Talk about an all-star lineup… Ludacris has teamed up with fellow rap heavyweights Nas and Jay-Z for the new single “I Do It For Hip-Hop” off his freshly-released “Theater Of The Mind” album. Says Luda: “I wanted an album where you could listen to it from beginning to end and it would put you in an imaginative state.” The CD is the sixth major label album from the self-proclaimed “MVP of rap”. He adds: “When you put everything together in rap as far as lyrics, visuals, record sales, personality, conceptual songs, I feel like I’m the summation of all. I feel like there’s nothing I can’t do.” Take one listen to the album, or watch any of Ludacris’ TV or film appearances, and you’ll probably have to agree.

by Marijke van Niekerk