{"id":39767,"date":"2025-07-23T18:07:08","date_gmt":"2025-07-23T18:07:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ll-cool-j-explores-hip-hops-roots-in-new-docuseries-hip-hop-was-born-here\/"},"modified":"2025-07-23T18:07:08","modified_gmt":"2025-07-23T18:07:08","slug":"ll-cool-j-explores-hip-hops-roots-in-new-docuseries-hip-hop-was-born-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/ll-cool-j-explores-hip-hops-roots-in-new-docuseries-hip-hop-was-born-here\/","title":{"rendered":"LL COOL J explores hip-hop&#8217;s roots in new docuseries, &#8220;Hip Hop Was Born Here&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Fifty years after critics dismissed hip-hop as a passing fad, Grammy winner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/ll-cool-j\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">LL COOL J<\/a>\u00a0is taking viewers back to the genre&#8217;s authentic New York roots with his new docuseries &#8220;Hip Hop Was Born Here,&#8221; featuring intimate conversations with the culture&#8217;s founding pioneers.<\/p>\n<p>The Queens-raised rapper, who released his first single &#8220;I Need a Beat&#8221; at age 16, serves as host, co-creator and executive producer of the series that features conversations with hip-hop legends including Big Daddy Kane, Rev Run and Roxanne Shant\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/tag\/hip-hop\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-invalid-url-rewritten-http=\"\">hip-hop<\/a> being born here. 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