Known For: American rapper and actor (born 1977)
Category: Actors
Occupation: rapper, songwriter, actor, record producer, music executive, voice actor, film actor
Country: United States of America
City: Champaign
Date of Birth: Sunday, 11 September 1977
Language English
Also known as Chris Lova Lova, Luda, Ludacris
Christopher Brian Bridges, known professionally as Ludacris, is an American rapper and actor. Born in Champaign, Illinois, Ludacris moved to Atlanta, Georgia, at age nine, where he first began rapping. Starting out with a brief stint as a DJ, he formed his own record label, Disturbing tha Peace in the late 1990s to independently release his debut studio album Incognegro (1999). The album was re-released by Def Jam Recordings as his major label debut, Back for the First Time (2000) after its single, "What's Your Fantasy", became a top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The latter album peaked at number four on the Billboard 200 and spawned his second top 40 single, "Southern Hospitality".
| BirthPlace | Champaign |
| Education | Q1509333, Q4856893, Q7073679, Q5062722 |
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| Spouses | Eudoxie Mbouguiengue |
| Website | http://www.ludaversal.com |
| Wikipedia | Ludacris |
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| X (Twitter) | Ludacris |
Born Christopher Brian Bridges in Champaign, Illinois, Ludacris moved to Oak Park as a teenager. After attending Oak Park River Forest High School in ninth grade, Ludacris moved to Centreville, Virginia, and attended Centreville High School for one year. He attended Banneker High School in Atlanta, Georgia, and graduated in 1995. From 1998 to 1999, he studied music management at Georgia State University. Ludacris' parents are both African American. His great-great-grandfather was a Choctaw. In an interview with A. J. Jacobs, Ludacris learned that his great-grandmother had said one of his great-great-grandfathers, who is a white Englishman, was probably Jewish. Ludacris is also a distant cousin of the comedian Richard Pryor. He wrote his first rap song at age nine when moving to Atlanta and joined an amateur rap group three years later.
