Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. LL Cool J found love with his wife, Simone I. Smith, when they were teenagers. The rapper and host of the 2025 MTV Video Music ...

LL Cool J will be in the spotlight when he hosts the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards on Sunday, September 7. The rapper previously hosted the show in 2022 alongside Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow. When he’s ...

LL Cool J rapped about needing love, and he found it with his wife, Simone I. Smith. The rapper, actor and host of the 2025 MTV VMAs has been with Smith since he was a teenager. The pair first met in ...

The "Murdergram" rapper will host the awards show for the second time on Sunday, Sept. 7 FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images LL COOL J revealed his pre-hosting rituals to PEOPLE, which includes ...

LL Cool J found love with his wife, Simone I. Smith, when they were teenagers. The rapper and host of the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards met his longtime love in 1987 in New York City, and they dated for ...

Rapper LL Cool J and his wife Simone I. Smith have one of the longest and strongest marriages in Hollywood. The couple met in 1987 as teenagers, when LL had just started making a name for himself in ...