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July 30, 2002 - Steve Jones of USA Today caught up with Ludacris and his crew where the rapper showed didn't forget his partners when he became a star. "We all had our day jobs," he said. "But we damn sure didn't want to keep those jobs, so we worked as hard as we could at night on our music." Read more.

July 29, 2002 - LFI has photos of Ludacris, X-ecutioners, and Papa Roach performing live on the 'Anger Management Tour' in Jones Beach, New York on Friday, July 26th. Check out the pictures here.

July 29, 2002 - LFI has photos of Eminem performing live on the 'Anger Management Tour at Montage Mountain in Scranton, Pennsylvania on July 20th. Check out the photos here.

July 23, 2002 - Ludacris was nominated for Best Rap Video (Saturday (Oooh! Oooh!)), Best Video From A Film (Area Codes), and for his help on Missy Elliot's One Minute Man in several categories for this year's MTV Video Music Awards. Read all the nominations here.

July 11, 2002 - Worldpop reports prosecutors in a US double murder case have claimed that a Ludacris' song drove Jeremy Rodriguez to commit a drive by shooting. Rodriguez shot and killed cousins Paul Gallegos, 21, and Daniel Gallegos, 20, for their money, jewellery and vehicle after being influenced by the unnamed Ludacris track. Read more.

July 11, 2002 - AllHipHop.com reports Ludacris and his DTP (Disturbing The Peace) crew are prepping to drop their first full album, 'The Golden Grain'. The group said the title is a metaphor for a particularly strong brand of alcohol. Group member Lil' Fate said of the crew, "We've been on both albums and we've been with Ludacris everywhere he's been, so people have already been getting a DTP vibe from the get-go. They just didn't know the faces with the voices. Now we're just showing our personalities along with his and showing how it's going to be a monster." Read more.

July 2, 2002 - In their July/August issue of Movieline magazine, the blind item asks, "That rap and hip-hop sensation is young, hot, street, built for sin and sells faster than sliced pizza. But, yo, yo, yo, Movieline wonders whether the urban dude's swaggering braggart image will take a hit once his dissatisfied conquests start going public about his major... ummmm... shortcomings south of the belt line. What's much more damning, thought, is the unflattering nickname women have given him - 'The Six Second Man.'"

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