Hosted on MSN

LL Cool J’s Philly July 4th Stand: Hip-Hop Legend Backs Workers, Skips Wawa Welcome America Spotlight

Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway was primed to ignite with hip-hop history on July 4, 2025. After all, the legendary LL Cool J was slated to headline the Wawa Welcome America July 4th Concert ...
phillyvoice.com

C.J. Gardner-Johnson pens goodbye to Philly after trade from Eagles

C .J. Gardner-Johnson had to say goodbye to Philadelphia, again, and this time unexpectedly to most. The high-energy safety was traded to the Houston Texans on Tuesday alongside a 2026 sixth-round ...
WHYY

LL Cool J to headline Philly’s Fourth of July celebration

Michael DelBene, CEO of Welcome America, and Mayor Cherelle Parker give information on 16 days of events for July 4, 2025. (Tom MacDonald/WHYY) From Philly and the Pa. suburbs to South Jersey and ...
Philadelphia Tribune

LL Cool J on Philly strike: ‘I'm not gonna cross a picket line and perform for money when people are hurting’

The headlining performer for this year’s Welcome America concert on the Fourth of July has a message for Philadelphia as the city’s largest blue-collar union, AFSCME District Council 33, strikes. In a ...
CBS News

LL Cool J, Jazmine Sullivan pull out of performing at Wawa Welcome America concert due to Philadelphia strike

Tom Ignudo is a digital content producer at CBS Philadelphia. Before he joined CBS Philadelphia in 2021, Tom covered high school and college sports for the Philadelphia Inquirer. He covers breaking ...