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Rapper LL Cool J Gives Home Intruder a Serious Beating

Aug. 22, 2012 4:21pm Jason Howerton

LL Cool J Beats Up Home Intruder, Holds Him Until Police Arrive

Actor/rapper LL Cool (Getty Images)

(TheBlaze/AP) — LL Cool J isn’t just a tough guy when he plays a special agent on TV’s “NCIS: Los Angeles” — he caught an actual bad guy on Wednesday.

The 44-year-old rapper struggled with and subdued a suspected burglar early Wednesday morning at his home in the Studio City area, police said. He was not injured in the altercation. The same can’t be said for the would-be burglar who left LL Cool J’s home with a broken nose and jaw after getting pummeled in a “knock-down, drag-out” fight, the Los Angeles Times reports, citing police sources.

Police got a 911 call shortly before 1 a.m. from someone who said her father had spotted an intruder in their home and was holding him downstairs.

“There was a prowler at his residence whom he confronted in the kitchen. … There was a physical confrontation briefly between the two of them,” LAPD spokesman Richard French said.

A 58-year-old man was taken to the hospital and was expected to be arrested on suspicion of burglary. His identity wasn’t released but there was no indication that he knew LL Cool J or had a personal vendetta, French said.

“He appeared to be a homeless person,” French said.

French said he had no details about the man’s injuries or how he may have gotten into the home, a walled and gated mansion in a wealthy hillside section of the San Fernando Valley that’s not far from major studios.

“LL Cool J, and his family, are safe and thank everyone for their thoughts and concern,” said a statement released by his publicist, Rhett Usry. “As a father, husband and citizen, he is committed to keeping his family safe and is cooperating with authorities on this private matter.”

LL Cool J, whose real name is James Todd Smith, has had such hits such as “Mama Said Knock You Out” and “I’m Bad.”

KTLA has some additional details:

And because it just seems fitting, here is the music video for LL Cool J’s “Mama Said Knock You Out,” which includes lyrics that his home intruder perhaps should have listened to beforehand…”I’m gonna knock you out!”:

Front page photo via Kevin Winter/WireImage. This story has been updated.

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libwhacker
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 7:56pm
LLCool J is an awesome fellow hat’s off my man did you people know he is a republican?

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- patriot30-378
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 9:59pm
  No kidding. I have loved his work forever. Now I know why.
  
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- MsUnderestimated
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 10:36pm
  I’ve been trying to tell the commenters here that!! LOL
  
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- The-Real-Enrico
  Posted on August 23, 2012 at 1:55am
  I don’t know if Cool James is a actual conservative but he is a registered republican. He is mostly quite about it but I heard him speak out about it.
  
  They have a bunch of uninformed (some hate filled) dummies commenting below. A lot of people judging on how he looks and that is a rapper and on his character or actions.
  
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- grayling646
  Posted on August 23, 2012 at 7:56am
  He has to be a Republican/conservative. If he were progressive/liberal he would have given the burglar half his property and helped him carry it out. Wouldn’t he?
  
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- Gazoiks
  Posted on August 23, 2012 at 9:05am
  Nah, if he were a democrat, he would have told the burglar that LL CoolJay lives next door, and helped him break into his neighbors house to re-distribute the wealth. Just like all democrats do…legally.
  
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- Mil-Dot
  Posted on August 23, 2012 at 11:07am
  I have always like LL. He seems like a stand up guy and a good man. He has conducted himself well from what I have seen.
  
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Watermain
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 7:17pm
I generally have nothing good to say about rap or rappers, but in this case I have to say “well done”.

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- Bluebonnet
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 7:39pm
  ditto. If more of us would fight back to intruders, they’d think twice next time. I remember years ago young women were told to just relax and don’t fight back and it’d be over soon enough. Contrary, my mom always told us to fight tooth and nail and hold nothing back. I still believe in that; a gun helps.
  
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- Al Gator
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 9:14pm
  Dear Todd,
  
  Buy a firearm, its less physically demanding. Unless of course you still thrill to rolling around on your kitchen floor with a smelly homeless guy.
  
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eyestoseeearstohear
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 6:56pm
I’m unaware of Mr. Smith’s political affiliation – but,
I hope he has the good sense NOT be a DEM.

I laughed after hearing Rhinanna told Oprah she is
STILL IN LOVE with Chris Brown.

I thought…
MOST BLACKS & OBAMA HAVE A ” RHIANNA / OBAMA RELATIONSHIP!

Blacks have been HIT THE HARDEST BY OBAMA -
AND YET, THEY STILL LOVE & PROBABLY WILL VOTE FOR HIM!!!

Obama couldn’t care LESS about Blacks -
HE JUST NEEDS THE STUPID AGAIN …..4 YEARS LATER!

Didn’t Obama recently call upon Black Atheletes to
EMPTY THEIR POCKETS AT HIS FEET?

No doubt, they will bow to their plantation master, YAW’ MULE…YAW!

THEY STILL THINK IT’S ABOUT HIS ” COLOR”, and THEY need to defend him????
He’s ALSO told them REPS are ” white/racists”.

IDIOTS have ALWAYS been too idiotic to SEE or THINK for themselves.
( There’s none so blind than those who REFUSE to see)

WELL – GOOD!
The surest way to make someone STOP BUGGING YA’ IS TO
NO LONGER HAVE WHAT THEY NEED OR WANT!

But, AFTER they give ALL he commands -
DON’T YOU FRET YOUR LITTLE SELVES -
HIS 2ND SWOOP WILL TAKE WHATEVER’S LEFT..
IF YOU GET HIM RE-ELECTED.

IF HE IS – we’ll ALL get to watch THEM squeal
like the STUPID, RACIST PIGS THEY CALLED EVERYONE ELSE,
who didn’t agree with Obama from the start.

Oh..and the SAME for those HOLLYWOOD PIGS..
and their little dog, Toto,TOO!

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Leetron
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 6:26pm
Finally! An actor who isn’t a sissy. Bravo, James!!!

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oceanbnd
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 6:06pm
I’m glad Cool J got the intruder, but I highly doubt he was a tough customer to beat up…HE WAS HOMELESS! The guy probably just wanted something to eat, a place to sleep for a bit or a little of those millions that Cool J has. I really doubt his life was in any danger with this “homeless” guy. Here is a good example of how we’re NOT being kind to each other these days. The guy does deserve what he gets for breaking in, but Cool J might want to look at the guys situation sometime if he gets a chance.

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- Comm Marine
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 6:29pm
  May I ask you a question. Are you NUTZ?
  
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- dugbru
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 7:08pm
  @ COMM Marine … can I answer??? Yes he is full fkn on nutz..
  
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- Stoic one
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 7:21pm
  OCEANBND
  
  You may want to be a “GOOD” little socialist and SHARE…….
  
  I do not care who you are; enter my house uninvited – there is a STRONG robability that someone is going to be seriously injured.
  
  Ocean …YOU may want to bend over; not me – nor apparently LL COOL J. (I so enjoy his character on NCIS LA)
  
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- jake-spoon
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 7:31pm
  That is probably the stupidest thing that I’ve ever seen or heard tell of. Be kind to an intruder in your home,he was kind enough not to kill him. Grow a spine.
  
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- jhaydeng
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 8:57pm
  “Sir, I know it’s 1 A.M. and you are my home via the window, but can I offer you a bed for the evening since I know through my sixth sense that you are homeless and harmless!” LOLOLOLOL!!! Oceanbnd c’mon!
  
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- Talmid of Yeshua
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 9:10pm
  Actually, James Todd Smith, a.k.a. Ladies Love Cool James (L.L. Cool J), took boxing lessons when he was young.
  
  I’ve been listening to him since he was only 16 years old, and I own all of his albums. He’s an all-around good guy. Cocky, arrogant, but hey, he’ll be the third rapper to end up in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, mark my words.
  
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- grayling646
  Posted on August 23, 2012 at 7:59am
  Ocean went trolling and caught a stringer full.
  
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- goahead.makemyday
  Posted on August 23, 2012 at 8:19am
  Did you know most homeless people have a knife to keep other homeless people form stealing their stuff? If he was one of the many whacked out homeless he got what he deserved. Maybe if it wasn’t in Cali he would have been shot, and the whole point would be moot.
  
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Walkabout
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 6:05pm
“There was a prowler at his residence whom he confronted in the kitchen”

Break in, go to kitchen grab knife, criminal decides how far he wants to go. The criminal is the picture of unarmed innocence before the break in.

Meanwhile ‘tards’ demand that law abiding citizenry disarm.

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freedomisasfreedomdoes
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 5:47pm
He’s gonna knock you out. Mamma says knock you out.

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DeOppressoLiber
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 5:46pm
He is lucky and I am glad it turned out okay.

Your kitchen is full of nice sharp deadly weapons. How many of you have your knife sets out on the counter in those wooden blocks? He could have easily been in knife fight.

Moral of the story greet the intruder with a 12 ga filled with bird shot great for home defense with little over penetration.

If you do not have to worry about over penetration buy the Tri Ball Buck Shot, they give a new meaning to Buck Shot
http://www.dixieslugs.com/products.html

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lukerw
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 5:42pm
Makes me wonder… if Al Capone was ever Robbed?

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servant100
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 5:17pm
ooohh….oooohh.,…I have seen this before…its the street thug version of two dogs sniffing each other to see who is the nastiest roll in the cow manure odure. The freshest one is the “big dog” and goes to share his aromatic joy with the closest human household…

Kind of like a Rapper to go back to his source…

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- MsUnderestimated
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 5:47pm
  Believe it or not, LL Cool J is one of those rappers who doesn’t like the nasty music, and he’s actually pretty conservative. Not sure if he’s a registered Republican, but he is a conservative and a patriot! … same goes for his co-star in “NCIS-LA,” Chris O’Donnell, minus the rapper part.
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 6:07pm
  MsUnderestimated
  
  Good to know. Might check out the lyrics online.
  
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SquidVetOhio
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 5:15pm
Don’t worry L.L. Obama is just going to tax you and give it to that guy anyways.

“Mama said clean you out”

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willingtoupe
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 5:02pm
Even thought this happened at a liberal state and liberal town, I hope now he is a full supporter of the 2nd Amendment and Stand your ground. G.O.A.T

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- MsUnderestimated
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 5:49pm
  Again, LL Cool J is a conservative, and is very patriotic. He’s quiet about his feelings, but I’ve heard statements he’s made before about his leanings.
  
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PALEHORSE
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:41pm
The 58 year old must have been a Romney supporter

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- Mapache
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:53pm
  I doubt it, Romney supporters have jobs.
  
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- Ty Coon
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:55pm
  I’d state that the 58 year old is 99% an OweBaMao Bin Lying, voter, welfare recipient, and basically a criminal Demonrat, with all the brains that you lack.
  
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- Weiners Wiener
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 5:36pm
  LL Cool J is a republican.
  
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- Wolfgang the Gray
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 5:37pm
  More likely an OWS/Obama supporter. LL Cool J is an evil rich guy who doesn’t deserve all the money he has, it needs to be redistributed to those who don’t have it and don’t work for it. <- Sarcasm alert for the mentally liberals reading this.
  
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- The Gooch
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 5:41pm
  Palehorse commits lazy, driveby posting. I’d lay money the criminal in question has not a clue who Romney is… or who Obama is… or who LL Cool J is. Hell, the criminal may not know who he is.
  
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- michael48
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 6:44pm
  well he!! gooch…if the guy didn’t know where he’s from, who he is and what the world is he doing here…he could be a dem-wit pres. candidate..
  
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momrules
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:35pm
Mr. Smith had every right to beat the living daylights out of the intruder. In other homes the intruder would be dead so he got off lightly with just a beating.

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- TruthMonkey
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 5:23pm
  Amen,
  
  He got him a cool cool beating and thats the way justice should be handed out. maybe its time for the intruder to make a cool change.
  
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minnievike
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:34pm
I read somewhere he voted for McCain…

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- MsUnderestimated
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 5:50pm
  He is a conservative, and although he’s one of the private kind of people, he’s made his leanings known on various TV appearances.
  
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SingerGuy
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:34pm
Good thing ol’ LL wasn’t packing heat or bad guy would be spending some quality time at the morgue right now.

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Gums
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:34pm
LL Nerd J. maybe.

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- DrunkGOP_Hack
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:44pm
  …and we will call you HUMMS!
  Hummer BOY!
  
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The Gooch
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:33pm
The ninja bum needs to focus less on his infiltration skills and more on his combat abilities.
Anybody else detecting an odd odor from this story?

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blanco5
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:31pm
Should have shot him b/c NOW that he knows it’s someone famous with money, he’s going to sue LL Cool J!

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- blanco5
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:34pm
  And WIN! It IS kalifornia.
  
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- Government_Goodies
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:34pm
  If J shot him, then suddenly “family members” would suddenly materialize to sue J for “wrongful” death.
  
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mash4077
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:30pm
don’t make a hero out of him yet. he is a staunch liberal and is going to vote for obozo. he just keeps quiet about his political leanings.

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- JohnLarson
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:40pm
  Only Romney voters can be heroes?
  
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- jake-spoon
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:44pm
  No hero,just doin’ what he shoulda.+10 for him.
  
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- Servant Of YHVH
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:50pm
  Whether liberal or conservative, he did what he should have. I don’t care who it is but when you stand up and defend who knows what from a criminal breaking into their home, he protected his family and that is the only thing that this story is concerned with. Even if he was by biggest enemy I would tell him “well done”.
  
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- Mapache
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:55pm
  Maybe now that he has had the experience of one of the 99%ers coming to take his stuff he will wise up?
  
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- AZNATIVE
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:57pm
  Mash….he’s a Republican.
  
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- fishmon
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 5:09pm
  Makes no difference who he votes for or who the perp votes for as far as the invasion and subsequent smackdown. Totally irrelevant.
  
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- TruthMonkey
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 5:37pm
  Mash,
  You may be right but we must be willing to hope for a change in our brothers no mater what their colors or what they may have been wrong about (politically)
  All people should have a right to defend and also the right to change their views. So be the light not the dark and show the brother the light (:
  
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- Walkabout
  Posted on August 22, 2012 at 6:12pm
  JohnLarson
  
  Only Romney voters can be heroes?
  ***
  Pretty much. Not seeing much heroism by OWS types. See throwing of urine & feces filled containers. Smashing storefronts. Stopping the offloading of ships at the docks (some of it is material for factories that employ union & non-union workers), taking over parks (the ladies in white in Argentina & Cuba don’t do that & yet they have notoriety), blocking thoroughfares, etc, …
  
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DimmuBorgir
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:28pm
Nice

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Landon410
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:28pm
ha, good for Ladies Love Cool J

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biohazard23
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:28pm
Too bad the perp is still drawing breath.

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JUSTANOTHEROPINION
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:28pm
Cool Jay, Cool

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wisehiney
Posted on August 22, 2012 at 4:27pm
Just like mama told him to.

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