2017 Kennedy Center Honorees: LL Cool J Becomes The First Hip Hop Artist To Be Awarded
The annual awards gala is taking steps to increase diversity.
The 2017 Kennedy Center Honorees have finally been announced, and among them is rapper LL Cool J who has become the first solo hip hop artist to land the honour. Of course, that doesn't change his own political stand-point regarding the current president, but then the ceremony isn't all about Donald Trump.
LL Cool J at Summer TCA Tour
Following Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest becoming the Kennedy Center's first artistic director for hip hop culture last year, now LL Cool J - real name James Todd Smith - has become the very first honoree in a move made to expand genre diversity.
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