the winners tell their stories '' Rivers ' essay was among them . `` I did n't even wait ; I just continued out that door to the community center , sat at a computer and let all my emotions come out , '' he said . Rivers described riding the city bus with his 14-year-old daughter to make sure she arrived safely at school and how he recently celebrated the small victory of getting his 17-year-old autistic son , who ca n't tolerate crowds , to stand calmly for a few moments outside the bus stop . He does n't live near a grocery store so he has to bring home the food he can carry on the bus . Rivers was laid off from his job as a court clerk in the summer of 2008 , and making job interviews on time is n't easy when the bus is often late . But on Sunday afternoon , Rivers was giddy , slightly bouncing as he spoke . He stood shoulder to shoulder among the 20 winners and their friends and families waiting to see their cars . `` I do n't care what it is , '' Rivers
MORROW , Georgia -LRB- CNN -RRB- -- Jobless for nearly a year , Michael Rivers was about to walk out of his house a few weeks ago to catch the bus for another daylong employment hunt when a radio announcement stopped him . With Ludacris at her side , single mom Joya Montgomery , 26 , proudly displays keys to her car Sunday . `` This is Ludacris , and I 'm giving away 20 free cars . ... '' The famous rapper was pulling an Oprah in his hometown of Atlanta , Georgia . The rapper announced that if listeners were able to pay the taxes , registration , tags and insurance , they should go to his nonprofit Ludacris Foundation Web site and write 300 words about why they deserved new wheels . `` And make it good , '' Luda warned . Watch Ludacris talk about his `` stimulus '' plan '' Four thousand people took him up on his challenge , and in a few days , more than 2,000 essays poured into the Nissan South dealership in Morrow , Georgia , that had teamed with the rapper on the used-car giveaway . See and hear