple have four children together.

In August 2012, he made headlines when he broke the nose and jaw of a suspected burglar at his home in Studio City, Los Angeles. He had reportedly been upstairs at his house when he heard noises coming from downstairs and went to investigate. A fight ensued, and LL managed to overtake the suspect and hold him until police arrived. The suspect was later hospitalized for his injuries.