LL Cool J: A Career Timeline

In 1998, LL pens his autobiography, I Make My Own Rules.  Speaking out for the first time on childhood abuse and abandonment and his deep love for his grandmother, LL wanted to use the book to inspire young people, saying, “Not every child who's abused has to be a negative statistic. I write this book for anyone who thinks they can make it, to show them they can." (Photo: St. Martin's Paperbacks)