Simone Smith (born March 31, 1968) is a business woman, social media personality and TV personality. She is also known as the wife of rapper and actor LL Cool J.^[1]

She was born on March 31, 1968 in New York City, USA. She is a very private person as there is no information about her family.^[2]

She and LL Cool J met when he was just 19 years old, he met with a friend who introduced him to his cousin while he was driving he was supposed to decline the meet but after he saw her he changed his mind.^[3]

They dated and started a relationship for 8 years before deciding to get married in 1995.

They welcomed four children into their lives after their marriage.

Their names are Najee, Italia, Samaria and Nina.

She started her career as she focused more on entrepreneurial and jewelry design work.

Her first venture was called Ms. Got Rocks which was a line of beaded bandanas.

Her design became popular as many celebrities helped in endorsing her work such as Missy Elliott, Rachael Ray and Rihanna.

Although it came to a stop in 2004 as she had to battle cancer.

She also uses her social media to promote her jewelry through her page, which states that she is the designer and the co-founder of the jewelry company entitled Simone I Smith Jewelry.

She is also a major fan of big hoop earrings, necklaces and bangles and other jewelries which led her to start her own line.

When her husband was approached with a proposal to do jewelry design, he then referred the person to her.

She stated that she enjoys mixing fine jewelry with costume jewelry, and produces various designs to fit differing preferences.

She was diagnosed with stage III chondorosarcoma, a rarer form of bone cancer which affects cells that produce cartilage in 2004.

The disease was resistant to both radiotherapy and Chemotherapy she had to then leave her career behind as she underwent years of treatment and rehabilitation.

It was devastating period has LL Cool J had to put his career on hold for a while to take care of his wife.

She had to go invasive surgery, including the removal of an entire tibia to be replaced with bone from a fibula.

It took her two and a half years to learn to walk again she finally recovered and it has been more than a decade since she was declared cancer free.

She became an ambassador for the American Cancer Society.

She is very active on social media especially on Instagram as she is known to be an Instagram Star. She is also one of the most succesful and richest Instagram star that was born in New York City. Her social media pages link back to her business and personal website which promotes some of her jewelry work. She shows some personal picks, various sizes, new designs, and even new seasonal collections, plus photos of various models and celebrities wearing her designs.

As being successful in her Jewelry line of business and a successful instagram star she currently has a net worth of $1 Million.