A bounty of exemplary singer/songwriters have embraced their native New York as their core inspiration and a powerful component to their personal brands. Let's look at five top pop artists among the many greats who personify the grit, elegance and power of their beloved city. LL Cool J by Roger Erickson LL Cool J is a rapper-actor who pioneered the emerging rap genre in the early 1980s and helped solidify it by the decade's end. Born as James Todd Smith in Bay Shore, Long Island and raised in Ho...
A bounty of exemplary singer/songwriters have embraced their native New York as their core inspiration and a powerful component to their personal brands. Let's look at five top pop artists among the many greats who personify the grit, elegance and power of their beloved city. LL Cool J by Roger Erickson LL Cool J is a rapper-actor who pioneered the emerging rap genre in the early 1980s and helped solidify it by the decade's end. Born as James Todd Smith in Bay Shore, Long Island and raised in Ho...
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