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Brad Jordan, the rapper and producer better known as Scarface, will publish his memoir with It Books. Publication is set for fall 2014, coinciding with an upcoming solo album.
MTV News once called Scarface “your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper,” and he has had a long career working with some of the most famous artists in the business. He also has a loyal band of more than 378,000 Twitter followers.
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Longtime Pop readers may remember that I've blogged about my admiration for rapper Ludacris before, and I've been meaning to blog about the greatness of his current #1 single, "Runaway Love" since I first heard it and saw the video back in December. Now that Luda has won Grammys for his current album, Release Therapy, and a previous single, "Money Maker", I've got a keen reminder of why I like the guy so much.
- "Runaway Love" is a YA problem novel in song form! He released the song, with guest vocals by Mary J. Blige (who I also love, in spite of her continuing habit of referring to herself in the third person, which is both weird and unsettling -- like, does "I" not exist in her vocabulary? Does she have a split personality? What is UP with Mary, Mary?), paints vivid, disturbing pictures of three girls whose family situations are so horrible that they feel "there's nothing left to do but grab some clothes and pack / she says she's 'bout to run away and never come back."
- It's not just a problem novel, it's one designed for reluctant readers! What does Patrick Jones tell librarians looking for books to appeal to reluctant readers? Pacing, pacing, pacing. The story has to grab the reader (er, listener) and not let go. Character development? Not so important. Part of what's so great about this song is that in a few strokes, Luda makes sure you know these girls, how hemmed in and desperate their lives are. Complete lyrics may be perused here.
- Like libraries, Luda wants to make a difference. The guy is sincere, and he's funding and putting his name behind a wonderful initiative, The Ludacris Foundation: Helping Youth Help Themselves. What a great potential partner for YALSA! The Ludacris Foundation provides programs like Luda Cares, Hip Hop Culture, Healthy Living, and Stand Up 101, all geared towards meeting the needs and interests of disadvantaged youth.
- He is so adorable it makes my eyes hurt. It's shallow, but true: Luda is a looker.
I've said it before, and I'll say it again: is he available to be a guest speaker at Annual 2008? That would rock.
By: Jason Boog,
on 4/3/2013
By: Sophie Brookover,
on 2/23/2007
I love me some Ludacris too. He was born here in Champaign--his parents were both grad students at University of Illinois.
I think he's a good actor, too, even though it seems like every movie I see him in features him kicking Terrence Howard's ass. (Hustle and Flow was my favorite movie of last year!)
Sophie, I still think fondly upon your ode to "What's Your Fantasy"..."onstage at his own, sold out concert"...genius. Have you seen "Hustle & Flow"? He's STELLAR in it; haven't seen "Crash," but apparently he's good in that, too. Ludacris at 2008! Come on!
Sophie, I still think fondly upon your NYLPM ode to "What's Your Fantasy"--"onstage at his own, sold out concert." And you know where else? "At the library on top of the books, but ya can't be too loud!" Ludacris at 2008--hell yes!
Karen, especially for you, a link to my first-ever Ludacris post from back in the day at Freaky Trigger (holy cow, 2001?! How did it get to be 6 years later??). You have to scroll down a bit to see it, and some of the formatting is jacked up, but it's legible. Ah, the first flutterings of my enduring Ludacrush.
Oh, also, yes I did see Crash and loved him in it, but haven't yet seen Hustle & Flow. It's in the old Netflix Queue, though!
I like to imagine that part of what inspired "Runaway Love" is his role in Crash and his ensuing desire to do something "for the kids". He just sounds so incredibly earnest on that track.
Awwww, thanks, my friend! Whoa, Nanette and I posting on the same entry...hi Nanette! What year is this indeed?!
Can I put in a vote for Wyclef at 08? Saw him in the Dave Chappelle Block Party movie giving a shout out to libraries in the inner city! See it here: http://tinyurl.com/39fb5t