The Untold Truth Of Ludacris Bet2020/Getty Images
By Therese Nguyen/March 10, 2021 11:19 am EDT
Best known for his contributions in some of the biggest chart-toppers and movies in popular culture, Ludacris is an icon with countless titles, from multi-platinum Grammy-winning artist and award-winning actor to entrepreneur and philanthropist. Riding the wave of the Dirty South movement to national fame, Ludacris has been entertaining the world since the late 1990s with his musical hits, film appearances, and more. Born Christopher Bridges, the artist was a man with a plan that always dreamed of making it big in music. Working hard from the beginning to build his career as a rapper, he strategically got jobs that would get him in contact with industry decision-makers and would sell copies of his music out of the trunk of his first car.
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The saucy rapper Khia may be a one-hit wonder, but that one hit was still influencing Southern rap two years after its release. The sexually demanding My Neck, My Back was the perfectly formed Dirty South hit. Khia real name Khia Finch had recorded the nasty song in her native Florida where the club DJs gave it numerous spins. Dirty Down Records first released the track, but support from radio and club DJs in Georgia, Alabama, Kansas City, and St. Louis brought the single to the attention of the larger Artemis label. By the summer of 2002, Artemis had made the track a .
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“One day our descendants will think it incredible that we paid so much attention to things like the amount of melanin in our skin or the shape of our eyes or our gender instead of the unique identities of each of us as complex human beings.” ~Franklin A. Thomas
As we wind down Black History Month, make sure to check out Black stories and images that our arts and culture community continue to offer - and not just one month a year. Black history is American history. Black stories are American stories. Black images are American images. Black arts and culture weave throughout our community because it is our community. Find ways to celebrate all year long!
by Steve Newton on February 20th, 2021 at 1:24 PM 1 of 7 2 of 7
When Louisiana slide-guitar wizard Sonny Landreth played the Rio Theatre in August of 2019, those who arrived early enough to see the opening act got a real treat. It was a local Mississippi transplant named Robert Connely Farr, who d been blowing people away with his album from the previous year,
Dirty South Blues.
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Turns out Farr had been contacted online a month earlier by the folks at the Canadian Pacific Blues Society who were promoting the show. They wanted their own copy of the album. That was the thing, recalls Farr from his home in East Van, that album just kinda took off; there was so much happening with it.