Bridges's parents are both African American, and he also has more distant English and Native American ancestry. From 1998 to 1999, he studied music management at Georgia State University. He attended Banneker High School in Atlanta, Georgia and graduated in 1995. He then moved to Centreville, Virginia and attended Centreville High School for one year. He later moved to the Chicago area, where he attended Emerson Middle School in Oak Park. For his performance in the ensemble of Crash, Ludacris was co-awarded a Screen Actors Guild Award and a Critic's Choice Award for Best Cast.Ĭhristopher Brian Bridges was born in Champaign, Illinois, the only child of Roberta Shields and Wayne Brian Bridges. His other notable roles include Crash (2004), Gamer (2009), and New Year's Eve (2011).
His most recent effort, Ludaversal, was released on March 31, 2015.Īs an actor, Ludacris is best known for his role as Tej Parker in the Fast and Furious film series, with his first appearance in the franchise coming in 2003. His next record, Battle of the Sexes, was released in 2010 and featured a return to the more lighthearted tone of his previous albums. He took a more serious approach with his next two albums, Release Therapy (2006), and Theater of the Mind (2008). In 2001, he released Word of Mouf, followed by Chicken-n-Beer in 2003 and The Red Light District in 2004, all of which were certified multi-platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). It contained the hit singles "Southern Hospitality" (featuring Pharrell), which wasn’t on Incognegro, and "What's Your Fantasy" (featuring Shawnna). After a brief stint as a DJ, he independently released his first album Incognegro in 1999 to local success, but achieved national attention the following year when the album was repackaged and re-released as his major label debut, Back for the First Time. For his music, Ludacris has won an MTV Video Music Award and three Grammy Awards.īorn in Champaign, Illinois, Ludacris moved to Atlanta at age nine, where he first began rapping. After forming his own label, Disturbing tha Peace in the late 1990s, Ludacris later signed with Def Jam South and would go on to become one of the first Dirty South rappers to achieve mainstream success with his subsequent releases. Luda’s new album, his first since 2010′s Battle of the Sexes, is expected to move between 55-60k units in its first week on shelves when the numbers are revealed in a few days.Christopher Brian Bridges was born September 11, 1977. Certain rappers start transitioning into Hollywood and they start doing movies and then it’s like they don’t give a damn about music anymore… not only do I give a damn but I’m still competing against whoever you feel is the best doing it.” “I’ll never forget that and I don’t ever want there to be any misconceptions because that is a stereotype. “I’m still 100 percent extremely hungry and passionate about what got me here in the first place,” he said.
He also spoke on his mind state going into the project. XXL recently chopped it up with Luda during his NYC press run and the Disturbing The Peace head honcho revealed the new album would be a mix of old and new. Luda keeps it simple with the visual rapping in a dimly lip warehouse while rocking gaudy jewelry for the short David Banner-produced song. Having recently dropped his eighth studio LP Ludaversal on March 31, the Atlanta rapper boosts the campaign by dropping the video for the LP’s intro track. It seems like Ludacris is back for the first time, again.
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