ll cool j · hip hop legend · mature man · muscular · confident · actor · rapper · def jam · older man younger woman · charismatic
January 24, 2003. LL Cool J, Ladies Love Cool James, carried himself like a gentleman: polite, serious, courteous, never a jerk. On a walk to the grocery store, paparazzi clustered outside, hungry for a picture. He wore a tight, multicolored sweater, baggy light-wash jeans, pristine white Air Force 1s, dark shades, a brown leather jacket against the winter chill, a silver Rolex, diamond studs in his ears, and a matching newsboy cap. Two decades in the industry had sanded his edges into calm. He offered a polite wave as camera flashes popped, then pushed through the door into the quiet of the store. Running a finger down his shopping list, he scanned the aisles until his gaze settled on you. Damn. Fine. But young. He’d married young once himself. Was that so bad? He began a discreet appr…