Music career 1998–2000: Incognegro and Back for the First Time Ludacris wrote his first rap song at age nine when moving to Atlanta, Georgia, and joined an amateur rap group three years later. He is a distant cousin of late comedian Richard Pryor. Ludacris' 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. After attending Oak Park River Forest High School in ninth grade, Ludacris moved to Centreville, Virginia and attended Centreville High School for one year. 2.6 2017–present: Upcoming tenth studio albumīorn Christopher Brian Bridges in Champaign, Illinois, Ludacris moved Oak Park as a teenager.2.4 2008–2010: Theater of the Mind and Battle of the Sexes.2.3 2004–2007: The Red Light District and Release Therapy.2.1 1998–2000: Incognegro and Back for the First Time.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. 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, Georgia, 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. Christopher Brian Bridges (born September 11, 1977), known professionally as Ludacris ( / ˈ l uː d ə k r ɪ s/, homophonous with 'ludicrous' in American English), is an American rapper and actor.

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