Rapper-turned-actor Ludacris will return to his former high school to give advice to troubled students.

On Tuesday, Ludacris - real name Christopher Bridges - will visit Benjamin Banneker Academic High School in Atlanta, Georgia, to address students about various concerns facing teenagers today, including rape, gang violence and the pressure to sell drugs.

According to event organiser Tory Edwards, students have prepared for the ceremony by writing anonymous letters voicing their problems, which will later be placed in a casket and buried.

The star will also plant a tree on the school's campus, which plans to name one of its gymnasiums the Christopher Bridges Gym Of Dreams in the star's honour.

The visit will be filmed for a documentary series about the hip-hop star, tentatively titled Behind The Mic.