Ludacris still upset over his 'Oprah' appearance

By: Yves Erwin Salomon

Rapper and actor Ludacris visited The Oprah Winfrey Show to promote his Academy Award-winning movie Crash, but the rapper wasn't happy with Winfrey's rule that she doesn't promote rap and rappers. Ludacris told GQ magazine, "She edited out a lot of my comments while keeping her own in." He added, "Of course, it's her show, but we were doing a show on racial discrimination, and she gave me a hard time as a rapper when I came on there as an actor. I don't see why people like Chris Rock and Dave Chappelle, who I am huge fans of, it's OK for them to go on Oprah. They speak the same language as I do, but they do it through comedy, so I guess that's acceptable."

One thing Winfrey doesn't have to worry about is Ludacris turning the situation into a big deal. The rapper might take a shot at the talk-show host through his music in the future, but for now he's continuing to record his new album Release Therapy and focusing on being a businessman.

The rapper explained why it's so important to be professional: "I'm a businessman first. You gotta let business come before music a lot of the times because, you know, it's all about being a good person. Your ego can't be bigger than yourself and the things that you're trying to do. So I feel as if it's real important to be businesslike, especially with the pictures, with anything I do and have a lot of input in, so it's all about, you know, being real businesslike."