Ludacris sets the record straight on his backstage argument with Justin TImberlake at the 2007 Grammy Awards.
on Thursday , and he clarified details of the backstage argument with Timberlake after it resurfaced and went viral earlier this year.“The Internet went a little crazy with it. He definitely meant it, but it was no cursing out. He was behind the curtain and I was celebrating so openly and I was so loud,” Ludacris explained. “I think it was said more in fun, but there was definitely some truth behind it. Like, ‘OK, show’s not over. Stop celebrating so openly, I haven’t won any yet.
“All of a sudden, I hear this voice from the other side of the curtain. They yell, ‘Shut the f— up! Some of us didn’t win any God—n Grammys today!’ I pull the curtain back and this n—a Justin Timberlake is on the other side of that motherf—er.” Best rap album wasn’t the only hardware Ludacris took home at the ’07 Grammys: The Pharrell-assisted “Money Maker” won best rap song honors too.“The reason was this was for all of these years, I want to say it was a good nine or 10 years, I was in the same category of solo male rap artist as Eminem, 50 Cent, DMX, Jay-Z. So I finally got to a point I was so consistent that I just built up this momentum and I finally had my time,” Ludacris said.
“That was probably one of the — if not the — best times in my career for literally setting out and making sure I had a goal and accomplishing that goal… It meant everything to me.”test — which he aces — the rapper reveals he’s related to legendary comedian Richard Pryor and recalls Ben Stiller inviting him over for a private screening ofWatch the full episode below. Talk of the Timberlake/Luda spat begins around the 8:45 mark.
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