Now, the guys who directed Gamer also did the Crank movies. Is this going to be as bat shit as those were?

Oh, hell yeah. They’re cutting-edge. They have an unorthodox way of directing and I love it. It’s just a whole new, young, fresh energy to directing, so absolutely. It’s Crank on steroids.

Do you have your sights on the ideal starring role?

I wouldn’t know until it came, man. But generally speaking, it would be something that is completely outside of the character people know me as. So I’ll be able to surprise everybody by doing something totally unexpected.

In addition to music and acting, you also have your own brand of cognac coming out, right?

Yeah, it’s called Conjure. I actually went to Cognac, France, and blended it myself along with a master blender from my business partners, Birkedal Hartmann. They’ve been in business since, like, the 1800s. I just wanted it to be an experience, because I know that there are other entertainers coming out with liquors. But in my opinion there hasn’t been a new cognac in a very, very long time. And I’m not saying this just because I blended it, but it is phenomenal.

A while back, you had a war of words with Bill O’Reilly. Do you ever regret engaging in those kinds of fights?

They seem to be a no-win. I never regret anything that I do. It always makes you a stronger person. But with Bill O’Reilly, a lot of people don’t know, I saw him at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner and I walked up on him and we had a brief conversation. And it actually led to some good. Exactly what happened and what was spoken about I can’t necessarily disclose, but I can say we talked about my foundation—the Ludacris Foundation. And after all this time of him saying all these things, I just went up to him and I said, “I wanted to meet the man who has so much to say about me but knows absolutely nothing about me.” That’s how the conversation started. And I think he gained a new appreciation for who I am, and now we’re trying to work toward doing some positive things.

Finally, does it suck that your birthday is September 11?

Not at all, man. I celebrate my birthday the whole month of September, so just that one day doesn’t ruin anything for me.