Ludacris Teases New Music, 'Fast 11' and What to Expect at iHeartRadio Music Awards

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Ludacris chatted with The Hollywood Reporter ahead of his stint as host and performer for this year's iHeart Radio Music Awards, sharing with us what to expect from the big night as well as new music in 2025 and the final film in the 'Fast' saga.

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00:00I started working on new music and we should say 2024, 2025, definitely coming out with some more

00:06new music from Ludacris. Ludacris is gearing up for a busy year ahead and teasing new music on

00:12the way. The artist and actor chatted with The Hollywood Reporter ahead of his stint as host and

00:17performer for this year's iHeartRadio Music Awards, sharing with us what to expect from the

00:22big night. How fun is that going to be? Because you're also performing, so is there anything that

00:26you can tease ahead of the show? Our heart is all about, you know, combining all the best of your

00:31stuff and just presenting it to the crowd and not, not, not slacking. You know what I mean? You got

00:36to combine all the best of the best and put them together. I love that I'm able to be one of the

00:42hosts that is also performing and being on the stage with such great and iconic artists like

00:47the Justin Timberlakes and, you know, Delaney Wilsons and Jelly Rolls, TLCs and, you know,

00:53receiving the Innovators Award with Beyonce and then shared with the icon. These are all people

00:58that I'm inspired by and look up to and just love to be under one roof with so many talented

01:04individuals and a lot of energy. Speaking of Beyonce, who's set to receive the Innovator Award

01:09at this year's ceremony, Ludacris shouted out the queen who just dropped her latest album Cowboy

01:14Carter, which has country roots to it. Ludacris himself has dabbled in country music, previously

01:19collaborating with stars like Jason Aldean and Carrie Underwood. How do you hope that this album

01:24is going to sort of shake up the music space? I love that she's breaking barriers or what people

01:30thought were barriers and taking those types of risks is exactly what artists are supposed to do.

01:36You know what I mean? And I've seen her evolution and I continue to say,

01:40I love how she keeps people guessing and I can't wait to hear this album as well.

01:44As for his own music, the rapper's last full-length album, Ludiversal, was released almost 10 years

01:49ago in 2015. But he teased, there is indeed new music on the way.

01:54I started working on new music and we should say 2024, 2025, definitely coming out with some

02:00more new music from Ludacris. Sometimes you got to take a break after like nine, 10 albums

02:04and live some more life so that you can pull from such a great place to give, you know, more

02:10of yourself. And that, you know, that's where the artistry comes from. It comes from living,

02:15living life and pulling from real life situations.

02:18Elsewhere, the artist also reflected on his decades-long career, not only finding success

02:23in music, but acting as well with his breakout role in the Fast and Furious franchise 21 years ago.

02:29When you look back at your transition from music to acting, did you realize that you were carving

02:35out the next phase of your career at that point?

02:37Too Fast, Too Furious is where I started out. And like you said, Crash, both of those movies

02:40and Hustle and Flow and attending the Academy Awards. Once I was able to do all that, I was like,

02:45you know, I really enjoy this craft and can see myself doing this. And the rest is history.

02:51You know, we've been doing it, like you said, for, I didn't even realize it's been 21 years. Wow.

02:56Speaking of the Fast franchise, Ludacris also teased if Fast 11 will truly be the end of the

03:01line for all these characters.

03:03Sky's the limit. You know, I'm not able to divulge any information on whether there are

03:08or not. And, you know, like you said, they're saying this is the last one, but sometimes

03:12the end can be a new beginning for something else. So tease, tease, you never know what's

03:17going to happen.

03:18For more on Ludacris and this year's iHeartRadio Music Awards, head to THR.com.

03:23And for the latest entertainment news and updates, keep watching The Hollywood Reporter News.

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