LL Cool J gets spun for 'NCIS'

LL Cool J gets spun for ‘NCIS’

By Greg BraxtonSenior Writer, Culture and Representation

Feb. 24, 2009 5:30 PM PT

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LL Cool J has signed on for the planned spinoff of ‘NCIS.’ The rapper will play a former Navy Seal who works in the undercover unit of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service in Los Angeles. The spinoff will air later this season as a two-part episode of ‘NCIS.’

— Greg Braxton

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A lifelong Los Angeles resident, Greg Braxton has written for the Los Angeles Times for more than three decades. He currently is a staff writer covering television for the Calendar section, and has also written extensively about trends and cultural issues in the entertainment field.