Christopher Brian Bridges was born on September 11, 1977 in Champaign, Illinois. His parents were both African-American. The rapper also has some English and Native American ancestry (Photo: Facebook)
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The singer wrote his first rap at the age of nine during his time in Atlanta. He later joined an amateur group for three years for learning and experience (Photo: Facebook)
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Ludacris worked different jobs in his early phase. He worked as an intern for a popular DJ in the 90s. The rapper released his first album, 'Incognegro', in 2000 (Photo: Facebook)
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Ludacris He is considered as one of the most influential 'Dirty South' rappers to achieve mainstream success in a short span of time (Photo: Facebook)
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He later released other albums like 'Back for the First Time', 'Word of Mouf', 'Release Therapy' and 'Battle of Sexes'. The most recently being 'Ludaversal' in 2015 (Photo: Facebook)
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Apart from rapping, Ludacris is also known for his film credits like 'Crash', 'Gamer' and 'Fast and Furious' franchise as the crew's tech guy, Tej Parker (Photo: Facebook)
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Ludacris also tried his hands as a music producer and is the co-founder of 'Disturbing tha Peace'. The rapper was last seen in 'The Fate of Furious 'and 'Snow Dogs' as Max (voice role). We wish the rapper/actor a very happy birthday (Photo: Facebook)
