Ludacris

Ludacris is a rapper, actor, music producer and entrepreneur. His net worth is $25 million. Music Luda has had a very successful music career. He 8 albums to date. All of them have been top 5 on the Billboard 200. His debut album, Back for the First Time was $4 on the billboard 200. It has been certified platinum 3 times. Three albums topped the Billboard consecutively: Chicken-n-Beer, Release Therapy, and Red Light District. Stand Up and Money Maker are his 2 hit singles. He has made over $7 million in album sales over the years. He made $8 million in 2014. In 2010, he made $16 million. The third album, Chicken-n-Beer, debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200. The single Stand Up from the album was #1 on Hot 100. Splash Waterfalls was $6. His 2004…

2017 was a year full of new songs that were released by many different artists. One song that captured the attention of the world with its catchy beat and unique style was Despacito by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee. This song and music video was released on January 12, 2017 and topped the charts on the billboard as it began to gain international recognition (“Despacito”). Upon the creation of this popular hit song, the rhetor had to overcome different limitations and constraints to…

Chief Keef Chief Keef is a young rapper and record producer from chicago that is very popular in teen groups today. When his mother was 16 she had given birth to him and he is named after his uncle keith cozart, but his stage name is chief keef. He grew up in the city's South Side. Chief Keef did not know his real dad and never got to see him when he was younger. Chief Keef's legal guardian was his grandmother who he lived with while in Chicago. He began rapping at a very young age, using his…

Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines homophobia as the irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals. While society has made great strides towards becoming more accepting of the LGBTQ community, there is still a portion of the population that has not changed. And in hip hop culture today, it can be seen by many that homophobia is still prevalent. Joel Penney is quite aware of this as his article entitled, “We Don’t Wear Tight Clothes”: Gay Panic and…

Blurred Lines If you’ve heard the lyrics to the song Blurred Lines, could you be able to imagine those words spoken in a loving, sexual relationship? Probably not, as there has been a lot of controversy about the “hidden” meaning behind the song. The 2013 hit single by Robin Thicke has caused many people discomfort as a result of some sickening lines and easily misinterpreted lyrics. Maybe Thicke didn’t purposely write a song about rape and mistreating women, but if one person can interpret the…

Onika Maraj, better known as Nicki Minaj is the most famous female rapper of our time. Nicki Minaj was born December 8, 1982. She was born in Saint James, Trinidad and Tobago. She was then raised in South Jamaica, Queens, New York. Nicki Minaj gained public attention after her releasing of three mixtapes between 2007 and 2009. She later signed a recording contract with Young Money Entertainment in 2009. In 2010, Nicki Minaj released Pink Friday and it reached number one on the US Billboard 200.…

Blurred Lines It is a Friday night in East Halls; Fetty Wap, Drake, and Justin Bieber are blasting from all of the different rooms as gaggles of underage girls and boys are putting back Fireball, Svedka, and Vladimir Vodka (basically nail polish remover) like it is going out of style. Scantily clad lasses drunkenly stumble as they run to catch the over packed White Loop with their Vineyard Vines attired frat bros trailing at their heels. Upon arriving at their destination, the dimly lit basement…

Steelers linebacker Ryan Shazier suffered an injury during December 2017. He was rushed into the hospital because he was paralyzed and couldn’t feel his lower. The organization had released a public statement sending out their condolences to his family and his team. One week after the injury occurred he could feel his legs and is now in a wheelchair and back at practice, Dictionary.com defines adversity as an unfavorable fortune or fate; a condition marked by misfortune, calamity or distress.…

past. The conscious hip-hop track “Runaway Love” by Ludacris and Mary J. Blige (2007) on his album “Girls Gone Wild” is one song that really focused on the trial and tribulation that cause children to runaway. The vocal support of Mary J and the structure of how Ludacris rhymes tells the story of three young girls that runaway from their children is what makes the song powerful and gets their point across clearly.…

Pore over the tune titles on rapper Ludacris' 2015 collection, Ludaversal, and a few topics rise that are apparently custom-made to cutting edge Acura. "Grass is Always Greener" could depict Acura's deserting of storied nameplates like Legend and Integra for alphanumerics; "Not Long" could allude to its conviction that a seat in the full-extravagance pantheon is practically around the bend; and "Brute Mode" could be a gesture to the up and coming NSX supercar. In actuality, the collection's…