August 3, 2006
Hip-Hop Philanthropy: Street-Smart Altruism
The Atlanta foundation started by the performer Ludacris brings art, music, and education to children
When Christopher Brian Bridges thinks about the reasons he started his foundation five years ago, he recalls the virtues he learned during his middle-class childhood in Oak Park, Ill.
"I followed the examples of my mother, father, and grandparents," says Mr. Bridges, 28, better known as the hip-hop artist Ludacris.
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