KnowraLL Cool JLinked fromLinked fromThe 6 pages that link to LL Cool J, each with the reason it gives.All 6Broader topic 3Related 2Compared with 1Def Jam RecordingsBroader topic: His success made him the label’s first major solo star and a defining early artist.Rick RubinRelated: His early Def Jam success helped establish Rubin’s reputation as a hip-hop producer.New York hip-hopBroader topic: His success showed how New York artists could move between battle-oriented rap and mass-market records.Russell SimmonsBroader topic: Simmons signed him as a teenager, launching one of the label’s defining careers.Kurtis BlowRelated: LL Cool J’s career shows the commercial landscape that Blow’s pioneering era helped open.Ice-TCompared with: Both crossed into acting, but their musical styles and public personas developed differently.