Luda was sued by a New Jersey group called I.O.F. Produced by Kanye West, 'Stand Up' went on to become one of Ludacris's biggest mainstream hits to date, hitting the top spot on the Billboard Hot 100 garnering heavy airplay on mainstream pop, rhythmic, and urban radio stations, as well as on MTV, MTV2, and BET. In the fall of 2003, Ludacris rebounded with his next single, 'Stand Up', which appeared on both Chicken-n-Beer as well as the soundtrack for the teen hip-hop/dance movie, You Got Served. Guest appearances include Playaz Circle, Marco, Snoop Dogg, Eightball & MJG, Lil' Flip, I-20, Lil Fate, and Shawnna.

Chicken-N-Beer opened strongly, but without a popular single, the album fell quickly. Neither of his new singles were as well-received by either the urban or pop audiences as his previous songs had been, and both music videos received only limited airplay. At around the same time, he released the lead single from his album Chicken-N-Beer, called 'P-Poppin' (short for 'Pussy Poppin''), which is heavily inspired by Too Short. Chicken-n-Beer ĭuring the spring of 2003, Ludacris returned to the music scene after a brief hiatus with a new single, 'Act A Fool', from the 2 Fast 2 Furious soundtrack. Guest appearances included Nate Dogg, Mystikal, I-20, Shawnna, Lil Fate, Three 6 Mafia, Twista, and Jagged Edge. Word of Mouf became Ludacris' best selling album to date. He also released singles 'Saturday (Oooh Oooh)' with Sleepy Brown, 'Move Bitch' with Mystikal & I-20, and 'Area Codes' with Nate Dogg. The video for the lead single, 'Rollout (My Business)', was nominated for a 2002 VMA, and Ludacris performed it live at the awards' pre-show. Ludacris promptly completed his next album, Word of Mouf, and released it at the end of 2001. Guest appearances included I-20, Lil Fate, Shawnna, Pastor Troy, Timbaland, Trina, Foxy Brown, UGK, and others. Ludacris made his mark on the industry with singles such as 'Southern Hospitality' and 'What's Your Fantasy', which was heavily inspired by rapper Too $hort, along with his first ever single 'Phat Rabbit', from two years prior. The album reached as high as #4 on the charts, and was a major success.

This album, which was actually a modified re-release of the album Incognegro, was produced with the help of the underground producer Sessy Melia, whom he also dated for a short while. Ludacris released his major label debut, Back for the First Time, in November 2000. The two worked together and made Ludacris' recorded debut on 'Phat Rabbit', a track from Timbaland's 1998 album Tim's Bio: Life from da Bassment. Timbaland then produced a beat for Ludacris in the radio station. Timbaland contacted and made an offer for Ludacris to work with him at the radio station. He also had his opportunity to gain commercial exposure when hip hop producer/rapper Timbaland heard him on Atlanta radio. His first shot at of exposure was when he penned lyrics for the 'Swing My Way' (Remix) by KP and Envyi on EastWest Records America in 1998. Ludacris first revealed his personality to local media as the radio DJ Chris Lova Lova at Hot 97.5 (which later became Hot 107.9), an urban radio station in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Banneker High School there, and then studied at Georgia State University. During his high school years his family later moved to the College Park a suburb of Atlanta, Georgia. Ludacris lived in Oak Park, Illinois and attended Oak Park and River Forest High School. Young Christopher was the son of Roberta Shields and Wayne Brian Bridges. Ludacris is tied with Nelly for the title of the hip-hop solo artist with the second most Billboard Hot 100 number-one hits (four each). He is also the rapper with the most Top 40, Top 25, and Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 Hits of all time. Along with his manager, Chaka Zulu, Ludacris is the co-founder of Disturbing Tha Peace, an imprint distributed by Def Jam Recordings. Known by his stage name Ludacris, he is a three-time Grammy Award-winning southern rapper and actor.

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