Biography of Ludacris

Ludacris is an Atlanta, GA, based rapper and the first artist to be signed to the spin-off label Def Jam Recordings, South. He caught the attention of the label's president, Scarface, when his single "What's Your Fantasy" went to number one on a local radio station's chart. The single appeared on Ludacris's May 2000 debut album, Incognegro. The follow-up album, Ludacris: Back for the First Time, followed in October on Def Jam South. Though he had always been interested in acting, his silver screen career took a huge leap forward in 2005 after his roles in the critically-acclaimed Hustle & Flow and Crash, the latter which won best picture. The next year, however, Ludacris returned to music with a new haircut and a more mature, or at least less funny, outlook on life on Release Therapy. ~ Diana Potts

Biography of Fergie

Like Martika, Jennifer Love Hewitt, and Rahsaan Patterson, Stacy "Fergie" Ferguson got her first major break as a youngster on the television program Kids Incorporated. Born in 1975, she did voice work for The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show, as well as commercials, prior to becoming a Kids Incorporated regular from 1984 through 1989. Along with Stefanie Ridel and fellow Kids Incorporated alum Renee Ilene Sandstrom, Ferguson formed Wild Orchid, a teen pop group that released a pair of albums during the late '90s. A few years after the group's split, Ferguson joined the Black Eyed Peas in time to record 2003's Elephunk. She became central to the group's mainstream success ("Let's Get It Started," "My Humps") and released her first solo album, The Dutchess, during September 2006. ~ Andy Kellman