Ludacris - The Hip Hop Icon

By Author: Mr James Griffith
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Ludacris born Christopher Brian Bridges is a multi award winning multi platinum Hip hop artist famous for his slick hip hop rhymes, his cool hip hop music videos and for being the biggest selling Southern Hip hop artist in the US selling 17 million albums in the US and 24 million albums worldwide. Ludacris released his first album in October 2000 entitled Back for the First Time and it was a huge success reaching number 4 on the Billboard 200. Some smash hit Ludacris rap songs and some cool Ludacris music videos such as Southern Hospitality and Whats Your Fantasy were released from this album and further enhanced his glowing reputation as a Hip hop star in the making.
Ludacris released his second album at the end of September 2001 and it was entitled Word Of Mouf. The Ludacris music video for the lead single entitled Roll Out (My business) was nominated for a video award. The amazing Ludacris rap song itself was eventually nominated for a grammy for Best Male Rap Performance and it would peak at number 17 on the Billboard Top 100. More Ludacris rap songs ...
... was released including Saturday (Oooh Oooh), with Sleepy Brown and Area Codes with Nate Dogg. Word Of Mouf is Ludacris`s bestselling album to date selling more than 3 and a half million copies.
Ludacris then released his next album in 2003 which was entitled Chicken-N-Beer. This album gave Ludacris one of his biggest hits to date on the Kanye West produced rap song Stand up which hit the number 1 spot on the Billboard Top 100 and also featured in the movie You Got Served. Another album entitled The Red Light District was released in 2004. More hit Ludacris rap songs and more hit Ludacris music videos were to follow and once again Ludacris had another smash hit album after it debuted at number one on the Billboard Top 100 Charts.
Ludacris next album release was entitled Release Therapy and it included collaborations with Pharrell Williams, R Kelly, Young Jeezy and Mary J Blige. The first Ludacris song released was entitled Money Maker which featured Pharrell Williams and it went to number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. Other Ludacris rap songs and Ludacris music videos were released to promote this album including Grew UP A Screw UP and Runaway Love helped take Release Therapy to number 1 in the Billboard 200 charts. The next album to be released was entitled Theater Of The Mind and it was released in 2008 and it featured collaborations with Chris Brown, T.I, T-Pain and more. Singles released included What Them Girls Like featuring Chris Brown, One More Drink featuring T-Pain. Theater Of The Mind went to number 1 in the Rap charts in the US becoming another smash hit album.
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About the Author :

James Griffith is a freelance writer from London specialising in writing Hip hop and R&B music articles. Over the years he has developed an extensive knowledge of urban music and urban music artists and is considered one of the leading authorities on this subject. With a passion for Hip hop and R&B music since childhood, James Griffith brings great knowledge and a great understanding of this exciting music genre and his articles are both informative and entertaining too.