Ll Cool J & Simone I. Smith to put our health first

While we close the month of minority health, I discussed with the legendary rapper LL Cool J and his wife, Simone I. Smith, on the importance of taking control of our health in the black community, of what they did to instill healthy habits in their own family, a trip by Simone as a survivor of 20 years of cancer, and what it means decades in hip hop this year.

As a survivor of 20 -year -old cancer, Simone has a single objective on health and prevention; It was true for her even before her diagnosis of cancer. “I have always been in line with my body. Staying up to date with my doctor’s appointments was very important. You have to go to the gyn and the doctor. You have to take your annual blood test, “she said.

“And I did it with my children too. So, with my cancer journey, they looked at me. It’s about taking care of yourself, paying attention to your body. No one knows your body as You Know your body, right? Simone continued. It therefore plays a big role in our house. »»

Ll Cool I added that he had always been in exercise and physical form, and his children saw him in the gymnasium all their lives. “Since the first day, they have been looking at me in the gym,” he said. “They all train and believe in the power to be physically fit.”

He also explained that he was for the first time motivated to train 40 years ago by guys from the neighborhood who would leave for a long time and return. He noticed how they had created a positive result of a negative situation.

The promising rapper then took this as a signal. I can be in good shape. But I do not have to go or get in trouble to put myself in the best form I can be, “said Cool J.” Take care of your body, early detection and consciousness are the keys. You are the architect of your own fortune. “

LL COOL J and Simone I. Smith joined forces with Pfizer to promote the use of the risk assessment of the American cancer cancer Society360, which will help us to understand our risk factors for cancer. Check it on Pfizerforall.

The couple agreed that the partnership felt as a natural alignment due to the diagnosis of the previous cancer of Simone and the accent put by the program on early diagnosis. “You know, she got a bump on her leg, then was careful and detected early,” he said. “So it was a natural link between what Pfizer did with Pfizerforall and what we went through in our trip.”

Simone accepted and explained how this partnership has aligned itself with the work she is already doing with her successful jewelry line, Simone I Smith Jewelry. “I create pieces to raise and empower, and it is important to give hope and faith to people, so many of my creations inspire it,” she noted. “Perhaps a year in the launch of my brand, I gave part of the profits to the American Cancer Society; It was something I wanted to do as a survivor of 20 -year -old cancer. ”

“Especially because science is everything. The more you give, the more they can seek, the more they can find remedies for all these different forms of cancer,” continued Simone.

“So, a partnership for this campaign came very naturally. Because everything is a question of early detection, it is a question of obtaining your analyzes. Early detection is what saved my life. I could have been someone who had not been careful, but early detection absolutely saves lives.”

It is not an easy task for the cool J to reach four decades in hip hop. We have seen so many legends to leave before their time. With Rock The Bells, he can create an inheritance with intentionality. “Rock the Bells” concerns the preservation, elevation and innovation of hip hop culture. And so you know, for me, you have to do something bigger than you in life. You have to think of two, three, four hundred years in 1000 years, “he said.” And you want to do something that will maximize your potential on earth and put the world to be a better place than when you came. “”

Ll Cool I said he could have concentrated his energy During his career so that it is only financially enriching, but that would not have been spiritually enriching for him.

“So, I started to switch the bells so that some of the people who helped me base me, who helped open the way for me, could have access to the type of ideas, creativity and energy that I put in my projects. This is why I have the channel on Sirius XM, Rock the Bells Radio, which is why we have the festival and the collaborations with Sirius I. Smith, “he continued. “This is why I do everything that does, I give the first jobs of pioneers and icons, to embrace younger artists and to present them to an audience who may not know them, by bringing these generations together, which is super important to me.”

Music is always a driving force in the heart and mind of LL Cool J. “Music is not a remedy, but my boy, life would be miserable without music and hip hop,” he said. “There is something spiritually enriching at a deep level in the culture of hip-hop in music, people, and what it does for us as human beings.”

Go to pfizerall.com to consult the American Cancerisk360 American cancer evaluation tool.