


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.
