(BlackImages Archives, Getty Images)Rapper and actor LL Cool J’s fashion sense has earned him nearly as much notoriety as his music.

The hip-hop legend that releases his 13^th album, "Authentic," Tuesday, was influential in popularizing a curious 1990s style trend; he used to roll up the left leg of his pants.

LL’s impact in the rolled-up-pant-leg movement earned him top-20 ranking on Complex magazine’s "The 50 Greatest Fashion Moments in Rap Video History" countdown, which spotlights his video for “Hey Lover.”

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Though some online rumors suggested that the “Mama Said Knock You Out” rapper began altering the length of his left pant leg as a means to bring attention to his shoes -- at the time, he was a spokesperson for clothier FUBU -- he offered a more humble explanation during a 2010 interview with the Guardian.

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Don’t let Lyric Michelle’s cute face and thin waist fool you. She’s not the type to dedicate all of her rhymes to Christian Louboutin shoes and Hermes bags. Her message is so important that she slams meaningless raps on her new single “This & That.”

On the song, the poet and MC complains about hip-hop’s current status quo that prioritizes a dope track and chorus over substance.

She raps, “Blah, blah, blah. This and that. Nobody gives a damn 'less the hook it hot, and the beat gon' drop, gon' bob ya head. Didn’t hear any single word I said, but the hook is hot.”

(Andres Herren)Demrick describes the state of mind behind his song “Pray for Me” as the halfway house for success. He’s accomplished many of the things on his wish list, but he is keeping his ego in check.

“Pray for Me” sets Demrick apart from his contemporaries for chronicling his plight in real time.

So in the song’s first verse, he explains that just because he’s friends with Cypress Hill and has “rapped with Dr. Dre” and “shut down the whole room,” he isn’t just focusing on the stereotypical hip-hop “hoes, money, shows [and] a bunch of weed” lifestyle.

Demrick, who has also worked with the likes of Xzibit and Kurupt, is grounded enough to realize that one bad decision could forfeit all of his hard work. “There are so many ways for you to slip and throw it all away ‘cause I’ve seen it so many times,” he tells Yahoo! Music. “So shoot up a prayer for me so that doesn’t happen to me.”