Ludacris, Jermaine Dupri perform during Hawks victory over Nets

The Brooklyn Nets were not feeling the “Welcome to Atlanta.” But the capacity crowd inside Phillips Arena certainly loved the song performed by Grammy-winning rapper Ludacris that featured longtime friend and collaborator Jermaine Dupri during the Atlanta Hawks victory over the Brooklyn Nets, 96-91.
Christopher “Ludacris” Bridges was the unofficial “Sixth Man” for the surging, front-running Hawks who are the top seed in the Eastern Conference for the first time ever after compiling a record 60 wins and earning their coach Mike Budenholzer the NBA Coach of the Year Award for the 2014-15 season.
Luda, whose new album Ludaverse just dropped on the public, took centerstage to perform his newest hits and greatest oldies during halftime of the game, and then tore through a few more songs after the Hawks took a 2-0 lead in their best of 7 series.

Many other celebs showed up and showed out with Ludacris, including “Real Housewives of Atlanta” star Claudia Jordan, V-103 morning radio show host Ryan Cameron, radio personalities Big Tigger and Greg Street and Disturbing Tha Peace co-founder Chaka Zulu.
The rapid-fire rapper is having a banner 2015 as the movie he starred in, Furious 7, has broken studio records, has topped the box-office charts for three consecutive weeks and surpassed the $1 billion mark worldwide.
Take a look at some of the photos of Ludacris performing at Phillips Arena.