Politics: LL Cool J supports NY Governor (R)

[AKA2D '91]

Instead of supporting a candidate (who happens to be AA), LL supports a Republican non-AA. I'm sure many would like to discuss this.


WHO KNEW? LL COOL J LEANS TO THE RIGHT: Rapper/actor decides to back incumbent NY Governor.


LL Cool J
(Sep. 27, 2002) *Politically speaking, we can put James Tood Smith, er, LL Cool J in the Republican column. Yesterday, after registering to vote, he announced his support for incumbent New York governor, George Pataki in his bid for a third term against Democratic challenger H. Carl McCall.
"The world that I come from, a lot of people aren't interested in politics," Uncle L said. "But after seeing how the governor handled the 9-11 situation, seeing what happened in this city ... I decided, you know what? I'm going to vote; I'm going to register."

It's worth noting that Russell Simmons, who created the label LL records for, Def Jam, along with Puffy Combs, has thrown his support to McCall.

You may wondering why LL isn't following Russell & P. Diddy in supporting McCall, a black man who mounting a serious challenge to Pataki.

"It's not about parties, it's not about race, it's not about what's cool or not cool, it's about action and it's about people stepping up," LL said.

And of course Pataki is just thrilled to have LL's endorsement. He said he was a fan of Cool J's and considered the rapper a good role model.