Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), known professionally as Ludacris (, spoken as "ludicrous" in
American English
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), is an American rapper and songwriter. Born in
Champaign, Illinois
Champaign ( ) is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 88,302 at the 2020 census. It is the List of municipalities in Illinois, tenth-most populous municipality in Illinois and the fourth most populous city in ...
, Ludacris moved to
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...
, Georgia, at age nine, where he first began rapping. Starting out with a brief stint as a
DJ, he formed his own record label,
Disturbing tha Peace
Disturbing tha Peace Records (or DTP) is an American record label founded by rapper Ludacris, Ludacris' manager Chaka Zulu, and Chaka Zulu's brother Jeff Dixon in 1998.
History
Beginnings
Disturbing tha Peace was founded in 1998 by Christ ...
in the late 1990s to independently release his debut studio album ''
Incognegro'' (1999). After its single, "
What's Your Fantasy" (featuring
Shawnna), became a top 40 hit on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100, the album was re-released by
Def Jam Recordings
Def Jam Recordings (also simply known as Def Jam) is an American multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It is based in Manhattan, New York City, specializing predominantly in hip hop, contemporary R&B, soul and pop.
The l ...
as his major label debut, ''
Back for the First Time'' (2000). The latter album peaked at number four on the
''Billboard'' 200 and spawned his second top 40 single, "
Southern Hospitality
Southern hospitality is a phrase used in American English to describe a cultural stereotype of the Southern United States, with residents perceived to show kindness, warmth, and welcoming of visitors to their homes, or to the South in general.
O ...
" (featuring
Pharrell
Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (; born April 5, 1973), also known mononymously as Pharrell, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and fashion designer. He first became known as one half of the music production duo ...
).
Ludacris' following albums, ''
Word of Mouf'' (2001), ''
Chicken-n-Beer'' (2003) and ''
The Red Light District'' (2004), were each met with continued success and received multi-platinum certifications by the
Recording Industry Association of America
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) is a trade organization that represents the music recording industry in the United States. Its members consist of record labels and distributors that the RIAA says "create, manufacture, and/o ...
(RIAA). His fifth and sixth albums, ''
Release Therapy'' (2006) and ''
Theater of the Mind'' (2008), explored more serious subject matter than its predecessors. His seventh album, ''
Battle of the Sexes'' (2010) featured a return to the more lighthearted tone of his earlier albums. Throughout his career, Ludacris has scored two number-one singles on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 as a lead artist: "
Stand Up" (featuring Shawnna) and "
Money Maker" (featuring Pharrell), as well as three singles which did so as a guest performer:
Usher's "
Yeah!" in 2004,
Fergie's "
Glamorous" in 2007, and
Taio Cruz
Adetayo Ayowale Onile-Ere (born 23 April 1980), known professionally as Jacob Taio Cruz ( ), is an English singer-songwriter, rapper, and record producer.
Cruz was discovered in the mid-2000s by American record producer Tricky Stewart, joinin ...
's "
Break Your Heart" in 2009. The following year, he guest featured on
Justin Bieber
Justin Drew Bieber ( ; born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian singer. Regarded as a pop icon, he is recognized for his multi-genre musical performances. He was discovered by record executive Scooter Braun in 2008 and subsequently brought to the U ...
's single "
Baby
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", which remains one of the
highest-certified singles of all time in the United States.
Ludacris is cited as one of the first
Dirty South rappers to achieve mainstream success in the early 2000s. He is the recipient of three
Grammy Awards
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, a
Screen Actors Guild Award
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, a
Critics' Choice Award and an
MTV Video Music Award
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. Outside of music, he has portrayed the character
Tej Parker in the
''Fast & Furious'' film series—first appearing in its second film, ''
2 Fast 2 Furious'' (2003). His other notable acting roles include ''
Crash'' (2004), ''
Gamer
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'' (2009), and ''
New Year's Eve
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'' (2011). In 2021, he created and starred in the children's animated series ''
Karma's World'' for
Netflix
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. Ludacris is also a
private pilot.
Early life
Bridges was born in
Champaign, Illinois
Champaign ( ) is a city in Champaign County, Illinois, United States. The population was 88,302 at the 2020 census. It is the List of municipalities in Illinois, tenth-most populous municipality in Illinois and the fourth most populous city in ...
, and moved to
Oak Park as a teenager.
After attending
Oak Park River Forest High School in ninth grade, Bridges moved to
Centreville, Virginia, and attended
Centreville High School for one year. He attended
Banneker High School in
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...
, Georgia, and graduated in 1995.
From 1998 to 1999, he studied music management at
Georgia State University
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. Bridges' parents are both
African American
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. His great-great-grandfather was a
Choctaw
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.
In an interview with
A. J. Jacobs, Bridges learned that his great-grandmother had said one of his great-great-grandfathers, who is a white Englishman, was probably Jewish.
Bridges is also a distant cousin of the comedian
Richard Pryor
Richard Franklin Lennox Thomas Pryor Sr. (December 1, 1940 – December 10, 2005) was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Known for reaching a broad audience with his trenchant observations and storytelling style, he is widely regarded ...
.
He wrote his first rap song at age nine when moving to Atlanta and joined an amateur rap group three years later.
Music career
1998–2000: ''Incognegro'' and ''Back for the First Time''
Ludacris served as an intern and then a DJ at Atlanta's
Hot 97.5 (now Hot 107.9) under the name "Chris Lova Lova".
During his radio career, Ludacris met music producer
Timbaland
Timothy Zachery Mosley (born March 10, 1972), known professionally as Timbaland, is an American record producer and rapper. Born and raised in Norfolk, Virginia, he is widely acclaimed for his distinctive production work and "stuttering" rhythm ...
, whose album ''
Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment'' would feature Ludacris on the track "Phat Rabbit" (credited as Ludichris).
Speaking with
MTV
MTV (an initialism of Music Television) is an American cable television television channel, channel and the flagship property of the MTV Entertainment Group sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global. Launched on ...
's hip hop show ''
Direct Effect
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'' in 2000, Ludacris explained his stage name was a play on the word "ludicrous".
In 1999, Ludacris released his debut album ''
Incognegro'' through his independent label
Disturbing tha Peace
Disturbing tha Peace Records (or DTP) is an American record label founded by rapper Ludacris, Ludacris' manager Chaka Zulu, and Chaka Zulu's brother Jeff Dixon in 1998.
History
Beginnings
Disturbing tha Peace was founded in 1998 by Christ ...
.
Def Jam South would later repackage ''Incognegro'' with some new songs added into Ludacris's major label debut ''
Back for the First Time'' in 2000.
The album reached number four on the U.S.
''Billboard'' 200 and included the singles "
What's Your Fantasy" (featuring
Shawnna) and "
Southern Hospitality
Southern hospitality is a phrase used in American English to describe a cultural stereotype of the Southern United States, with residents perceived to show kindness, warmth, and welcoming of visitors to their homes, or to the South in general.
O ...
" (featuring
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (; born April 5, 1973), also known mononymously as Pharrell, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and fashion designer. He first became known as one half of the music production duo ...
), which respectively reached the nos. 21 and 23 spots on the
Billboard Hot 100
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.
2001–2003: ''Word of Mouf'' and ''Chicken-n-Beer''
In 2001, Ludacris contributed the hit single "
Area Codes
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" (featuring
Nate Dogg
Nathaniel Dwayne Hale (August 19, 1969 – March 15, 2011), known professionally as Nate Dogg, was an American rapper and singer. He gained recognition for providing guest vocals on several hit rap songs between 1992 and 2007, earning him the ...
) to the soundtrack to the film ''
Rush Hour 2''. It was also included on his next album, ''
Word of Mouf'', released later that year.
The ''Word of Mouf'' lead single "
Rollout (My Business)" was nominated for the
Grammy Award for Best Male Rap Solo Performance in the
2003 Grammy Awards. Two other singles reached the Hot 100 in 2002: "
Saturday (Oooh! Ooooh!)" featuring
Sleepy Brown
Patrick Leroy "Sleepy" Brown (born January 24, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. He is one-third of the Atlanta-based production team of Organized Noize, which has created hits for acts such as Outkast, Goodie Mob an ...
peaked at no. 22, and "
Move Bitch" featuring
Mystikal
Michael Lawrence Tyler (born September 22, 1970), better known by his stage name Mystikal, is an American rapper and actor from New Orleans, Louisiana. He is noted for brash, obstreperous vocal delivery, characterized by a Southern rasp. He si ...
and
I-20 peaked at no. 10.
Ludacris also had guest spots on hit singles throughout 2001 and 2002, such as
Jermaine Dupri
Jermaine Dupri Mauldin (born September 23, 1972) is an American rapper and record producer. Raised in Atlanta, Georgia as the son of Columbia Records executive Michael Mauldin, he began his career in music at the age of nine. He discovered th ...
's "
Welcome to Atlanta" that peaked at no. 35 on the Hot 100 and no. 15 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop chart.
Ludacris was among multiple featured rappers on "Bia' Bia'" by
Lil Jon and the East Side Boyz, which peaked at no. 47 on the R&B/Hip-Hop chart in August 2001.
In the last week of 2002, "
Gossip Folks" by
Missy Elliott
Melissa Arnette "Missy" Elliott (born July 1, 1971), also known as Misdemeanor, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. She began her musical career as a member of the Contemporary R&B, R&B girl group 4 All the Sistas Arou ...
featuring Ludacris was released as a single. It peaked at no. 8 on the Hot 100 in March 2003.
In April 2003, Ludacris released single "
Act a Fool" from the soundtrack of the movie ''
2 Fast 2 Furious'', where Ludacris played Tej Parker. Director
John Singleton
John Daniel Singleton (January 6, 1968 April 28, 2019) was an American director, screenwriter, and producer. He made his feature film debut writing and directing '' Boyz n the Hood'' (1991), for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for ...
brought Ludacris into the franchise after failing to secure
Ja Rule
Jeffrey Bruce Atkins (born February 29, 1976), better known by his stage name Ja Rule (), is an American rapper, singer, and actor. Born and raised in New York City, Ja Rule became known for blending gangsta rap with pop rap, pop and contempo ...
's return for the sequel to ''
The Fast and the Furious''. In the fall of 2003, Ludacris released his next album ''
Chicken-n-Beer''. Guest appearances included
Playaz Circle,
Chingy,
Snoop Dogg
Calvin Cordozar Broadus Jr. ( ; born October 20, 1971), better known by his stage name Snoop Dogg (previously Snoop Doggy Dogg), is an American rapper, record producer, and actor. Rooted in West Coast hip-hop, he is widely regarded as one of t ...
,
8Ball & MJG
8Ball & MJG is an American hip hop music, hip hop duo from Orange Mound, Memphis, Orange Mound, Memphis, Tennessee. They met at Ridgeway Middle School (Memphis, Tennessee), Ridgeway Middle School in 1984. In 1993, the duo released their debut al ...
,
Lil' Flip
Wesley Eric Weston Jr. (born 3 March 1981), better known by his stage name Lil' Flip, is an American rapper. Raised in Houston, Texas, he began his musical career as a freestyle and battle rapper before signing with the local record label Sucka ...
, I-20, Lil Fate, and
Shawnna. The single, "
Stand Up" appeared on both ''Chicken-n-Beer'' as well as the soundtrack for the teen hip hop/dance movie ''
You Got Served''. Produced by
Kanye West
Ye ( ; born Kanye Omari West ; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer and record producer. One of the most prominent figures in hip-hop, he is known for his varying musical style and polarizing cultural and political commentary. After ...
, "Stand Up" went on to become one of Ludacris' biggest mainstream hits to date, hitting the top spot on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 garnering heavy airplay on mainstream pop,
rhythmic, and urban radio stations, as well as on MTV,
MTV2
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The channel launched initially as an all-music ...
, and
BET. Ludacris was sued by a New Jersey group called I.O.F. who claimed that "Stand Up" used a hook from one of their songs, but in June 2006, a jury found that the song did not violate copyrights. "I hope the plaintiffs enjoyed their 15 minutes of fame," Ludacris said after the verdict.
The album's next single, "
Splash Waterfalls", was released in early 2004. A huge pop hit (despite its steamy video and explicit, adult-oriented lyrical content and themes), it subsequently became a success at urban radio and BET, and is the only time he has produced two consecutive top 10 singles from a solo album, except for ''
Release Therapy'' (an unedited version of the video could only be viewed on BET's Uncut program). It was Ludacris' most sexual video yet, an
R&B remix that featured
Raphael Saadiq
Raphael Saadiq (; born Charles Ray Wiggins; May 14, 1966) is an American singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He rose to prominence as a vocalist and bassist for the R&B band Tony! Toni! Toné!, which he formed with h ...
and sampled
Tony! Toni! Tone!'s "Whatever You Want". Ludacris received his first
Grammy Award
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with
Usher and
Lil Jon
Jonathan H. Smith (born January 17, 1971), better known by his stage name Lil Jon, is an American rapper, DJ, and record producer. Regarded as a progenitor of the club-oriented hip-hop subgenre crunk, his production and voice presence were inst ...
for their hit single "
Yeah!". Ludacris next released "
Blow It Out", which was accompanied by a low-budget music video.
2004–2007: ''The Red Light District'' and ''Release Therapy''

Ludacris took a more mature approach to his fourth album ''
The Red Light District''. Sohail Khalid helped produce this album with various artists such as
T.I.,
Lil' Flip
Wesley Eric Weston Jr. (born 3 March 1981), better known by his stage name Lil' Flip, is an American rapper. Raised in Houston, Texas, he began his musical career as a freestyle and battle rapper before signing with the local record label Sucka ...
and
Bun B. Ludacris openly boasted that he may be the only rapper able to keep the Def Jam label afloat on the opening track. Ludacris filmed and recorded the single "
Get Back" in which he was featured as a muscle-bound hulk who was being annoyed by the media and warned critics to leave him alone. He first appeared on ''
Saturday Night Live
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'' as a special guest performing with musical guest
Sum 41
Sum 41 was a Canadian rock band formed in Ajax, Ontario, in 1996. The band's final lineup consisted of Deryck Whibley (lead vocals, guitars, keyboards), Dave Baksh (lead guitar, backing vocals), Jason McCaslin (bass, backing vocals), Tom T ...
on a season 30 episode hosted by
Paul Giamatti. He then recorded "Get Back" with Sum 41 to make a rock crossover single. The follow-up single was the ''
Austin Powers
''Austin Powers'' is a series of American satirical spy comedy films created by Mike Myers, who stars as the British spy Austin Powers as well as his arch-nemesis, Dr. Evil. The series consists of '' International Man of Mystery'' (1997), ' ...
''-inspired "
Number One Spot". It was produced by New York City's
Hot 97 personality
DJ Green Lantern
James Christopher D'Agostino (born July 7, 1975), professionally known as DJ Green Lantern, is an American hip hop DJ and producer from Rochester, New York. In 2002, D'Agostino was signed by American rapper Eminem, to become the official DJ for ...
. It used the
Quincy Jones
Quincy Delight Jones Jr. (March 14, 1933 – November 3, 2024) was an American record producer, composer, arranger, conductor, trumpeter, and bandleader. Over the course of his seven-decade career, he received List of awards and nominations re ...
sample of "
Soul Bossa Nova" and sped it up to the tempo of Ludacris' rap flow. Featured artists on the album include
Nas
Nas (born 1973) is the stage name of American rapper Nasir Jones.
Nas, NaS, or NAS may also refer to:
Aviation
* Nasair, a low-cost airline carrier and subsidiary based in Eritrea
* National Air Services, an airline in Saudi Arabia
** Nas Air (S ...
,
DJ Quik,
DMX,
Trick Daddy
Maurice Samuel Young (born September 27, 1974), better known by his stage name Trick Daddy, is an American rapper from Miami, Florida. He is best known for his 2004 single " Let's Go" (featuring Twista and Lil Jon), which peaked at number seven on ...
,
Sleepy Brown
Patrick Leroy "Sleepy" Brown (born January 24, 1970) is an American singer-songwriter and record producer. He is one-third of the Atlanta-based production team of Organized Noize, which has created hits for acts such as Outkast, Goodie Mob an ...
and
Disturbing tha Peace
Disturbing tha Peace Records (or DTP) is an American record label founded by rapper Ludacris, Ludacris' manager Chaka Zulu, and Chaka Zulu's brother Jeff Dixon in 1998.
History
Beginnings
Disturbing tha Peace was founded in 1998 by Christ ...
newcomers
Bobby Valentino, Dolla Boi and Small World. The album debuted at number one on the Billboard charts.
In an issue of ''
XXL'', Ludacris was placed in the number nine spot for the most anticipated albums of 2006, for ''
Release Therapy''. The album ''Release Therapy'' was released on September 26, 2006. Ludacris formatted the CD to have two sides: a ''Release'' side and a ''Therapy'' side on a single CD. Guest appearances include
Pharrell Williams
Pharrell Lanscilo Williams (; born April 5, 1973), also known mononymously as Pharrell, is an American musician, singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and fashion designer. He first became known as one half of the music production duo ...
,
R. Kelly,
Young Jeezy
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,
Mary J. Blige
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,
Field Mob
Field Mob is an American hip hop music, hip hop duo from Albany, Georgia, composed of artists Darion "Smoke" Crawford and Shawn Timothy "Shawn Jay" Johnson.
History Formation
Darion and Shawn grew up on the outskirts of Albany, Georgia, Albany ...
,
Bobby Valentino,
Pimp C,
C-Murder
Corey Miller (born March 9, 1971), better known by his stage name C-Murder, is an American rapper. He initially gained fame in the mid-1990s as a part of his brother Master P's label No Limit Records, primarily as a member of the label's supergr ...
and
Beanie Sigel
Dwight Equan Grant (born March 6, 1974), better known by his stage name Beanie Sigel, is an American rapper from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He is best known for his association with Jay-Z and his label Roc-A-Fella Records, to which Grant signed ...
. The first single, "
Money Maker", which features Williams, was released to U.S. radio outlets on July 17, 2006.
"Money Maker" reached number one on the BET program ''
106 & Park''. It then went to become the rapper's second number-one single after 6 years. His second single, "
Grew Up a Screw Up", featuring
Young Jeezy
Jay Wayne Jenkins (born September 28, 1977), known by his stage name Jeezy (or Young Jeezy), is an American rapper. He is credited, alongside fellow Georgia-based rappers T.I. and Gucci Mane, with pioneering the hip hop subgenre trap music fo ...
, dispels rumors that the two are or ever were in a dispute. His third single, "
Runaway Love", soon peaked at number one on the U.S. ''Billboard''
Hot Rap Tracks
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and won Best Collaboration in the 2007
BET Awards
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. ''Release Therapy'' won the
Best Rap Album award at the
2007 Grammy Awards. His album then reached number one on the ''Billboard'' 200 album charts with sales of 309,000 in its first week. With the release of this album, Ludacris marked a change in style in his career with his musical style. The new album itself features a departure of the lighthearted mood of his previous albums, and introduces a darker side. A change of hair accompanied this as he cut off his trademark braids for a more conventional "fade" cut. To promote the album, Ludacris returned to ''Saturday Night Live'' (as both host and musical guest) on November 18, 2006.
2008–2010: ''Theater of the Mind'' and ''Battle of the Sexes''
''
The Preview'', a mixtape to preview the album was released on July 28, 2008. ''
Theater of the Mind'' was released on November 24, 2008, and in April 2008, the single "Let's Stay Together" appeared on xxlmag.com; supposedly from the new album ("Let's Stay Together" was expected to but was released as a bonus track on the CD). A song with Small World called "Pinky Shinin" was expected to be on the album, but it was dropped. In an interview with ''Complex Magazine'' he stated that
Chris Brown
Christopher Maurice Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. A Pop music, pop and hip-hop-influenced contemporary R&B, R&B musician who works in a variety of genres, he has been called the "Honorific nic ...
,
Lil Wayne
Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. (born September27, 1982), known professionally as Lil Wayne, is an American rapper. He is often regarded as one of the most influential hip hop artists of his generation, as well as one of the greatest rappers of all ...
,
Rick Ross
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,
T.I.,
Plies,
Common
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As an Irish surname, it is anglicised from Irish Gaelic surname Ó Comáin.
Places
* Common, a townland in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland
* Boston Common, a central public park in Boston, Massachusetts
* Cambridge Com ...
,
T-Pain
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,
Jay-Z
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,
Nas
Nas (born 1973) is the stage name of American rapper Nasir Jones.
Nas, NaS, or NAS may also refer to:
Aviation
* Nasair, a low-cost airline carrier and subsidiary based in Eritrea
* National Air Services, an airline in Saudi Arabia
** Nas Air (S ...
and
The Game will be on the album; Game is featured in a track with
Willy Northpole titled "Call Up the Homies". T.I. was on the album on a track called "Wish You Would" squashing the long feud between them. The album debuted at number five on the ''Billboard'' 200 with 213,493 sold first week. The album was released the same day as
Kanye West
Ye ( ; born Kanye Omari West ; June 8, 1977) is an American rapper, singer and record producer. One of the most prominent figures in hip-hop, he is known for his varying musical style and polarizing cultural and political commentary. After ...
's ''
808s & Heartbreak
''808s & Heartbreak'' is the fourth studio album by the American rapper Kanye West, released by Def Jam Recordings and Roc-A-Fella Records on November 24, 2008, having been recorded earlier that year in September and October at Glenwood Stud ...
'', which took the number-one spot. His first single "
What Them Girls Like", featuring
Chris Brown
Christopher Maurice Brown (born May 5, 1989) is an American singer, songwriter, dancer, and actor. A Pop music, pop and hip-hop-influenced contemporary R&B, R&B musician who works in a variety of genres, he has been called the "Honorific nic ...
and
Sean Garrett, peaked at number 33 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. His second single, "
One More Drink", featuring
T-Pain
Faheem Rashad Najm (born September 30, 1984), known professionally as T-Pain, is an American singer and rapper. He is known for popularizing creative use of Auto-Tune pitch correction, often used with extreme parameter settings to create electro ...
, peaked at number 24 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. The third official single is "
Nasty Girl", featuring
Plies. He confirmed a "sequel" titled ''Ludaversal'' due to be released September 11, 2012.
Ludacris was featured on
Justin Bieber
Justin Drew Bieber ( ; born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian singer. Regarded as a pop icon, he is recognized for his multi-genre musical performances. He was discovered by record executive Scooter Braun in 2008 and subsequently brought to the U ...
's hit single "
Baby
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", which became one of the
highest-certified singles of all time in the US and gained international success.
His eighth studio album was released on March 9, 2010, with his first promotional single for the album being "Everybody Drunk" which features Callum Smith, originally featuring
Shawnna. The first concept idea of the album was to have Ludacris and Shawnna battle it out on the album back–to–back, but this was later axed upon Shawnna's departure from
Disturbing tha Peace
Disturbing tha Peace Records (or DTP) is an American record label founded by rapper Ludacris, Ludacris' manager Chaka Zulu, and Chaka Zulu's brother Jeff Dixon in 1998.
History
Beginnings
Disturbing tha Peace was founded in 1998 by Christ ...
, ending her contract on Ludacris' label and joining
T-Pain
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's
Nappy Boy Entertainment label. The first official single released from ''Battle of the Sexes'' was "
How Low", which was released on December 8, 2009. The follow–up single was "
My Chick Bad", released on February 23, 2010. The third single is "
Sex Room", peaking at number 69 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100. Ludacris's ''Battle of the Sexes'' entered the chart at number one, with 137,000 sales in the first week. The album is currently certified gold.
2012–2015: ''Ludaversal''
In 2012, Ludacris released the singles "
Representin" and "
Rest of My Life", both of which were scrapped after the songs underperformed and the recording process for his upcoming album ''Ludaversal'' stalled.
On May 24, 2013, Ludacris released a mixtape entitled ''#IDGAF''. He had been releasing a new song on Fridays as he was calling these releases ''IDGAF Fridays''. These songs, in order of release, were "Raised in the South" featuring rapper
Jeezy
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, released on April 19. That release was followed by "If I Ain't Fucked Up" on April 26, "9 Times Out of 10" featuring rappers
French Montana
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& Que on May 3, "Speak into The Mic" on May 10, and "I Don't Give A Fuck" on May 17. The last song was released a week before the release of the mixtape. The mixtape had almost 60,000 downloads via datpiff.com within the first day. Ludacris reprised his role as Tej in the blockbuster movie ''
Fast & Furious 6
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'', which opened during Memorial Day Weekend, May 2013. Ludacris had this to say about his upcoming new album: "I think every album is like a progression, I'm working with different producers. Usher, We definitely have this album which is a great thing. Ne-Yo is also on the album and I have producers like David Guetta, we have Stargate, have trainees.
heKelly Rowland single just came out that you need to check out. It's called 'Representing.
On August 3, 2013, Ludacris confirmed to VIBE.com he will be working with
Anita Baker. "I don't know if the cat's out the bag. Yeah, Anita Baker is definitely on the album", admitted Luda. "She's on that particular song.
tis really about my father and growing up and me being a kid and trying to get him to stop and me dealing with that."
After a lengthy hiatus, Ludacris returned to the music on January 30, 2014, with the release of a single "Party Girls" featuring
Jeremih,
Wiz Khalifa
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and
Cashmere Cat. The song takes a cue from
Aqua's 1997 song "
Barbie Girl"; however, the single did not appear on the new album. On October 9, 2014, Ludacris announced that ''Ludaversal'' would be released on March 31, 2015; which will be preceded by an EP titled ''Burning Bridges'' due for release on December 16, 2014. On October 31, 2014, Ludacris premiered the first single from the "Burning Bridges" EP titled "
Good Lovin'" featuring American singer
Miguel.
Due to its moderate success, "Good Lovin" would go on to serve as the first single from ''
Ludaversal''. On March 3, 2015, Ludacris held a listening party for Ludaversal with Def Jam. The tracks "Intro", "Not For Long" featuring
Usher, and "Come N See Me" featuring
Big K.R.I.T.
Justin Lewis Scott (born August 26, 1986), known professionally as Big K.R.I.T. (a backronym for King Remembered in Time), is an American rapper and record producer. Born in Meridian, Mississippi, he began his musical career in 2005. He was sign ...
were revealed to the public After 3 years worth of delays, Ludaversal was released March 31, 2015 to generally positive reviews and peaked at number 3 on the
Billboard 200
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.
2017–present: Upcoming tenth studio album and ''Karma's World''
In March 2017, Ludacris confirmed that he was working on his tenth studio album in an interview with ''
Complex
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* Complexity, the behaviour of a system whose components interact in multiple ways so possible interactions are difficult to describe
** Complex system, a system composed of many components which may interact with each ...
'' magazine. On March 31, 2017, Ludacris released a new single called "Vitamin D" featuring
Ty Dolla $ign.
In 2017, Ludacris hosted YouTube's ''Best.Cover.Ever'' show.
In 2018, he was featured on country singer
Carrie Underwood's single "
The Champion". The song peaked at number 47 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 and was the opening song for
Super Bowl LII and
2018 Winter Olympics
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and ''
Cry Pretty''. On May 8, 2018, Ludacris received three nominations and one win at the 2018
CMT Music Awards.
On October 14, 2020,
Netflix
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commissioned his then-new animated
musical
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children's television series
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known as ''
Karma's World'' for an initial 40 episodes from
9 Story Productions, Creative Affairs Group and his production company, ''Karma's World Entertainment'',
Using the inspiration of his eldest daughter, Karma Bridges, and the eponymous website created in 2009. Ludacris stated in interviews with ''
People
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'' and ''
Billboard
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'' that he and Karma "spent close to a decade and a half" working on the "perfection" of the production.
The series premiered on
Netflix
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on October 15, 2021, alongside its official
soundtrack album
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, which was produced and released by
Def Jam Recordings
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The l ...
on global
digital
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music
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streaming platforms.
On January 17, 2022, the series got nominated for three
NAACP Image Awards
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including Outstanding Children's Program and Ludacris himself got nominated for his voice-over performance as Karma's on-screen father. Netflix renewed ''Karma's World'' for a second season on back of the encouragements, which premiered on March 10, 2022.
In August 2021, Ludacris released the single "Butter.ATL".
In December 2022, it was announced that Ludacris would open up for Janet Jackson's
Together Again Tour.
Ludacris made a cameo in Usher's
Super Bowl LVIII halftime show, performing his portion of "Yeah".
Personal life
From 2009 until their marriage in 2014, he dated model Eudoxie Mbouguiengue. On December 26, 2014,
Ludacris became engaged to Mbouguiengue while in Costa Rica,
and the two married later that same day. In early June 2015, Eudoxie announced that the couple had welcomed a baby girl. In May 2021, Eudoxie shared via Instagram that she and Ludacris were expecting their second child together. He has two other daughters from previous relationships.
In January 2020, Ludacris acquired
Gabon
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ese citizenship along with his mother and his two daughters.
Business ventures

Ludacris is the founder of his own record label,
Disturbing tha Peace
Disturbing tha Peace Records (or DTP) is an American record label founded by rapper Ludacris, Ludacris' manager Chaka Zulu, and Chaka Zulu's brother Jeff Dixon in 1998.
History
Beginnings
Disturbing tha Peace was founded in 1998 by Christ ...
, an imprint distributed by
Def Jam Recordings
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The l ...
. He is the co-owner of Conjure
Cognac
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. In 2011, Ludacris released his own line of headphones called "Soul By Ludacris" manufactured by
Soul Electronics. He also has various real estate holdings.
In 2006, Ludacris appeared in a television and print advertising campaign for
Puma, which released three limited edition models of a "Clyde x Luda"
Puma Clyde sneaker, with Ludacris' image on the heel of the insole and "DTP" (for Disturbing tha Peace) on the heel window.
In November 2016, Ludacris opened up a restaurant named "Chicken N Beer" at the
Hartsfield–Jackson International Airport in Atlanta.
In December 2023, he made his theater producing debut as a producer on the Broadway musical ''
How to Dance in Ohio''.
Philanthropy
In 2011, Ludacris joined a joint effort between
Do Something and
Better World Books to collect books to help restock library shelves in New Orleans. He filmed a public service announcement in support of the Epic Book Drive.
Ludacris also started the Ludacris Foundation at the beginning of his music career in 2002. The aim of the foundation is to inspire the youth through education, memorable experiences and helping the youth help themselves. The focus is what Ludacris calls the "3Ls": Leadership and Education, Living Healthy Lifestyles, and LudaCares.
Awards and honors
Ludacris has won many awards throughout his career, including three
Grammy Awards
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for his music and an ensemble
Screen Actors Guild Award
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for his performance and the 2004 movie
''Crash''.
In October 2019, Ludacris was named the artist-in-residence at
Georgia State University
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, where he will mentor students in the Creative Media Industries Institute.
On April 13, 2022, Georgia State University announced the Georgia Board of Regents had approved Ludacris to receive an honorary Bachelor of Science degree in Music Management. He received this honorary degree on May 4, 2022, at the commencement ceremony at
Center Parc Stadium where he also delivered a speech.
Controversy
T.I.
Tensions began when
T.I. saw
Disturbing tha Peace
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History
Beginnings
Disturbing tha Peace was founded in 1998 by Christ ...
rapper
I-20's video in which a man wearing a shirt with the words "Trap House", was being beaten. T.I. believed the man's shirt actually said "
Trap Muzik", perhaps interpreting this to be a reference to his album of the same name. Later,
G-Unit
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artist
Young Buck
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asked these two fellow
Southern rappers to appear on his new record on the track "Stomp". T.I. recorded a verse that contained a line that Young Buck considered to be an insult towards Ludacris, ''"Me gettin' beat down?/That's ludicrous"''. Young Buck spoke to Ludacris about his interpretation of the event. Ludacris then later recorded a verse that can be found on the album ''
Straight Outta Cashville''. T.I's record company wanted Ludacris to change his verse before they sanctioned it but Ludacris refused and T.I. was therefore replaced by
Game
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on the album version.
On June 24, 2007, at the Sunset Tower Hotel in
West Hollywood, California
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, T.I. was involved in a physical altercation. During a luncheon held by
Kevin Liles
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of Warner Music Group (parent company of T.I.'s label, Atlantic Records), the MC got into a fight with Ludacris' manager Chaka Zulu. According to witnesses, T.I. punched Zulu in the face and choked him and a small, brief melee ensued.
T.I. was awarded honors for Best Hip-Hop Artist at the
BET Awards
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, and took the opportunity to apologize for his scuffle with Zulu. While accepting his award, he expressed regret over the situation. "They say it's a fine line between brilliance and insanity", he said, in an apparent reference to his troublesome alter ego, T.I.P. During the broadcast, cameras showed his onetime rival Ludacris smiling in the audience.
The two rappers have resolved their disagreement and have collaborated on four songs: "
Wish You Would" off Ludacris's sixth studio album ''
Theater of the Mind'', "On Top of the World" off T.I.'s sixth studio album ''
Paper Trail'', and "We in This Bitch" off DJ Drama's album ''
Quality Street Music''. The original version of the latter had
Kanye West
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. The two have also collaborated on
Big Boi
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's song called "In The A", released on the 2012 album ''
Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors''.
Bill O'Reilly and Pepsi
On August 27, 2002, political pundit
Bill O'Reilly called for all Americans to boycott
Pepsi
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products because they hired Ludacris for promotional purposes and O'Reilly objected to Ludacris's style and attitude.
The next day, O'Reilly reported that Pepsi had fired Ludacris.
Six months later,
Russell Simmons
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and his hip hop action summit threatened a boycott of all
PepsiCo
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products on the grounds that Pepsi had subsequently hired
Ozzy Osbourne
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for a commercial even though Osbourne is notable for use of profanity and explicit lyrics. Eventually an agreement was reached that resulted in PepsiCo donating $3 million to Ludacris's foundation and other inner city charities.
This is referred to in the 2003 songs "Hoes in My Room" as well as "Blow It Out" from ''Chicken n' Beer''. Three years later, this would be referred to again in the song "
Number One Spot". During a summer 2003 appearance on MTV's ''
The New Tom Green Show'', Ludacris and host
Tom Green launched copies of Bill O'Reilly-authored books into a dumpster using a homemade catapult. In an interview with
RadarOnline.com in 2010, Ludacris stated that he and O'Reilly had made amends after having a conversation at a charity event.
2008 presidential election
The song "Politics as Usual" from Ludacris's mixtape ''
The Preview'' has caused controversy due to lyrics in the song criticizing
Jesse Jackson; ("Now Jesse talkin' slick and apologizin' for what? If you said it then you meant it", in reference to Jackson stating that he would "like to cut Obama's nuts off"),
John McCain
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("McCain don't belong in any chair unless he's paralyzed"), President
George W. Bush
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("Yeah I said it, 'cuz Bush is mentally handicapped / Ball up all of his speeches and throw 'em just like candy wraps / 'Cuz what you talkin' I hear nothin' even relevant / you the worst of all 43 presidents"), and
Hillary Clinton
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("Hillary hated on you, so that bitch is irrelevant", in reference to Hillary's campaign comments against Obama).
Discography
Studio albums
* ''
Incognegro'' (1999)
* ''
Back for the First Time'' (2000)
* ''
Word of Mouf'' (2001)
* ''
Chicken-n-Beer'' (2003)
* ''
The Red Light District'' (2004)
* ''
Release Therapy'' (2006)
* ''
Theater of the Mind'' (2008)
* ''
Battle of the Sexes'' (2010)
* ''
Ludaversal'' (2015)
Soundtracks
* ''
Karma's World Official Soundtrack'' (2021)
Filmography
Film
Television
Video games
Documentary
Theme park attractions
Theater
See also
*
List of artists who reached number one in the United States
*
List of awards and nominations received by Ludacris
References
External links
Official Def Jam Site*
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1977 births
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Ludacris
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