Photo: PA

LL Cool J reportedly broke a burglar's nose and jaw after he found him intruding on his Los Angeles property in the early hours of this morning (August 22).

According to TMZ, the rapper came "face to face" with the burglary suspect after the man entered the hip hop legend's home at around 2am. Upon hearing unexplained noise in his property, LL Cool J – real name James Todd Smith - went to investigate and ended up fighting the suspect, who is now in hospital being treated for his injuries.

LL Cool J detained the suspect until the police came to arrest him. Read more at nme.com