Despite musicians of all stripes investing in businesses not related to music for centuries, including dining establishments, and despite rappers being well-known for their mercenary attitude towards success-in-entrepreneurship, a writer for business mag Fast Company is shocked that Ludacris thinks he can just pony up the dough to buy an Atlanta eatery and start restauranteuring like he owns the place. Stick to degrading women through hilarious rhyming words, Bridges!
If you dare, Nah Right has Ludacris’ “Here Comes Santa Claus”-sampling ditty off the Fred Claus soundtrack. We know Luda’s been cleaning up his act for a while now, but who honestly asks for dress socks for Christmas? More »
ARTIST: Usher (feat. Ludacris)
TITLE: “Dat Girl Right There”
WEB DEBUT: Nov. 11, 2007
The clip for R. Kelly’s “Rock Star” is a pretty straightforward “all the ladies in the house go crazy” performance video, which makes the fact that it has a “story by R. Kelly” credit as part of its opening sequence all the more confusing. More »
Ed. note: Once again, Idolator intern Kate Richardson scours the video sites, looking for the best fan-made music videos. In this entry, she looks at two very different takes on The Lion King:
It’s been a bad week for magazine-rapper relations: First, Entertainment Weekly’s Lori Majewski had an allegedly awkward encounter with 50 Cent, and now it appears that Vanity Fair’s Lisa Robinson and rapper Ludacris had an equally sqiurmy sit-down during a New York City panel discussion Wednesday… More »
Thanks to The Rap Up for pointing us to Re-Release Therapy, producer J.J. Brown’s reimagining of Ludacris’ Release Therapy that uses, as its musical bed, songs from the Jackson 5’s catalog. More »
– Just in time for her album’s U.S. release date, pint-size Brit Lily Allen picks a fight with Madonna. More »
“Announcing my Presidential run on your next mix tape? A perfect idea. I like your style, kid.” Obama, Ludacris Talk About Guiding Kids [AP via NYT] [Photo: Associated… More »
Last week’s sales figures have been tallied, and, much like America, it’s a strange mix of smooth-talkers, skanks and polka enthusiasts: Biggest Debuts: Ludacris’ Release Therapy took the No. More »
