Award winning rapper and actor Ludacris has a net worth of $65 million. Born in Illinois as Christopher Brian Bridges, Ludacris took an early interest in rapping shortly after his family relocated to Atlanta, Georgia. 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.