Hip-hop is celebrating 50 years as a music genre, and Ludacris feels proud to have played his part in its success. The 45-year-old rap star — whose real name is Christopher Bridges — told People: ...

Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges wanted Iowa State Fair audiences to know that a man originally from Des Moines helped launch his career — producer Shondrae Crawford, better known as Bangladesh. "Y'all ...