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Rapper, Ludacris, joins hand with Better World Books and DoSomething.org and acted as spokesperson to launch the Epic Book Drive that provided the Recovery School District in New Orleans with over 250,000 textbooks to over 30,000 students. More than 100,000 volunteers from across the country helped re-stock 69 New Orleans school libraries that were destroyed in 2005′s Hurricane Katrina. A series of PSAs were filmed as promotion for the cause and Ludacris says he was thrilled to see so many people rally behind the cause.

Ludacris announced in April his partnership with Better World Books and DoSomething.org to launch the Epic Book Drive — an effort that has mobilized 100,000 volunteers to contribute to the initiative’s cause of refilling school libraries ravaged by Katrina. The Epic Book Drive’s site notes that 80 percent of New Orleans schools were affected by the hurricane, and just one book exists for every 300 students in the most underserved areas.

Ludacris has helped collect more than 250,000 books for school libraries to serve over 30,000 New Orleans students affected by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, HipHopDX reports. The music artist announced in April his partnership with Better World Books and DoSomething.org to launch the Epic Book Drive -- an effort that has mobilized 100,000 volunteers to contribute to the initiative's cause of refilling school libraries ravaged by Katrina.

You might have heard that Ludacris helped collect 250,000 books for New Orleans through DOSomething.org‘s Epic Book Drive campaign, but we wanted to make sure you knew that 2-cent (NOLA) was also a huge part of making the book drive a success upon delivery. 2-cent’s Brandan Odums organized volunteers to help “level” some of the books donated in the Epic Book Drive campaign. Volunteers met at Harriet Tubman Elementary in Algiers to help organize 3,000 books for their library. More on this story here on NOLA.com.

Ludacris has helped collect more than 250,000 books for school libraries to serve over 30,000 New Orleans students affected by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, HipHopDX reports. The music artist announced in April his partnership with Better World Books and DoSomething.org to launch the Epic Book Drive — an effort that has mobilized 100,000 volunteers to contribute to the initiative’s cause of refilling school libraries ravaged by Katrina. View Full Article Here

Bill O’Rielly rival Ludacris, helped the Epic Book Drive provide 30,000 students in New Orleans with over 250,000 books. Ludacris served as the spokesman for Epic Book Drive who brought in over 100,000 participants by doing some PSA videos. After Hurricane Katrine, relief has been needed for the residents of New Orleans. Its a good look to see Ludacris hasn’t forgotten about the area.

Check this out as Ludacris, Better World Books and Dosomething.org teamed up together to launch the Epic Book Drive in New Orleans, effecting those that were effected by Hurricane Katrina. With Ludacris serving as the spokesperson, the Epic Book Drive help provide over 30,000 New Orleans students with over 250,000 school books for a host of school libraries. More than 100,000 participants from across the country helped re-stock 69 New Orleans school libraries that had been destroyed in Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

Hip hop icon Ludacris helped collect over 250,000 books for New Orleans schools as part of an online initiative called the “Epic Book Drive.” In a partnership with DoSomething.org and Better World Books, the team helped mobilize over 100,000 volunteers in effort to restock bookshelves left empty in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. According to Epic Book Drive’s website, 80% of New Orleans schools were affected by the hurricane and in some of the less fortunate areas, students outnumber books by 300 to 1.

Luda helped over 30,000 New Orleans student get 250,000-plus new textbooks for this school year. Earlier this year, Ludacris announced that he had teamed up with Better World Books and DoSomething.org to launch the Epic Book Drive to provide the Recovery School District in New Orleans with new textbooks. Now, it appears as if Chris Lova Lova's plan went off without a hitch, as over 100,000 participants supplied the Hurricane Katrina-ravaged New Orleans school system with new books this year.