Reporting by Dennis Byron and Kimberly Gilkes
Rapper/Actor Ludacris whose real name is Christopher B. Bridges, admitted in a recent court filing in Fulton County Superior Court to being the father of a baby girl named Cai Bella Bridges born on December 9th. Don’t send congratulations to his long-term girlfriend Eudoxie just yet because she is not the baby’s mama! The mother of said child is Tamika Fuller and the “break” was long enough to get her pregnant. He now joins Dwayne Wade in coining the phrase “taking a break” with the recent discovery of his new baby and Gabrielle Union not being the mother of the child.
Although Ludacris is number 9 on the Celebrity Net Worth as being worth $75 million dollars, the Fast and Furious co-star is only willing to fork over a mere $1,700 a month in child support. According to court documents, Ludacris is worried that Fuller may try to “cash in” and get as much child support as she can. Other than for a few unhappy former Disturbing tha Peace label signees, Ludacris image has been squeaky clean so for that reason, he is still one of our favorites in the game.
Fun Fact:
Ludacris studied music management at the Georgia State while trying to get his career as a recording artist off the ground. To date, Ludacris has released seven studio albums, all of which have reached the top five on the US Billboard 200. His debut album, Back for the First Time (2000) reached number four on the Billboard 200 and has been certified triple platinum by the RIAA. He had three albums consecutively top the US Billboard charts (Chicken-n-Beer, The Red Light District, Release Therapy, respectively.) with two number one hit singles (Stand Up and Money Maker). He has worked with notable recording artists such as Mary J. Blige (Grown Woman on her Grammy award winning album Growing Pains), Lil Wayne (Eat You Alive on the award winning album The Carter III), and Usher (Dat Girl Right There on the album Here I Stand). As a recording artist, Ludacris has five BET Awards, three Grammy Awards and three MTV Music Video Awards. In addition to his career as a rap artist, Ludacris is also an accomplished actor with main roles in Fred Claus, RocknRolla, 2 Fast 2 Furious, and the Academy-Award winning film Crash, which garnered him a Screen Actors Guild Award.
Lesson learned: Taking a “break” could mean breaking your pockets as well.
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