LL Cool J to Be Honored at The 2011 BET Hip Hop Awards

Hip hop is full of young, cavalier rhyme-slingers who lay claim to being the G.O.A.T (Greatest of All Time), but few have actually done more to warrant the title than the incomparable LL Cool J. In recognition of the LL’s pioneering accomplishments in music, the platinum-selling superstar will receive this year’s “I Am Hip Hop” icon award at the BET Hip Hop Awards 2011.

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