Timbaland claims he “was the one who found Ludacris”

nme.com:

Timbaland has revealed the story of how he met Ludacris, and how he “was the one” who discovered the rapper.The Virginia-born producer has been sharing his production knowledge on social media, including his own Twitch channel and numerous podcasts.On April 24, Timbaland – real name Tim Mosley – became the first interviewee in the I Am Hip-Hop series.

He spoke about how he and Atlanta rapper-turned-actor’s 2000 track ‘Phat Rabbit’ made “labels started calling” Ludacris.“I was the one who found Ludacris,” he said. “Because Ludacris was working in the radio station and I was like, ‘Hey, ain’t nobody sign you?

What’s going on here?’ [He was like], ‘Nah man.’”Mosley spoke about Ludacris asking who should sign with: “He asked me one time, ‘Would you sign to Def Jam or Eleltra?’ I said, ‘Man, you better go to Def Jam.’ And I didn’t know how the business go.

I just backed them ’cause I knew he was incredible.”Timbaland and Ludacris hopped back in the studio to work on the latter’s 10th album in 2019.