Ludacris was born Chris Bridges on September 11, 1977 in Atlanta, Georgia.
One of the new wave of southern hip-hop artists to emerge at the
turn of the new millennium, Bridges began rapping at an early age. He joined a
Chicago, Illinois-based crew at the age of 12, before moving to Atlanta
and rapping his way through high school.
He landed a production job with the city's Hot 97.5 station, where as Chris Luva Luva he made his mark rapping over promos on the night show. Saving enough money to
finance the recording of an album, Bridges adopted the Ludacris moniker
and released Incognegro on his own
Disturbing Tha Peace Entertainment label. Buoyed by the success
of the local radio hit "What's Your Fantasy", the album sold over 30,000 copies
and attracted the attention of several major labels.
Bridges opted to sign with Def Jam Records' new South imprint, recording several new
tracks with leading producers Organized Noise,
Jermaine Dupri and Timbaland for a remixed version of Incognegro.
Renamed Back For The First Time, the album spawned the national radio hit "Southern Hospitality". Following the
release of his sophomore album, Word Of Mouf, Ludacris
teamed up with his Disturbing Tha Peace crew to record Golden Grain.
Along the way he signed a contract to advertise Pepsi. However Bill O' Riley deemed his lyrics offensive (Hey Bill listen to 50 Cent and R. Kelly once in awhile!) adn had him fired from Pepsi. Ludacris got
back at O'Riley in the second song of his new album-Chicken & Beer.
He appeared in Def Jam Vendetta, a game that reminded people of the old Mortal Kombat game series.
Luda Facts
- A former high school wrestler
- He loves sex
- Ultimate freak fantasy-Empre State Bulding glass elevator
- Area Codes is the sequel to Hos
- Lost his contract wityh Pepsi due to Bill O'Riley's protests
- Like spontaneous women
- Only child
- Nominated for MTV Movie Award for 2 Fast 2 Furious in 2004
- NOminated for Image Award for Supporting Actor for Crash in 2006
- Won 2004 Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Group for Crash in 2006
- Nominated for Screen Actors Guild Award for OUtstanding Performance by a group for Hustle & Flow in 2006
- Calls his house The Swamp
Albums
- Incognegro
- Back for the First Time
- Word of Mouth
- Golden Gain (With Distrubing The Peace)
- Chicken & Beer
- Red Light District
- Release Therapy
Movie Work (Music Only)
- Fast & Furious-Roll Out
- How High
- Rush Hour 2-Area Codes
- Hollywood Homicide
- 2 Fast 2 Furious-Act A Fool Grammy Nominated in 2004
- Bad Boys II-Roll Out/Move Bytch
- Honey-Stand Up
- Ciara Goodies: The Videos & More
- You Got Served-Stand Up
Performances
- BET Music Awards
- Source Music Awards
- MTV Music Awards
- Saturday Night Live
Acting
2006
- Law & Order: Special Victims Unit as Darius Parker
- Eve as Rufus
2005
- Hustle & Flow as Skinny Black
- Lil Pimp as Weathers
- Boost Moblie commerical
2004
- Def Jam Vendetta: Fight for New York
- Crash as Anthony
- Usher's Yeah Video
2003
- Def Jam Vendetta
- 2 Fast 2 Fourious as Tej
- Hard Rock Live
- Players
- Late Night Show with David Letterman
- Davoid Chappelle Show
- Late Late Show
2002
- Summer Music Mania
- Soul Food as himself
2001
- The Wash as Customer
- The Source Awards as himself
Ludacris Links
Official Page
Luda Web
Luda Foundation
