Ludacris and his non-profit charity, The Ludacris Foundation, celebrated Christmas with a holiday party last Thursday (Dec. 18th) sponsored by Alize. Ludacris and his daughter, Karma, posed for photos with hundreds of underprivileged children at the Mount Vernon Boys’ Club in New York as they handed out gifts to celebrate the spirit of giving. We’re all for giving back to the community and all of that good stuff … but what’s up with the sponsor being Alize? Isn’t that a liquor brand???
ATLANTA // SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7TH 2008 » Atlanta artists Ciara and Ludacris both hit up music producer Bryan Michael Cox’s birthday party at Uptown. Luda – “If I Take One More Drank” – cris looks a little tipsy in the pic above! More when you continue reading.
Here’s the official video premiere of Ludacris‘ hilarious new Artemus Jenkins-directed music video, “Everybody Hates Chris.” This is the third single from his latest album, Theater of the Mind, which is in stores now!
I’ll keep this simple. This album is outrageously hot and it’s probably the best Ludacris album since Word of Mouf. When folks consider the best MCs, Ludacris usually isn’t in the mix, but Chris Bridges has been one of the most prolific and consistent rappers of our era and deserves to be on the tip of tongues. He over-reaches thematically on this disc, as he conceives it as a cinematic piece with dramatic production on some tracks.
ATLANTA // MONDAY, NOVEMBER 24TH 2008 » The 2008 Dirty Awards needs no introduction, and neither does rapper Alfamega (pictured above), the guy who started the infamous “Dirty Awards 2008 Brawl” when he threw a chair on stage during Shawty Lo’s performance last night. Want more photos? Continue reading!
T-Pain and Ludacris made guest appearances this weekend on NBC’s Saturday Night Live. Check out the hilarious skit above, in which Ludacris tries to convince T-Pain to get this overly wack rapper named “Blizzard Man” to record a track with him. The only problem is: Ludacris doesn’t realize how wack the dude is! Continue reading to check out T-Pain and Luda’s performances of “One More Drink” and “Chopped and Skrewed.”
Def Jam’s leading superstar from the south, Ludacris has pushed back his sixth effort, “Theater of the Mind,” to November 25, 2008. The album is coming together rather nicely and a new song just leaked titled, “I Do It For Hip-Hop.” The song features Nas, and Jay-Z. It’s the ultimate track all three coming swinging hard on this track with great punches, clever witt, and amazing swagger. The track touches on numerous of personal attachments to Hip-Hop for this Def Jam trio. We hope you all enjoy the track as much as we did.
NEW YORK CITY // TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 18TH 2008 » Our girl Beyonce, alongside Gotham Magazine, hosted the magazine publication’s annual gala last night in New York City at Escape. See who all showed up to party with Sasha Fierce and Gotham Magazine when you continue reading.
NEW YORK CITY // SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 16TH 2008 » Rappers Ludacris, Snoop Dogg, and Nelly performed live on stage Sunday to send TRL off in style. 50 Cent, Beyonce, Diddy and more also performed and made appearances at the “live” finale show (lots of it included pre-recorded bits, but whatever lol). Follow the break for more photos from the show.
And don’t be surprised when pictures from a 106 & Park Finale ends up on here! We’re just saying. Rap City, TRL … you get the picture.
Since Beyonce decided to call herself “Sasha Fierce,” the internet has been buzzing and downright clowning the singer for doing such a thing. But why can’t she? Everybody else is doing it! Take Lil’ Wayne for example. How many names does he have? You got Dwayne, Wayne, Lil Wayne, Weezy, Wizzle, Wizzard, and however else you can mix-up the phonetics of his name. And what about Diddy, huh? Sean John, Sean John Combs, Sean Combs, Sean “Puffy” Combs, Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Diddy, Sean “Diddy” Combs, Diddy Combs, Dumb Dump Diddy. And that just covers the FIRST decade of his career. Who knows how many there’ll be when he hits the golden ages. Kanye has Ye and Yeezy, Ludacris goes by “Chris” and Luda sometimes, and T.I. calls his alter-ego T.I.P. So we ask again, why not Beyonce?
Peep these new promos from her new album I Am… Sasha Fierce – in stores next Tuesday – November 18th.
