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TIL LL Cool J was asked to be in a Gap commercial, but was mad at how they treated him on the phone when they asked. He starred in the commercial wearing a FUBU hat and rapping “For Us By Us” in the ad, giving FUBU over 30 million dollars in free advertising and propelling FUBU to a global brand.

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