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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 ...
AllHipHop

Philly Mayor Reacts To LL Cool J Pulling Out Of July 4th Concert Over Strike

LL Cool J canceled his July 4 performance in Philadelphia over the city’s ongoing workers’ strike, prompting a response from Mayor Cherelle Parker. LL Cool J pulled out of Philadelphia’s Wawa Welcome ...
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 ...