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May 26, 2003 - Ludacris is on 'Spankin' New Music Week' on MTV's Total Request Live today.

May 23, 2003 - WireImage has photos of Ludacris shooting his video for '2 Fast 2 Furious' on location in Newhall, California. Check out the pictures here.

May 23, 2003 - Ludacris tells RollingStone.com he's prepping to strike back at Bill O'Reilly on his forthcoming album 'Chicken and Beer', due in September. "You're gonna have to wait and see," Ludacris teases about the lyrical barbs directed towards O'Reilly. "[But] the dude is a complete asshole." Read more.

May 17, 2003 - Ludacris chatted with Zac Crain of the Cleveland Scene to weigh in on the Bill O'Reilly/Pepsi flap, his role in '2 Fast 2 Furious', and he gave a progress report on his forthcoming album 'Chicken and Beer'. "We're about halfway done right now," Ludacris says. "It's gonna be the same Ludacris that, you know, my core audience loves. And then expect some of the unexpected, 'cause that's what Cris is all about -- doing things to reinvent yourself and the music. It's about giving the audience what they want and some new things." The disc should hit stores sometime this summer, and will feature guest shots by 8ball and MJG, Scarface and Snoop Dogg, as well as the DTP family: Shawnna, I-20, Lil' Fate, Jay Cee, and Titty Boy. Read more.

May 11, 2003 - AdamBernard writes "In a recent interview with Reactmag.com, Ludacris revealed that Pepsi, despite announcing they would give a large donation to his charitable organization, The Ludacris Foundation, still hasn't cut a check. He had some harsh words for the cola company, calling them hipocritical, and racist. Luda also talked about his upcoming projects and a stalking incident that happened during last year's Anger Management Tour. Read more."

May 6, 2003 - RollingStone.com reports R. Kelly, Ludacris and Tyrese have joined forces to record 'Pick Up the Phone,' a new song that will appear on the '2 Fast 2 Furious' soundtrack, due May 27th.

May 2, 2003 - Ludacris shot the video for 'Act A Fool,' the first single off the forthcoming '2 Fast 2 Furious' soundtrack, yesterday in Los Angeles. Ludacris told the Source.com the premise behind the video. "We showcased a lot of cars," he said. "Everything from paint jobs, to rims, to tires, to exhaust… it's a summer video… we know the movie's gonna be a blockbuster hit so it goes hand in hand with 2 Fast 2 Furious and the idea behind the movie." Read more.

April 20, 2003 - Lil' Bow Wow performed at halftime and Ludacris performed the post-game of The 2003 Jordan Capital Classic on Thursday (April 17) at the MCI Center in Washington, DC. Check out pictures from WireImage.com (BowWow / Ludacris).

April 7, 2003 - In his upcoming documentary 'Paper Chasers', set to debut in May at New York's Tribeca Film Festival, filmmaker Maxie Collier profiles the business sense and sensibilities of hip-hop's leading entrepreneurs, including Master P and Damon Dash, as well as recent rappers turned label-heads Ludacris and Fat Joe. "They're shaping contemporary business principles," Collier tells RollingStone.com. "Things like street teams are tactics utilized in the hip-hop community that are essentially guerilla marketing tactics that work. Big companies are paying huge marketing fees to urban companies to help them understand these techniques." Read more.

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