L.A. Times - Entertainment — Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist and actor LL Cool J has amassed one of the longest resumes in the entertainment industry since he started making music in his grandparents’ Queens, N.Y. basement in the 1980s. The “NCIS: Los Angelesââ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — As preparations for this weekend’s BET Awards were underway at L.A. Live on Friday, the network drummed up hype for its annual broadcast with its multiday BET Experience. Now in its sixth year, the festival returns at a moment when an onslaugh... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — As preparations for this weekend’s BET Awards were underway at L.A. Live on Friday, the network drummed up hype for its annual broadcast with its multiday BET Experience. Now in its sixth year, the festival returns at a moment when an onslaugh... more info

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — Chris Brown, SZA, LL Cool J and Rae Sremmurd top the bill for the 2018 BET Experience. The initial lineup for the four-day event was announced by festival organizers on Wednesday. Nipsey Hussle, Ludacris, Ne-Yo and Kamaiyah are also among the first w... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — Chris Brown, SZA, LL Cool J and Rae Sremmurd top the bill for the 2018 BET Experience. The initial lineup for the four-day event was announced by festival organizers on Wednesday. Nipsey Hussle, Ludacris, Ne-Yo and Kamaiyah are also among the first w... more info

Stereogum — Lollapalooza has announced its 2018 lineup, topped by the Weeknd, Bruno Mars, Jack White, and Arctic Monkeys. The fest will once again last four days this year, running from 8/2 to 8/5 at Chicago's Grant Park. Also on the bill: The National, Vamp... more info

Consequence of Sound — Chicago mega fest also boasts Bruno Mars, The Weeknd, The National, Travis Scott, St. Vincent, CHVRCHES, Tyler the Creator, LL Cool J, Portugal. the Man, and more. more info

Guardian Music — The New York rapper, who collaborated with Sean Combs, the Notorious BIG and LL Cool J, died of heart failureCraig Mack, the New York rapper who scored a 1994 hit with Flava in Ya Ear, has died of heart failure, aged 46.Mack grew up in Brentwood, Lon... more info

CNN Showbiz — He's one of the greatest rappers ever to some, while for others he's a TV star. more info

USA Today Music — The 95-year-old TV legend will join Carmen de Lavallade, Gloria Estafan, LL Cool J and Lionel Richie at Sunday's ceremony, which runs Dec. 26 on CBS.             more info