Editing Ludacris (section)

==Early life==
Bridges was born in [[Champaign, Illinois]], and moved to [[Oak Park, Illinois|Oak Park]] as a teenager.<ref name="allmusic"/><ref>{{cite news|last=Carter|first=Kelley L.|title=Ludacris revels in holiday spirit|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2007/11/09/ludacris-revels-in-holiday-spirit/|access-date=March 3, 2022|newspaper=[[Chicago Tribune]]|date=November 9, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131005010541/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2007-11-09/news/0711090360_1_fred-claus-chris-ludacris-bridges-def-jam|archive-date=October 5, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> After attending [[Oak Park River Forest High School]] in ninth grade, Bridges moved to [[Centreville, Virginia]], and attended [[Centreville High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)|Centreville High School]] for one year.<ref>{{cite web|last=Allen|first=Scott|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/wp/2015/03/25/ludacris-tells-lindsay-czarniak-that-he-attended-centreville-high-school-for-a-year/|title=Ludacris tells Lindsay Czarniak that he attended Centreville High School for a year|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=March 25, 2015|accessdate=March 3, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402153801/http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/dc-sports-bog/wp/2015/03/25/ludacris-tells-lindsay-czarniak-that-he-attended-centreville-high-school-for-a-year/|archivedate=April 2, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> He attended [[Banneker High School (College Park, Georgia)|Banneker High School]] in [[Atlanta]], Georgia, and graduated in 1995.<ref name="allmusic"/> From 1998 to 1999, he studied music management at [[Georgia State University]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.music.gsu.edu/docs/Sounds%20Fall%202008.pdf |title=Alumni Report |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130604221302/http://www.music.gsu.edu/docs/Sounds%20Fall%202008.pdf |archive-date=June 4, 2013 |newspaper=Sounds|date=Fall 2008|page=10|publisher=Georgia State University}}</ref> Bridges' parents are both [[African American]]. His great-great-grandfather was a [[Choctaw]].<ref name="ludppl" /> In an interview with [[A. J. Jacobs]], Bridges learned that his great-grandmother had said one of his great-great-grandfathers, who is a white Englishman, was probably Jewish.<ref name="ludppl">{{cite web |title=Furious 7 Star Ludacris Learns About His Surprising Relatives |url=https://people.com/movies/furious-7-ludacris-is-related-to-richard-pryor/ |website=PEOPLE.com |access-date=23 May 2019 |language=en |date=3 April 2015}}</ref> Bridges is also a distant cousin of the comedian [[Richard Pryor]].<ref name="ludppl"/> He wrote his first rap song at age nine when moving to Atlanta and joined an amateur rap group three years later.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/l/ludacris01/ |title=Ludacris: Throwing Bows |last1=Dukes |first1=Rahman |last2=Scorca |first2=Shari |date=March 9, 2001 |publisher=MTV News |access-date=March 3, 2022 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010822154419/http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/l/ludacris01/ |archive-date=August 22, 2001}}</ref>