Orange County Register

Angels outfielder Torii Hunter had a special guest with him before today’s game — rapper/actor Ludacris.

After the two taped some interviews together, Hunter gave Ludacris a tour of the stadium including the Angels’ clubhouse, introducing him to several teammates.

The two teamed up on a contest at the music web site www.wemix.com that gave aspiring musicians a chance to record an original song that Hunter will use as his ‘walk-up music when going to bat at Angel Stadium.

Here’s the original story on how that came together.

After sifting through over 4,000 entries, Hunter and Ludacris picked a winner — “Luv of Da Game” by Ripchord and Tazuh.

The winning song was going to debut during Hunter’s at-bats Wednesday — but he began serving a two-game suspension for his part in Monday’s benches-clearing ’shove-fest’ with the Yankees.

“Now it’ll be Friday or Saturday — whenever I get back on the field,” Hunter said. “I sure messed that one up.”

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