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By Anslem Samuel | Published October 10, 2011 | Full size is 620 × 480 pixels

HOLLIS TO HOLLYWOOD LL figured out early that acting pays better and faster than recording albums. His earliest onscreen performance came via 1985’s Krush Groove. After cutting his teeth with minor roles in films like Wildcats (1986) and The Hard Way (1991), LL has come into his own as an actor, with strong performances in films like Any Given Sunday (1999), which made over $100 million at the box office, Kingdom Come (2001), which tripled its $7 million budget and S.W.A.T. (2003), which made over $207 million worldwide.

HOLLIS TO HOLLYWOOD

LL figured out early that acting pays better and faster than recording albums.…

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