A charity appearance by Ludacris was cut short last night (December 9) after two scuffles ensued.

At the Montgomery Mall in Montgomery, Alabama, the Distrubing Tha Peace artist donated $300 worth of toys to the WZHT Hot 105/Magic 97 13th annual Children of Christmas Campaign. As part of the appearance, he signed autographs and posed for pictures at the mall's newly opened store Citi Gear.

According to the Montgomery Advertiser, Ludacris hadn't completed the scheduled two hours, and was asked to leave by police after only 20 minutes. Security could not control the crowd of more than 100 people, many of whom had been waiting for 30 minutes for the rapper to arrive.

"I would have liked to stay, but I understand I was part of the problem," Ludacris told the newspaper.

"We expected a lot of people to show up but not to this degree," said Kristy Jansen, marketing director at Montgomery Mall.

Montgomery police said no arrests were made and declined further comment.

Those who attended weren't pleased. "They clearly weren't prepared for this or had no idea how big an artist he was," said Tiffany Jones, of Montgomery, who had brought her two children to see the rapper. "Security was inadequate, and it was an unsafe environment."