MUSI 2520 Lecture Notes - Sex Symbol, Hey Lover, Big Daddy Kane
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Ll cool j was the biggest sex symbol (first ever) The next sex symbol after him was big daddy kane: posed naked in a sex book by madonna. Ll cool j was motivated by the only song on the radio which was rappers delight. He sent demos to sugarhill but they rejected him and missed out. Def jam: ll cool j"s record label (rick reuben & russell simmons) I need love is the first successful hip hop ballad in history: this song also really helped bring hiphop outside of the ghettos/black communitty. 1991: the first rapper to go acoustic on mtv unplugged. He"d proven that rappers can have careers for real; began getting into acting. When he released this album (14 shots to the dome), thats when he started the sitcom called in. Ll cool j performed at bill clinton"s inaugural celebration.
