{"id":246032,"date":"2026-04-25T09:34:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/246032\/"},"modified":"2026-04-25T09:34:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-25T09:34:24","slug":"ludacris-drops-in-on-famu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/246032\/","title":{"rendered":"Ludacris Drops In On FAMU"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/GettyImages-1395387840-scaled-e1690902205114.jpg\" alt=\"ludacris, Rock the country, MAGA, Kid Rock\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackenterprise.com\/author\/thorntonc\/\" class=\"author\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">by  Cedric &#8216;BIG CED&#8217; Thornton <\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"article-date\">April 24, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"sub-text\">&#8216;Had to Gas up the Jet To PERSONALLY see FAMU\u2019s @TheMarching100\u00a0who killed the\u00a0#PullOverChallenge&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Atlanta recording artist Ludacris is back, and after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackenterprise.com\/ludacris-techtune\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">initiating<\/a> his #PullOverChallenge to celebrate his latest single, \u201cPull Over,\u201d the rapper\/actor pulled over to make a stop at Florida A&amp;M University (FAMU).<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cSouthern Hospitality\u201d lyricist posted a video to his social media account <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackenterprise.com\/famu-fsu-omegas-george-clinton-atomic-dog-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">revealing<\/a> his visit to FAMU to check out the school\u2019s Marching 100 band. As a way to promote his latest single, the lead song off his upcoming project, his first in over a decade since the 2015 \u201cLudaversal\u201d album, he has challenged marching bands to match the energy and spirit of the song. The song sounds like it was recorded with a marching band.<\/p>\n<p>Ludacris <a href=\"https:\/\/hbcugameday.com\/2026\/04\/22\/ludacris-pulls-up-on-famu-and-clark-atlanta-bands\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">appears <\/a>in the video clip to let his followers know that FAMU accepted the challenge and that he visited the school. Not only did Luda fuel up the private jet for the excursion, but he also brought one of the school\u2019s best-known alums, film producer Will Packer. Packer is also seen in the video with the Atlanta actor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHad to Gas up the Jet \ud83d\udee9\ufe0f To PERSONALLY see FAMU\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/TheMarching100\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@TheMarching100<\/a>\u00a0who killed the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/explore\/tags\/pulloverchallenge\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#PullOverChallenge<\/a> \ud83e\udd2f\ud83e\udd2f BUT which college is NEXT?? Tag them in the comment section! \ud83e\udd41\ud83c\udfce\ufe0f\ud83d\udca8\u201d<\/p>\n<p>FAMU answered the initial challenge by posting its rendition of \u201cPull Over,\u201d earning Ludacris\u2019 respect and attention.<\/p>\n<p>However, Ludacris didn\u2019t have to go far, as Clark Atlanta also answered his call, and he didn\u2019t have to fly, since the hometown HBCU had already hosted him weeks before the FAMU visit.<\/p>\n<p>Ludacris <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/content\/2026-03-26-ludacris-teases-new-music-while-accepting-landmark-award-im-coming-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">announced<\/a> to the world in March that he had resumed his recording career while hosting the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards. He <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iheart.com\/content\/2026-03-26-ludacris-debuts-new-song-while-performing-medley-of-his-popular-hits\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">introduced<\/a> \u201cPull Over\u201d while performing a medley of his hits that evening. No release date for the album has been announced.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED CONTENT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.blackenterprise.com\/ludacrismas-college-park\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ludacris Gifts 10 College Park Families At \u2018Ludacrismas\u2019 Event<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"by Cedric &#8216;BIG CED&#8217; Thornton April 24, 2026 &#8216;Had to Gas up the Jet To PERSONALLY see FAMU\u2019s&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":246033,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[1814,2324,87174,8295,108230,232,234,233],"class_list":["post-246032","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-famu","tag-florida-am-university","tag-ludacris","tag-marching-100","tag-pulloverchallenge","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246032","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246032"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246032\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246033"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246032"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246032"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246032"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}