{"id":951497,"date":"2026-10-30T04:58:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T04:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/951497\/"},"modified":"2026-10-30T04:58:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T04:58:09","slug":"ll-cool-j-sets-11-show-rock-the-bells-residency","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/951497\/","title":{"rendered":"LL COOL J Sets 11-Show Rock The Bells Residency"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.udiscovermusic.com\/genre\/ll-cool-j\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">LL COOL J<\/a> will bring ROCK THE BELLS: THE RESIDENCY to Dolby Live at Park MGM in Las Vegas for 11 performances in 2027. The run opens May 15 and continues through July, with the show combining live music, storytelling and guest appearances to trace Hip-Hop\u2019s development from its New York beginnings to its worldwide reach.<\/p>\n<p>The production will feature LL COOL J performing songs from his catalog while leading audiences through different eras of the culture. DJs and immersive staging will accompany the performances. The organizers have not yet named the special guests, saying they will be revealed in the coming weeks.\n<\/p>\n<p>LL COOL J described the residency as a gathering across generations and genres. \u201cHip-Hop started in a few neighborhoods in New York, and now it belongs to the whole world,\u201d he said. \u201cAlong the way it changed rock, R&amp;B, pop, soul, dance music, all of it.\u201d He added that the show will bring together artists from different generations and genres for longtime fans and people discovering Hip-Hop for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>The residency\u2019s title connects the event to Rock The Bells, a platform LL COOL J founded in 2018. Rock The Bells spans content, commerce and live experiences, and its programming highlights MCs, DJs, breakers and graffiti artists. LL COOL J first emerged as a Def Jam Recordings artist in 1984. His catalog includes \u201cMama Said Knock You Out,\u201d \u201cGoing Back to Cali,\u201d \u201cAround the Way Girl\u201d and \u201cI Need Love.\u201d His most recent album, THE FORCE (Frequencies of Real Creative Energy), was released in 2024 and executive produced by Q-Tip.\n<\/p>\n<p>The announced performance dates are May 15, 16, 19, 21 and 22, followed by July 9, 10, 11, 14, 16 and 17. All shows are scheduled to begin at 8 p.m. Citi cardmembers can access a presale beginning October 30 at 10 a.m. PT. Artist fans, MGM Rewards members, and Live Nation and Ticketmaster customers can access a presale beginning October 31 at 10 a.m. PT. Presales end November 1 at 10 p.m. PT. General sale begins November 2 at 10 a.m. PT.\n<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/shop.udiscovermusic.com\/collections\/ll-cool-j?utm_campaign=products&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_source=udiscovermusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Browse LL COOL J\u2019s music on limited edition vinyl and CDs here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LL COOL J will bring ROCK THE BELLS: THE RESIDENCY to Dolby Live at Park MGM in Las&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":951498,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[49,48,75,12891,98835,1483,8870,43750,341,325414],"class_list":["post-951497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-hip-hop","tag-homepage-featured","tag-las-vegas","tag-live-music","tag-ll-cool-j","tag-music","tag-rock-the-bells-the-residency"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951497","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=951497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/951497\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/951498"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=951497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=951497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=951497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}