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June 27, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos of Ludacris from the BET Awards on Tuesday. Check them out here.

June 25, 2002 - Beginning Wednesday, June 26, 12:00 pm PDT / 3:00 pm EDT fans can listen to the Ludacris show from House of Blues Chicago recorded on February 19, 2002. Read more and listen on Wednesday here.

June 25, 2002 - WireImage.com has photos of Ludacris and Lil' Bow Wow, and B2K at the 2nd Annual BET Awards rehearsals day one at The Kodak Theater in Hollywood, California on Sunday. Check out the pictures here and remember to tune in to the awards on BET tonight.

June 24, 2002 - Worldpop reports Ludacris has revealed the thinking behind the name of his new album. "The name of my third album is 'Chicken and Beer',"' he explained. "People wanna know what I'm all about, and I'm letting you know. Chicken and beer, man. That's all we consume."

June 23, 2002 - This week's Entertainment Weekly includes thoughts on the use of cereal in several recent hip hop videos, including 'Always on Time' by Ja Rule and Ashanti, 'Saturday (Oooh Oooh!)' by Ludacris, 'How Come You Don't Call Me' by Alicia Keys, and 'Hey Luv (Anything)' by Mobb Deep. On the Ludacris track where he grabs a box of 'Cocomotion' (actually Froot Loops), director Steve Carr explained, "We didn't put as much thought into the cereal as we did the shot of the two chickens doing it doggy style."

June 18, 2002 - TeenPeople.com has video clips of Ludacris and Jay-Z behind the scenes of their Teen People cover shoots for the 2002 Music Issue: Hip-Hop. Check out video clips of both artists, as well as a story on Jay-Z here.

June 11, 2002 - The list of videos up for nomination in the 2002 MTV Video Music Awards in the Viewer's Choice category have been posted. Included in the hip hop genre are Ludacris' 'Saturday (Oooh! Oooh!)'. Vote here.

June 10, 2002 - Ludacris has been nominated for Top R&B/Hip Hop Artist-Male and top Rap Album (Word of Mouf) at the second annual Billboard R&B/Hip-Hop Awards, scheduled to take place August 9 at the Billboard-American Urban Radio Networks R&B/Hip-Hop Conference in Miami Beach. Read more.

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