Analysis Of The Movie Runaway Love By Ludacris

Music is part of everyday life and serves as the center of many cultures across the world. Music brings out the best parts of a movie, a car ride, or even a special event. The purpose of music varies from artist to artist and different cultures. Every piece of music carries a unique message, but a song, in particular, carries meaning. â€Å"Runaway Love† by Ludacris, featuring Mary J. Blige, exploits the struggles of young girls by using rhetorical techniques, such as pathos, ethos, logos, tone, and visual rhetoric throughout the music video to raise national awareness about youth runaways. Christopher Bridges was born in 1978 in Champaign, Illinois where he spent the first twelve years of his life before moving to Atlanta, Georgia with his family (Ludacris). During this time, Christopher was introduced to hip-hop music, attended Banneker High school, and dropped out of Georgia State University to follow his dream. The aspiring rapper landed a radio internship that eventually led to his major break into the music industry. Because Christopher needed a stage name, he came up with â€Å"Ludacris† because he declares part of him is â€Å"calm, cool, and collective, while the other side is just beyond crazy† (Ludacris). The timing was impeccable as the fresh rapper stepped into the music scene when the music industry was focused on the â€Å"Dirty South Sound† that was taking over the music charts (Ludacris). Ludacris was the first artist to sign to the new Def Jam Records. The release of the