New York Times — The shortlist for 2018 also includes Rage Against the Machine, Bon Jovi, LL Cool J, Judas Priest and more. more info

Stereogum — LL Cool J played a set at The Meadows festival in Queens, New York City yesterday. The Queens-born rapper brought out fellow Queens rappers Q-Tip and Jarobi White of A Tribe Called Quest for a rendition of Tribe's "Award Tour" from 1993's Midnight Ma... more info

Sweeping The Nation — The year of Live Aid, of course, and with it and We Are The World came the birth of the superstar, so much so that by September Michael Jackson could outbid Paul McCartney for the Beatles' publishing. Wham! went to China, Brothers In Arms popular... more info

AllHipHop — CONGRATS TO THE ICONIC RAPPER/ACTOR more info

Chicago Sun-Times, IL — The lineup of recipients at the Washington ceremony also includes pop singer Lionel Richie, TV producer Norman Lear and dancer Carmen de Lavallade. more info

Detroit Free Press — Gloria Estefan, Lionel Richie and TV producer Norman Lear also part of Class of 2017.             more info

AllHipHop — NIA LONG REUNITES WITH LL COOL J FOR NCIS: LOS ANGELES more info

AllHipHop — EMBATTLED MAIA CAMPBELL REJECTS LL COOL J'S ATTEMPTS TO HELP more info

AllHipHop — THE HIP HOP LEGEND RETURNS FOR THE EVENT THAT HONORS OUR CULTURE'S HISTORIC FIGURES more info

Stereogum — Former actress Maia Campbell has rejected an offer of help from her one-time sitcom co-star LL Cool J. The actor and rapper asked his social media followers for help finding Campbell after a disturbing video surfaced that appears to show Campbell... more info