Christoper “Ludacris” Bridges was recently featured on VH1’s ‘Behind the Music” and proves that hard work and dedication to your craft pays off.

If you’ve been in Atlanta for a while, you may remember Ludacris’ days on Atlanta radio as ‘Chris Luva Luva’. He revisits those days and speaks about his rise from aspiring rapper to bonafide ‘EntrepreNegro.’

Ludacris also reveals his personal struggle of coming to grips with his father’s alcohol dependency and how he had to convince the L.A. Reid that he wasn’t a one-hit wonderSpecial appearances by Ludacris’ entire DTP family as well as Timbaland, LaLa Vasquez-Anthony, Kevin Liles, radio personality Ryan Cameron and more.

Watch Luda tell the story of his rise to fame on ‘Behind the Music’ + flashback photos of Atlanta’s favorite EntrepreNegro below…

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I think VH1 did an awesome job on Luda’s episode!

Did Luda’s rise to fame story offer youinspiration to live your dreams?