Rapper LL Cool J will headline a free New Year's Eve concert on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway — six months after he dropped out of Philadelphia's Fourth of July concert in support of striking city workers.

The New Year's Eve concert at Eakins Oval begins at 8 p.m. and will be followed by fireworks. DJ Jazzy Jeff, Adam Blackstone, Dorothy and Technician The DJ also will perform. The concert grounds open at 6 p.m. MORE: Taylor Swift names her favorite song and reminisces about singing the anthem before a 76ers game at age 12

LL Cool J appears to have made peace with Mayor Cherelle Parker after he declined to play the Wawa Welcome America show on the Parkway at the last minute.

"Philly, don’t call it a comeback," the rapper said in a statement released by the city. "We've got unfinis

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