No joke Funny rapper Ludacris rises quickly to the top.(Time Out!)

0 Comments | Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), February, 2004 | by Guarino, Mark

Byline: Mark Guarino Daily Herald Music Critic Ludacris with Chingy Where: Congress Theatre, 2135 N. Milwaukee Ave., Chicago When: 7:30 p.m. Saturday Tickets: $35. (312) 559-1212 or at the Congress box office Atlanta rapper Ludacris had already sold almost 8 million albums before dropping his third, "Chicken-N-Beer" (Def Jam South), last fall.

Since then, the 26-year-old (born Chris Bridges) has made inroads into Hollywood as an actor, the fashion industry with his own shoe line and the music industry as the chief of the Southern rap crew Disturbing Tha Peace. His protege, Chingy, joins him on his current tour, which hits the Congress Theatre Saturday. What follows is an edited transcript of a conversation Ludacris and I had recently, where he...