Ludacris (Christopher Brian Bridges) was born on September 11, 1977 better known by his stage name Ludacris, is an American rapper and actor.

He is the co-founder, along with his manager, Chaka Zulu, of Disturbing tha Peace, an imprint distributed by Def Jam Recordings. Ludacris is tied with Nelly for the title of the hip-hop solo artist with the second most Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits (four each). He has sold more than thirteen million records in the U.S. alone.

Ludacris first revealed his personality to local media as the radio DJ Chris Lova Lova at Hot 97, an urban radio station in Atlanta, Georgia. Ludacris had his opportunity to gain commercial exposure when hip hop producer/rapper Timbaland heard him on Atlanta radio. Timbaland contacted and offered Ludacris to work with him at the radio station.

Timbaland then produced a beat for Ludacris in the radio station. The two worked together and made Ludacris' recorded debut on "Phat Rabbit", a track from Timbaland's 1998 album Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment.

Although both Timbaland and Jermaine Dupri showed interest in signing Ludacris, he decided to take matters into his own hands, and released the album Incognegro independently in 1999.