Luda's New Haircut

Hip hop is going for an all around new look; slowly but surely. Hopefully the days of wearing "jail braids" will be placed in the hip hop time capsule along with the gumby and biker shorts. Big thank you's to Ludacris, let the trend begin. He has a new look. He's lost the braids and is now rocking a low cut fade. I personally like a nice taper on a man so I'm definitely bout' this.

The new cut comes after Luda says he ran out of styles. From sporting the braids to his signature afro, Ludacris, who's real name is Chris Bridges, wants his fans to see him on another level.

Luda says his fifth album, Release Therapy, will be more serious. The album touches on government and social issues. This will be his final release on Def Jam.

"It's a lot of things that I'm speaking on that I've never talked about," he says. "I felt like people knew who Ludacris was, but people never knew who Chris Bridges was."

While we wait patiently for his new album, we can at least enjoy the new video "Money Maker." You can stream it here