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Chris “Ludacris” Bridges received an honorary degree of science in music management from the very institution he once attended.

Before Ludacris became a Grammy award-winning artist, he was a student at Georgia State University. Ludacris cut his time at the university short because he signed a deal with Def Jam Records. Ludacris shared with a sea of Georgia State University students that it was not his music that helped him remain relevant throughout decades but rather the skills he acquired at the university.

“I do thank the time on this campus for sharpening my skills. It gave me confidence that my path was just preordained and that I was exactly where I was supposed to be doing exactly what I was supposed to be doing,” Ludacris said during the 2022 Georgia State University commencement ceremony.

He continued: “I went here and studied music management and the business of music. I’m gonna be honest with you guys. Humbly speaking, is the reason why I feel like after 22 years, I am still relevant in the music business till this day. Thank you, GSU because I don’t know if you guys have heard this before, but anybody who wants to go on to do something in music business, or just music in general, it is 10 percent about the music and 90 percent about the business. Trust me when I tell you that. So though I left school, I was never gone, because this institution had become a part of me.”

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