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Watch Ludacris and Jermaine Dupri perform at the Atlanta Hawks playoff game

042215 ATLANTA: Ludacris sports Hawks glasses while entertaining the crowd during a first round playoff basketball game at Philips Arena on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com Ludacris was fully decked out in Hawks gear for the big game. Photo: Curtis Compton/AJC

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

Credit: Melissa Ruggieri

042215 ATLANTA: Ludacris sports Hawks glasses while entertaining the crowd during a first round playoff basketball game at Philips Arena on Wednesday, April 22, 2015, in Atlanta. Curtis Compton / ccompton@ajc.com Ludacris was fully decked out in Hawks gear for the big game. Photo: Curtis Compton/AJC
By Melissa Ruggieri
April 23, 2015

The Atlanta Hawks are squeaking their way through the playoffs at the moment, but their lack of domination hasn't quelled the excitement among fans.

At Wednesday' sell-out at Philips Arena, ATL native Ludacris made several appearances - before, during and after the game -- to add to the vibe of hometown pride.

Ludacris helped Ryan Cameron (check out Rodney Ho's story about Cameron here) with player introductions at the start of the game.

Halftime brought Luda back to center court - eventually, after making his way down from the back of the arena near the RED restaurant/bar -- where he performed "Stand Up" and was joined by Jermaine Dupri for their early 2000s hit, "Welcome to Atlanta."

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Melissa Ruggieri has covered music and entertainment for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution since 2010 and created the Atlanta Music Scene blog. She's kept vampire hours for more than two decades and remembers when MTV was awesome.

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