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Exclusive: UTA has signed multi-platinum, Grammy-winning rapper and actor Chris “Ludacris” Bridges for global representation in all areas, including film, television, music touring, and ventures.

The signing comes following the 25th anniversary of Back for the First Time, the rapper’s debut album.

In a career that has spanned nearly three decades, Ludacris has sold over 20 million albums, received three Grammys for Best Rap Song, Best Rap/Sung Collaboration, and Best Rap Album, and secured five number one hits on the Billboard Hot 100. His musical resume also includes four No. 1 albums on the Billboard 200 chart, 56 Hot 100 charted singles, and 18 different top 10 Hot 100 records.

Ludacris is otherwise best known for starring in Universal’s Fast & Furious franchise, one of the most successful action film series in history, and the biggest ever for Universal Pictures. Evolving since 2001’s The Fast and the Furious from looking at underground street racing to global espionage,...

BET+ is turning to Chris “Ludacris” Bridges for its next scripted foray.

The streaming service is developing a half-hour dramedy inspired by the life of the rapper-actor, The Hollywood Reporter has learned.

The streamer says the untitled DJ project is inspired by Ludacris’ “experience coming up in the competitive music scene in Atlanta as DJ Chris Lova Lova, the series follows the misadventures of a sharply drawn ensemble who are willing to do anything and everything to bolster ratings at their hip hop radio station.”

Noah Gardenswartz (Marvelous Mrs. Maisel) will write the script and exec produce the potential series, which is currently in the development stage. Ludacris is on board as an exec producer and will serve as music supervisor. The series hails from Universal Television and Disturbing Tha Peace, the label Ludacris launched in the 1990s alongside his manager Chaka Zulu (who will also exec produce). Larry Wilmore,...

Ludacris, pictured, has had Chaka Zulu as his long-time manager. Pic credit: ©ImageCollect.com/StarMaxWorldwide

Ludacris’ longtime manager Chaka Zulu has been arrested on a murder charge.

The music executive, whose real name is Ahmed Obafemi, was involved in a triple shooting in June that left a young man dead.

He was also charged with aggravated assault, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and simple battery, per jail records.

Zulu was also wounded in the exchange of gunfire and claimed he acted in self-defense.

He is the co-founder of Ludacris’ record label Disturbing tha Peace.

Zulu turned himself in earlier this week and was released the same day after posting 200,000 bond, per CNN.

Chaka Zulu’s lawyer demands justice, says there is surveillance footage of the shooting

Zulu was one of three men shot during the exchange of gunfire on June 26. The music executive was reportedly...

Ludacris’ longtime manager Chaka Zulu was charged with murder this week in connection to an Atlanta shooting in June where three people, including himself, were shot and one person was killed.

Fulton County Jail records show that Zulu, legal name Ahmed Obafemi, turned himself in on Tuesday on charges of murder, aggravated assault, simple battery and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. He was released that same day on 200,000 bond.

The shooting occurred June 26 around 11:35 p.m. outside an Atlanta-area restaurant, following an altercation in a parking lot.

By all accounts, Mariel Semonte Orr was a natural-born leader — intelligent and level-headed, with a scene-stealing personality. Orr, also known as the Atlanta rapper Trouble, deserved a shot at rap’s big leagues, and nearly everyone who spoke for this article believed he would have soon received it.

In the early hours of June 5, Orr was shot and killed during what police say was a domestic dispute in the Atlanta suburb of Conyers. He died at a nearby hospital hours later at age 34, before friends, fans and family would see him realize his full potential.

The manager of rapper Ludacris was injured in a shooting last weekend but is currently in “stable condition.” The shooting occurred around 11:30 p.m. Sunday night outside a restaurant in the Buckhead district of Atlanta. According to police, two other men were also hospitalized after the incident and one has since died. The identities of […]

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Ludacris’ longtime manager Chaka Zulu was shot Sunday night, June 26, in the Buckhead neighborhood of Atlanta, local news station 11 Alive reports.

Zulu, a music industry veteran, was one of three people shot around 11:35 p.m. last night. All three were transported to the hospital, where one was pronounced dead.

Zulu is reportedly in stable condition according to a reporter for another local news outlet, Wsbtv, who received a text from former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed: “We are fortunate to report that Chaka Zulu is in stable condition and recovering.

Saban Films has taken North American rights to Will Forbes’ directorial debut, John Henry starring Terry Crews and Ludacris with an eye on a Q1 2020 theatrical release.

Pic is a modern adaption of the African-American folk hero of the same name, and follows Henry (Crews) after he abandons a crime-riddled life for a peaceful one in Los Angeles. But when he crosses paths with two immigrant kids who are running from the leader of his former gang, he’s forced to confront the violence of his past life in hopes of saving them.

Forbes and Doug Skinner wrote the screenplay. Defiant Studios’ Eric B. Fleischman, Kodiak Pictures’ Maurice Fadida and Automatik’s Brian Kavanaugh-Jones produce.

“The tale of John Henry is classic and legendary for many,” said Saban Films’ Bill Bromiley in a statement. “Terry and Ludacris’ performances are particularly inspiring, and we are delighted to share this contemporary telling with our audiences.

The African-American Film Critics Association (Aafca) has partnered with the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in For the Academy’s Careers in Film Summit in Atlanta. The summit will take place November 3 at SCADshow.

This marks AMPAS’ first educational outreach in the Atlanta area, which has quickly become an epicenter for film production. The event will feature three moderated panel discussions with working Academy members and film professionals intended to introduce high school and college students and their educators to the plethora of careers in the motion picture industry. The discussions focus on film careers above and below the line as well as the importance of representation. The Atlanta edition of the Summit is an extension of similar programs the Academy produces in Los Angeles, London and New York.

Confirmed panelists at the event include producer/director Roger Bobb, Deborah Riley Draper and Deborah Moore; casting agent, Winsome Sinclair; art director,...

La La Anthony's got her own team of all-stars helping her cope this week with her split from Carmelo. Kim Kardashian, Serena Williams, Ciara and Kelly Rowland are among the close friends who've gone "above and beyond" to be there for La La ... sources tell TMZ. Two of those women -- Kim and Ciara -- have gone through very public breakups, so they've been offering La La advice with positive phone calls and support.