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LL Cool J says his mom paid for his demo with her tax refund

Rapper/actor LL Cool J appeared on “Jimmy Kimmel Live” this week, and the star shared the story of his mother, a demo, and how a tax refund helped him get the tape recorded. LL says his mom saw how dejected he became after his earlier demo recordings were rejected, so she took matters into her own hands.

‘Who does he think he is?’ Kanye West’s best quotes of 2013

There was no star more polarizing, provocative and omnipresent in 2013 than Kanye West. The rapper dropped his sixth album, Yeezus, and welcomed his baby daughter, North, into the world. But the superstar got more attention for his over-the-top interviews than for anything else he did this year, and for good reason.