U-Ludacris ungomunye wabaculi be-rap abacebe kakhulu esikhathini sethu. Ngo-2014, uhlelo oludumile emhlabeni wonke lwe-Forbes lwabiza lo mculi njengomuntu ocebile we-hip-hop, futhi inzuzo yakhe yonyaka ingaphezu kwezigidi ezingu-8 zamaRandi. Waqala indlela yakhe yodumo esemncane, futhi ekugcineni waba umuntu onethonya elikhulu emkhakheni wakhe.
Ebuntwaneni uLudacris
UChristopher Brian Bridges wazalwa ngo-September 11, 1977 e-United States of America. Kubazali bakhe wathola izimpande zase-Afrika-American kanye nesiNgisi. Futhi emndenini wakhe kwakukhona abameleli bomdabu bezwekazi.
Lapho uChristopher esemncane, wayevame ukuhamba nomkhaya wakhe. Phakathi neminyaka yakhe yesikole, osemusha washintsha izikhungo eziningi zemfundo ngenxa yokuhamba njalo.
Ithalenta lokudala lomdlali lizibonakalise kakade ebuntwaneni. Lapho eneminyaka engu-9, wabhala umbhalo wokuqala, futhi ngemva kweminyaka emithathu waba ilungu leqembu le-hip-hop lendawo.
Umsebenzi Ludacris
Ekugcineni, umsebenzi kaChristopher wokuzilibazisa washintsha waba injongo yokuphila kwakhe. Ekupheleni kwekhulu lama-XX. wangena enyuvesi njengomphathi endimeni yomculo.
Impumelelo yakhe yahlaba umxhwele abantu bakuleli kangangoba washeshe waba ngu-DJ kwesinye seziteshi zomsakazo, lapho athatha khona igama elingu-DJ Chris Lova Lova.
Ngalezo zinsuku, impumelelo enkulu kaChristopher kwakuwukusebenza noTimbaland kwenye yezingoma zakhe, okuyinto esikhathini esizayo eyaduma emhlabeni wonke.
Ngaphezu kwalokho, uLudacris ongakaziwa wasebenza noDallas Austin noJermaine Dupree.
Igama mbumbulu elikhethwe nguChristopher lasungulwa ekuqaleni komsebenzi wakhe. Ngokusho komculi ngokwakhe, leli gama likhuluma ngokungqubuzana kobuntu bakhe futhi, elihunyushwe lisuka esiNgisini, lisho "okuhlekisayo" futhi "okuhlekisayo".
Ngo-1998, uChristopher waqala umsebenzi wokudala i-albhamu yokuqala ye-Integro, namuhla engabizwa ngokuthi omunye wabameleli abaqhakazile be-rap yaseningizimu. U-Timbaland ngokwakhe wabamba iqhaza ekurekhodweni kwe-disc, esekela umculi.
Noma kunjalo, izingoma azizange zithathwe ngokungathi sína ngabagxeki, kodwa imisebenzi eyalandela yamukelwe ngomsindo omkhulu.
I-albhamu ethi Back for the First Time, eyakhululwa ngo-2000, iqukethe amathrekhi angu-12 asuka kurekhodi langaphambilini, kanye namathrekhi amasha angu-4.
Ngenxa yalokho, iqoqo lithathe indawo yesi-4 kumashadi aziwayo, futhi inani lamakhophi athengisiwe ladlula amakhophi ayizigidi ezingu-3.
Ngokushesha waqala umsebenzi wokwakha i-albhamu elandelayo. I-albhamu ethi Word of Mouf yethulwa emphakathini jikelele ekuqaleni kuka-2002.
Ngenxa yalokho, isiqeshana sevidiyo sezingoma sasiphakathi kwabaqokelwe umklomelo weGrammy. Ngenxa yalesi sizathu, uChristopher wahlela ukukhuluma kulo mcimbi.
Khona-ke umculi wahamba ohambweni lwekhonsathi, okwathi ngemva kwalokho waqopha ukwakheka kwefilimu ethi "Double Fast and the Furious". Ngesikhathi esifanayo, umsebenzi waqala ekudalweni kwe-albhamu elandelayo ye-Chicken-n-Beer.
Ngeshwa leli rekhodi alizange lidume kakhulu, kodwa iculo elithi Stand Up likwazile ukulikhipha ngaphandle kokulibala. Ngenxa yalokho, waba omunye edume kakhulu emsebenzini kaChristopher.
Isithombe sokuqala se-Grammy saya ku-Ludacris ngo-2004. Sekukonke, uChristopher wafuna umklomelo izikhathi ezingu-20, lapho izikhathi ezi-3 wakwazi ukuwunqoba. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, imiklomelo emi-2 esele yaya kuye ngo-2006.
I-albhamu elandelayo yayibucayi kakhulu. Ngaphezu kwalokho, isitayela sikaChristopher sishintshile - wasusa ama-pigtails futhi wadaya izinwele zakhe zaba mnyama. Ukukhululwa kwe-disc elandelayo kwenzeka kuphela ngo-2008.
Ngemva kwalokho, ukubuya kwenzeka kuphela ngo-2014, njengoba amathrekhi ehloselwe albhamu Ludaversal akazange anikeze umphumela oyifunayo. Umkhiqizo wokugcina waqala ukudayiswa kuphela ngo-2015. Ngenxa yalokho, wakwazi ukuzuza izinhliziyo zabalandeli.
Ngaphezu komsebenzi wakhe we-hip-hop, uLudacris uphinde wabamba iqhaza emisebenzini yokukhiqiza. Kwakuwumsebenzi wakhe owavumela izingoma zikaJustin Bieber kanye no-Enrique Iglesias ukuthi bathole ukuduma okunjalo.
Ngaphakathi kwelebula yakhe, inani elibalulekile labaculi bosayizi abahlukahlukene babambe iqhaza.
Kwesinye isikhathi isitudiyo sokuqopha sasifiphala ngemuva njengoba uChristopher ebonakala esethi. Erekhodini lakhe kunamafilimu amaningana adume umhlaba wonke lapho ayedlala khona indawo enkulu.
Lapha kufanelekile ukuphawula uchungechunge oluthi "Fast and the Furious", lapho i-adventure yakhe yokulingisa yaqala khona.
Impilo yomuntu siqu kaChristopher Brian Bridges
UChristopher unezingane ezine, ezimbili zazo zazalwa emshadweni wakhe wokuqala. Ngo-2014, umculi washada, futhi watshela abalandeli bakhe ngomcimbi ojabulisayo ku-Instagram. Laba bathandana kusukela ngo-2009.
Ngesikhathi esifanayo, ngaphambi nje kwalesi senzakalo, uChristopher waphinde waba ubaba. U-Kai wazalwa ekupheleni kuka-2013, kodwa umkakhe wamanje akayena umama wakhe. Ezinyangeni eziyisithupha kamuva, kwazalwa ingane yesine yalo mrepha, manje ephuma kumkakhe.
Ngokusho komdwebi, ufuna ukugcina isimo sakhe samanje somzimba. Uhlala efaka izithombe namavidiyo ejimini.
Ngenxa yalokho, amadoda amaningi angaba nomona ngemisipha yakhe. Isisindo sikaChristopher singama-76 kg, kanti ubude bakhe buyi-1,73 m kuphela.
Okwamanje, i-rapper ihlela ukwenza inkanyezi kwelinye lamafilimu azayo, kanye nokwenza izingoma ezintsha ezimbalwa.
Ukusebenza nge-albhamu elandelayo, okufanele kube yisikhumbuzo seminyaka yonke, ibiqhubeka kusukela ngo-2017. Kuze kube manje, yingoma eyodwa kuphela ekhishiwe.
