By Simone Morgan—  Top: MAVADO… if I can break the ice in the United States it would be a huge step for my career– Bottom: LL Cool J– IT’S been some time since Mavado has had a hit song in the United States… five years to be exact. The self-proclaimed ‘gully god’ is eyeing a return to the Billboard charts, and he’s getting some help from a rap legend. This week, the dancehall artist spoke with Splash from his base in South Florida about Hustler, a song he recently did with LL Cool J. Mavado said the link came through Grammy-winning producer Jerry ‘Wonder’ Duplessis. “I was told that LL was in town (New York City) and that he was interested in doing a collaboration with me, so we met up and went in the studios and … Read entire article »