Rapper Ludacris is in mourning after his father Wayne Bridges died from unknown causes yesterday morning in Atlanta, Georgia.
Ludacris learned his dad was in a grave condition earlier thismonth, and paid tribute to him at the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles a few days later.
In his acceptance speech for Best Rap Album, he said,"This goes out to my father, who's in criticalcondition right now. I appreciate your prayers. Mr Wayne Bridges, I love you to death."
He later added, "He introduced me to all of my majormusical influences and he will live on through me.He bought me my first Hip-Hop record when I was fiveyears old and I fell in love with it from that dayon."
Our condolences go out to Ludacris and his family.
