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Trivia
Birth name: Christopher Brian Bridges
Date of birth: 11 September 1977
Place of birth: Champaign, Illinois, USA
Nickname: Luda
Height: 5' 7" (1.70 m)
Born in Illinois, he was raised in Atlanta, Georgia,.
Began his music career as a radio personality and DJ as Chris Lova Lova on Hot 97.5, an urban radio station in Atlanta, Georgia.
Oftens wears an Afro.
He made his recorded debut on "Phat Rabbit," a track from Timbaland's 1998 album Tim's Bio: Life from the Bassment.
Was dropped as a spokesperson for Pepsi after a protest by Bill
O'Reilly.
He decided to release the album Incognegro independently in 1999. The album sold over 50,000 copies through the Atlanta based indepedent music distributor, Southern Music Distribution.
In 1999 he recorded the theme to the video game Madden NFL 2000.
Has a daughter named Karma.
Cousin of singer Monica.
Attended Benjamin Banneker High in Atlanta, and Georgia State
University.
Before becoming a rapper, he worked as an intern (and eventually DJ) for
Hot 107.9 FM in Atlanta.
Scarface, an original member of the Geto Boys, signed Ludacris in 2000 to Def Jam Recordings, and created a new imprint, Def Jam South, around him
Is the CEO of Disturbing Tha Peace Records.
2002 Was the spokeperson for Pepsi; was dropped after conservative
talk-show host Bill O’Reilly criticized the company for picking a
“thug rapper” to represent them.
He is occasionally credited as "Chris 'Ludacris' Bridges".
Ludacris released his major label debut, Back for the First Time in October 2000. The album reached as high as #4 on the charts, and was a major success.
Still drives his 1992 Acura Legend because it "keeps me
grounded."
Ludacris made his mark on the industry with singles such as "Southern Hospitality" and "What's Your Fantasy". Back for the First Time was the beginning of Ludacris's explosion to the top of the rap world
Ludacris has been acting in film since The Wash in 2001, but his big break came in 2005, where he received critical praise for his roles in Hustle & Flow and Crash.
Crash includes an ironic sequence where Ludacris's character is dismissive of hip-hop music.
He appeared, along with Lil' Jon, on Usher's high-profile, mega-successful single and video "Yeah!" which was the hip-hop anthem of the year.
In a recent issue of XXL, a hip-hop based magazine, Ludacris was placed in the number nine spot for the most anticipated albums of 2006, for Release Therapy. The album Release Therapy will be released in September.
Ludacris also starred in 2 Fast 2 Furious, and appeared in the March 28, 2006 episode of Law & Order: Special Victims Unit.
On January 29, 2006 he was awarded with a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Cast in a Motion Picture for his work in the film Crash.
In a 2006 interview with Gentlemen's Quarterly, Ludacris criticized Oprah about his appearance on her show recently. He claimed that he was censored, and didn't think Oprah wanted him on the show or respected his opinon for that matter. Ludacris was the sixth rapper ever to make a guest appearance on the talk show. Previous rappers were
LL Cool J,
Will Smith, Queen Latifah, Sean Combs (Diddy) and
Kanye
West.
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