Ludacris Fans Ludacris is the stage name of Chris Bridges, a rapper from Atlanta, Georgia who became a video and radio star after the success of his 2000 album Back for the First Time. Bridges began his career as a radio DJ in Atlanta, where he was known on the air as Chris Lova Lova. His self-produced record, Incognegro led to a contract with the Def Jam South record label and was remade into Back for the First Time. He second release, Word of Mouf (2001) was also a hit, and Ludacris rose in the ranks of young rappers in radio and MTV rotation. In 2002 his career got a boost when TV's Bill O'Reilly expressed outrage that Pepsi had hired Ludacris as a spokesman. O'Reilly criticized Ludacris's foul language and called for a boycott of Pepsi, who then fired Ludacris and hired Ozzy Osbourne's family instead. In 2003 Ludacris released Chicken and Beer and appeared in a small role in the feature film 2 Fast 2 Furious (starring Paul Walker). His songs include "Stand Up," "Area Codes" and "What's Your Fantasy." Blockbuster Online