If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s been 25 years since Ludacris roared onto the scene with his major label debut, Back for the First Time, and the rapper is celebrating in style with …
Read More »Missy Elliott, Ciara, Questlove, More Remember Fatman Scoop
Missy Elliott, Ciara, Questlove, and Ludacris are among the artists paying tribute to New York rapper Fatman Scoop (given name Isaac Freeman III), who died on Saturday after suffering a medical emergency while onstage during an August 30 concert in Hamden, Connecticut.He was 56. Elliott, who tapped the “Be Faithful” …
Read More »Usher Shows Off Decades of Hits at Super Bowl Halftime Show
Usher headlined Super Bowl LVIII’s halftime show at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Sunday with a career-spanning performance featuring some of the biggest contemporary R&B hits of the past 20-plus years. Usher kicked off the electrifying set with “Caught Up” while a bevy of dancers and others performed gymnastics …
Read More »Usher Makes Love in This Club at the Super Bowl Halftime Show
Usher came to the Super Bowl to celebrate nearly 30 years of making love in this club, and that’s exactly what he did — he turned Allegiant Stadium in Vegas into his own personal seduction lair. His Super Bowl halftime show was a splashy tribute to millennial pop glitz, with …
Read More »Green Day, Ludacris, Janelle Monáe, and More Stars to Perform at 'New Year's Rockin' Eve'
2024 is a lot closer than you think. On Thursday, Dick Clark Productions announced the lineup for their annual New Year’s Rockin’ Eve celebration on ABC. Green Day, Ludacris, Janelle Monáe, Ellie Goulding, and Thirty Seconds to Mars are among those set to perform during the broadcast set for Dec. …
Read More »Ludacris is Ready To Remind Us Why He's an Icon
Ludacris is cruising through New York a few days before the release of his new movie Dashing Through The Snow with Lil Rel. Our Zoom session isn’t long, but I’m happy to ask the rap legend a few questions. With six platinum albums, over 24 million records sold worldwide, and …
Read More »Ludacris Had to 'Step Back and Live Some Life' Before Returning to Music
It’s been eight years since Ludacris released his last solo album, and while he’s dropped some singles and features since then, the rapper appears ready to make a full return to music next year. In a new interview with BET, Luda said, “Some music projects will be coming out” in …
Read More »Ludacris Talks 'Fast X,' Touring With Janet, and Starring in New Stella Artois Campaign
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s nearly golden hour and, with pints of Stella Artois sitting on their table, Ludacris is sitting down for dinner with Matt Damon and Zoe Saldana, hopping on …
Read More »'Fast X' Is So Lifeless It Feels Like It Was Written by ChatGPT
If ChatGPT were to write a feature screenplay it could scarcely be more robotic or soulless than Fast X, the latest exercise from the action franchise that won’t die. This is less a movie than a series of, well, car crashes, many of them spectacular in a rote way but, …
Read More »Google Taps Ludacris to Roll Out 'Black-Owned Friday' Campaign
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. One of the most visible brands in the world, Google has a massive megaphone that it’s trying to use to do some good this holiday season. The internet …
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