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September 28, 2003 - Ludacris and Tyrese were on hand for the '2 Fast 2 Furious' DVD Launch Event in Rio Grande, Puerto Rico on Thursday (September 25) at the Westin Rio Mar. Check out pictures from FilmMagic and GettyImages.

September 28, 2003 - The New York Daily News spoke with Def Jam South general manger Chaka Zulu about the rise of the South in Hip Hop, which was kick-started thanks to Ludacris. Zulu said, "Before Ludacris was signed to Def Jam South in 2000, I had been shopping his demo for a few years." The majors didn't pay attention, he notes, "until we put out an album independently and got it played on local radio. Now that the South has become a sales contender, we can expect to see more labels trying to emulate that success." Read more.

September 26, 2003 - MTV's 2$ Bill Concert featuring Ludacris, Method Man and DMX went down on Monday (September 22) at The Jackie Gleason Theater in Miami Beach, Florida. Check out pictures from GettyImages and WireImage.

September 19, 2003 - Chingy throws it down at the 'Holidae In' with some help from Ludacris & Snoop Dogg. Watch the cool clip and then watch Chingy's hot Sessions@AOL live performance of the track at NetscapeMusic.

September 16, 2003 - Ludacris tells Billboard that he sees his new album 'Chicken & Beer' as a platform not only for him, but for his Disturbing Tha Peace crew as well. "I'm trying to promote other artists as well as to promote this album," Ludacris says. "For example, 'P Poppin' features Shawnna and Lil' Fate, two of the artists signed to Def Jam South through Disturbing Tha Peace. That's why I put those two on that record without even second-guessing. I wanted to give them that exposure." Read more.

September 14, 2003 - Anonymous writes "Recently RapTapes.com had the chance to catch up with Ludacris for a 3-part audio interview. You can check out this interview here."

September 7, 2003 - Ludacris was touting his new single at the MTV Video Music Awards last week. "I would definitely say 'Stand Up,' the first single from the Chicken & Beer album, is the best video I've ever done," Luda boasted to MTV News. "I ain't saying that for no promotion — I actually sat down and wrote the treatment myself. Dave Meyers came in with more ideas and this video is just ridiculous. If I don't win a MTV Award for this video next year, I'm whoopin' somebody's ass, straight up." Read more.

September 5, 2003 - Teen People challenged Ludacris, Chingy and rest of the Disturbing tha Peace crew to a paintball fight, and ended up getting dusted by the rappers. "I looked at their faces - they didn't have the confidence in their eyes," Ludacris explained. "But they continued, man!" Check out photos from the paintball challenge in the October issue of Teen People.

September 4, 2003 - Jay Leno joked during his Tonight Show monologue on Wednesday, "Rap star Nelly has his own sports drink coming out next week called 'Pimp Juice'. Don't we already have that? Isn't it called Colt-45?" Jay added, "In fact, Ludacris, he's coming out with his own energy drink. We have it here. This is on the market today. It's called Yo-Ho. Now with vitamin B-otch."

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