Ludacris, de son vrai nom Christopher Brian Bridges, né le 11 septembre 1977 à Champaign, dans l'Illinois, est un rappeur, entrepreneur et acteur américain. "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. Born in Champaign, Illinois, Ludacris moved to Atlanta at age nine, where he first began rapping. In November 2016, Ludacris opened up a restaurant named "Chicken N Beer" at the Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport in Atlanta. The tracks "Intro", "Not For Long" featuring Usher, and "Come N See Me" featuring Big K.R.I.T. Tensions began when T.I. As an actor, Ludacris is best known for his role as Tej Parker in The Fast and the Furious film series, with his first appearance in the franchise coming in 2002. T.I. He later moved to the Chicago area, where he attended Emerson Middle School in Oak Park and Oak Park & River Forest High School for one year. [43] T.I's record company wanted Ludacris to change his verse before they sanctioned it but Ludacris refused and T.I. 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. [47], The song "Politics as Usual" from Ludacris' mixtape The Preview has stirred controversy due to lyrics in the song criticizing Jesse Jackson; "Now Jesse talkin' slick and apologizin' for what? I asked, ‘What are you doing?’ And she said, ‘My birthday is coming up, and I want to be able to get a reward for doing my chores as well.’ That’s a perfect example of music and influence turning to action.”. 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. The album Release Therapy was released on September 26, 2006. In 1998, Ludacris began to record his debut album Incognegro, which was eventually released by his then-independent label, Disturbing tha Peace, in August 1999. Ludacris formatted the CD to have two sides: a Release side and a Therapy side on a single CD. The album was supported by his debut single "What's Your Fantasy", which ended up peaking at #21 on the Billboard Hot 100. His second single, "One More Drink", featuring T-Pain, peaked at number 24 on the Billboard 100. It was Ludacris' most sexual video yet, an R&B remix that featured Raphael Saadiq and sampled Tony! In 2000, Ludacris released his major label debut Back for the First Time. It used the Quincy Jones sample of "Soul Bossa Nova" and sped it up to the tempo of Ludacris' rap flow. [26], In 2018, he was featured on country singer Carrie Underwood's single "The Champion". [36], In January 2020, Ludacris acquired Gabonese citizenship along with his mother and two daughters. The album is currently certified gold.[16]. 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). [9] He was also known for DJing during Freaknik at one point. ", "Vitamin D (feat. [8], Bridges served as an intern and then a DJ at Atlanta's Hot 97.5 (now Hot 107.9) under the name "Chris Lova Lova". T.I. Rapper Weds Fiancee Eudoxie After Getting Engaged Over the Holidays: See a Picture From Their Big Day", "American Rapper Ludacris Becomes Gabonese Citizen", "Ludacris Dreams: A Rap Mogul Diversifies His Empire", "Ludacris Finally Opens "Chicken N Beer" Restaurant in Atlanta Airport", "Ludacris and DoSomething.org Launch 'Epic Book Drive' For New Orleans Recovery School District", "The Ludacris Foundation, Green For All and Actress Keshia Knight Pulliam Host "Keep It Fresh" Earth Day Event – Green For All", "Young Buck To 'Stomp' Out Luda/ T.I. “It’s geared toward trying to enrich and empower the next generation, influenced by my own children and wanting them to live in a better world than we live in,” Ludacris told HuffPost. Young Buck spoke to Ludacris about his interpretation of the event. A song with Small World called "Pinky Shinin" was expected to be on the album, but it was dropped. [40], 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. His album then reached number one on the Billboard 200 album charts with sales of 309,000 in its first week.