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Christopher Bridges (born September 11, 1977 in Champaign, Illinois), once called Chris Lova Lova & better known when Ludacris, is an American rapper and actor. He one of these days moved to Atlanta, where he would last in to produce a title for himself when one of the virtually all large Dirty South rappers of the new millennium.
Biography
Early years
Ludacris began his music career as a radio DJ personality, Chris Lova Lova, on Hot 97.5, an urban radio station in Atlanta, Georgia. He manufactured his recorded debut in "Phat Rabbit", the track from either Timbaland's 1998 album ''Tim's Bio: Life from a Bassment. Although two Timbal& and Jermaine Dupri showed interest in signing Ludacris, he decided to require matters into his have paws, & freed a album Incognegro'' independently within 1999. A album sold above 50,000 copies, virtually all of a children sold away from the trunk of Ludacris' car. Def Jam Records signed Ludacris in 2000, and created the fresh imprint, Def Jam South, around him.
Back for the First Time
Ludacris' major-label debut lone was "What's Your Fantasy," which was according to an ex-girlfriend Katie Dabies, from either his Back For The First Time album, which was made higher mostly of tracks from either Incognegro. Additionally to introducing Ludacris, his number one only & music video, which became an MTV2 hit, gave America its number 1 glimpse of his fellow Disturbing Tha Peace member Shawnna, a female rapper world health organization has good recently begun to achieve a select few profits of her have. Additionally to singing a chorus in "What's Your Fantasy" & appearing inside its streaming video, Shawnna, along with Trina and Foxy Brown, contributed original verses to a remix of the track that featured Ludacris himself on the chorus.
Inside 2001, "Southern Hospitality" became an even large urban radio and videos hit, achieving heavily MTV2 airplay and moderate MTV airplay. ''Back For The Number 1 Period's third individual was a controversial "Ho", which, due to lyrics, was banned or even restricted in numbers of radio stations & whose streaming was non played by MTV Networks trend lines (MTV, MTV2, BET), although it was available on the net at Launch for some period.
In a period of the summertime of 2001, Ludacris, by owning singer Nate Dogg, released one slay of the Rush Hour 2 soundtrack called "Area Codes". The continuation of the lyrical themes began using "Ho", a song & streaming videos were simply played around an emended version where everthing utilizes of the word "ho" were replaced using a word "pro".
Word of Mouf
Ludacris promptly completed his next album, Word Of Mouf'' and released it at a prevent of 2001. Its lead lone, "Rollout (My Business)", was by Timbal& and gave Ludacris his number 1 taste at the minor mainstream crossover, and a song was tremendous in urban radio. Its next deuce singles, "Saturday (Oooh, Oooh)" & "Move Bitch", performed likewise when you took 2002, & a lot triad songs' cd enjoyed MTV, BET, & MTV2 trend lines. But, "Move Bitch" was ordinarily known as just "Move" by radio DJ's & a word "bitch" was upright muted retired wherever it occurred (& typically replaced sustaining the sound effect of glass breaking). A title of the streaming video besides appeared when only "Move" whenever played in Our contries streaming video stations. Despite the disceptation, a streaming video was nominated for a 2003 VMA, and Luda performed it survive at a awards' pre-indicate. Ludacris as well toured by using Papa Roach in 2002 after the release of their second-year album lovehatetragedy.
Bill O'Reilly controversy
Inside 2003, fallowing music from either a controversial "Move Bitch" experienced been utilized around the Pepsi commercial in which Ludacris as well appeared swallowing a soda, Pepsi come under attack from either Bill O'Reilly for supporting Ludacris. O'Reilly believed that it was wrongly for an international corporation prefer Pepsi to target the U.s. teenage audience by glamorizing the individual rather Ludacris, a “gangsta rapper” who experienced admitted with been inside gangs & whose lyrics contained profanity, violence, & open sex. O'Reilly urged his viewers webmaster to & boycott Pepsi for its affiliation by owning Ludacris. At length, Pepsi gave around to O'Reilly & dropped Ludacris. Even so, this created extra arguing than it ended, when Russell Simmons pointed out Pepsi's hypocrisy & what he considered possibly to become racism: Simmons argued that Pepsi may not legitimately fire Ludacris for existence a presumed violent & profane model when besides using the Osbournes, who come as well known for existence violent, vulgar, & profane. Simmons himself, along sustaining Ludacris, so known as for the black Pepsi boycott. In a prevent, Pepsi settled sustaining Simmons by agreeing to help fund melanise induces, potentially though a Osbournes were permitted to keep their advertising contracts sustaining the corporation. Ludacris, though annoyed astir a situation itself, was happy that he got to keep a money that Pepsi had paid him for the ads. O'Reilly late protested Budweiser's treat by having Ludacris. O'Reilly comments in Ludacris experienced reached previous CBS newsman Bernard Goldberg. Goldberg, the conservative writer, wrote the book & was extremely critical of Ludacris. He ranked Ludacris around his 100 People Who Are Screwing Up America, in which a rapper is considered a cause how come parents keep close at hand riotous Western youth. A book was widely take to be hypocritical due to comments Goldberg manufactured when promoting it.
Chicken & Beer
In a period of the spring of 2003, Ludacris returned to the music scene after the brief hiatus by using the newly individual, "Act A Fool" off a 2 Fast 2 Furious soundtrack. At around a equivalent instance, he freed a lead lone from either his forthcoming album, Chicken & Beer, called "P-Poppin'". Neither of his newly singles wwhen likewise-received by either a urban or even popular audiences as his last songs got been, & two music training videos received sole limited airplay. Chicken & Beer opened strongly, but without a popular single, the album fell quickly.
Nonetheless, in the fall of 2003, Ludacris rebounded by owning his next only, "Stand Up", which appeared on each Chicken & Beer as well as the soundtrack for the teen hip-hop/dance movie, Honey. "Stand Up" went in to turn into Ludacris' large mainstream hit up to now, hitting a top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 and garnering heavy airplay in mainstream pop, rhythmic, & urban radio stations, likewise when in MTV, MTV2, and BET.
A album's next lone, "Splash Waterfalls", was freed within early 2004. Though non the popular hit, it became the profits at urban radio & BET, thanks to its existence Ludacris' virtually all intimate streaming however & an R&B remix that featured Raphael Saadiq and sampled Tony! Toni! Tone!'s "Whatever You Want". Luda next freed "Blow It Out", a gritty song that got the heavy sale-budget, gritty, & urban-searching music videos, which was the immense departure from either the colorful, sensual, R&B leanings depicted in "Splash Waterfalls". "Blow It Out" acted as a vituperative response to Ludacris' critics, viz. Bill O'Reilly, world health organization is mentioned by title.
The Red Light District
A fifth studio album from either Ludacris. Although totally different from either the common put-on of the last albums, Ludacris got taken a supplementary matured approach to his album. Ludacris openly boasted that he can be a merely rapper take a breath to keep a Def Jam label afloat. Ludacris experienced recently filmed & recorded a lone "Get Back" where he was featured the muscle-bounded hulk world health organization was existence annoyed per media & warned his critics to leave him alone. A watch-higher individual was a Austin Powers-inspired "The Number One Spot". It was by Hot 97 personality DJ Green Lantern. It used a Quincy Jones sample of "Soul Bossa Nova" and sped it as much as a tempo of Ludacris' rap flow. Ludacris likewise filmed a streaming where he rib at Bill O'Reilly's problems with Andrea Mackris (''Hi Mr. O'Reilly / Hope completely is swell kiss a complainant & a wifey''). Production credits came as well from either seasoned producer Timbaland, Lil' Jon, The Medicine Men & legendary rapper Doug E. Fresh. Featured on the album include rappers, Nas, DMX, Trick Daddy, and Disturbing Tha Peace newcomers Bobby Valentino (of Mista fame) & Dolla Son and Microscopic Question. A album debuted at first on the Hoarding stock and index charts. & last a rapper experienced utilized his chance to begin his have foundation. A Ludacare Foundation began by Ludacris & Chaka Zulu occurs as organization that assists immature middle & high school students motivate themselves within originative arts. Ludacris too has the girl per title of Karma. Ludacris got as well participated at a Super Bowl and is the spokesman for the Boost Mobile Phone ad-campaign.
Quoted in Court
Ludacris' lyrics experienced a dubious honor of existence quoted inside an Opinion of the United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit as an example of the "rap music vernacular":
[http://www.ca7.uscourts.gov/fdocs/docs.fwx?submit=showbr&shofile=04-2032_021.pdf U.S. v. Murphy]
Discography
Albums
Incognegro (1999) (US #179)
Back For The First Time (2000) (US #4) (3x Platinum)
Word Of Mouf (2001) (US #3) (3x Platinum)
Chicken & Beer (2003) (US #1) (2x Platinum)
The Red Light District (2004) (US #1) (Platinum)
Singles
|rowspan="Two"|Year
|rowspan="Two"| Title
|colspan="Iv"| Chart positions
|rowspan="Deuce"| Album
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|US Hot 100
|US R&B/Hip-Hop
|US Rap
|UK
|-
| 2000
| "What's The Fantasy" (feat. Shawnna)
| #21
| #10
| #12
| #19
| Back for the First Time
|-
| 2001
| "Vicinity Codes" (feat. Nate Dogg)
| #24
| #10
| #7
| #25
| Word of Mouf
|-
| 2001
| "Fat Girl" (with LL Cool J & Keith Murray)
| #87
| #32
| #6
| -
| Non-album Single
|-
| 2001
| "Rollout (Our Business)"
| #17
| #7
| #20
| #20
| Word of Mouf
|-
| 2001
| "Southern Hospitality"
| #23
| #6
| #5
| -
| Back for the First Time
|-
| 2001
| "Welcome to Atlanta" (with Jermaine Dupri)
| #35
| #15
| #3
| -
| Non-Album Single
|-
| 2002
| "Move Bitch" (feat. Mystikal)
| #10
| #3
| #3
| -
| Word of Mouf
|-
| 2002
| "Saturday (Oooh Oooh)" (feat. Sleepy Brown)
| #22
| #10
| #4
| #31
| Word of Mouf
|-
| 2003
| "Work the Fool"
| #32
| #20
| #10
| -
| 2 Fast 2 Furious [Soundtrack]
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| 2003
| "Stand Up"
| #1 (1 week)
| #1
| #1
| #14
| Chicken -N- Beer
|-
| 2004
| "Splash Waterfalls"
| #6
| #2
| #3
| -
| Chicken -N- Beer
|-
| 2004
| "Diamond in the Back"
| #94
| #51
| -
| -
| Chicken -N- Beer
|-
| 2004
| "Become Back"
| #13
| #9
| #5
| -
| The Red Light District
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| 2005
| "First Spot"
| #19
| #8
| #6
| #30
| The Red Light District
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| 2005
| "A Potion"
| -
| #65
| -
| -
| The Red Light District
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| 2005
| "Pimpin' Completely Above the World" (feat. Bobby Valentino)
| #9
| #5
| #2
| -
| The Red Light District
|}
Filmography
The Wash (2001)
2 Fast 2 Furious (2003)
Crash (2005)
Hustle & Flow (2005)
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