Chuck D.
Chuck D.
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, better known by his stage name Chuck D, is an American emcee, author, and producer. As the leader of the rap group Public Enemy, he helped create politically and socially conscious hip hop music in the mid-1980s . About.com ranked him at No. 9 on their list of the Top 50 MCs of Our Time, while The Source ranked him at No. 12 on their list of the Top 50 Hip-Hop Lyricists of All Time...
ProfessionRapper
Date of Birth1 August 1960
CityQueens, NY
color people way
I encourage more blacks and people of color to get a passport. That's one way to help put people on an equal platform.
stupid rap past
Many have forgotten what we came here for, Never knew or had a clue, so you're on the floor. Just growin' not known' about your past... Now you're lookin' pretty stupid while you're shakin' your ass.
artist media marketing
A lot of artists have been persuaded into doing whatever they can do to gain attention. The media, of course, will position and promote the worst of them to the front page. The sidewalk to crime becomes the marketing campaign. These artists have seen it work and sell millions and millions of records for other artists.
real trying world
I wanna go to the clubs and actually have a good time too, but at the same time, when the party's over, I have to go back to the real world and try to figure out who I am.
thinking enemy alive
I think traveling the world has helped to keep Public Enemy alive. We've never solely depended on the United States.
masters hardest manage
You can't master time, but you have to work your hardest to manage it.
party hip-hop enemy
Public Enemy is the security of the hip-hop party.
rap fighting hip-hop
Our freedom of speech is freedom or death, We got to fight the powers that be!
fighting thinking people
Find like-minded people and try not to be individualized to the point where you try to fight it all and think about it all on your own.
voice government hip-hop
The powers that be are trying to meld, shape, and corral the culture of hip-hop into another speaking voice for the government.
fighting artist sight
Most artists are always fighting for their fame. They have that fear, like the saying goes, "out of sight, out of mind." They need to keep themselves out there. I have never had that fear. If I have any fear, it's not doing enough to reach people.
real thinking people
I think right about now we have to beware of marketed Malcolms and Martins. Real people do real things.
stupid thinking problem
I'm not a firm believer of "mo' money mo' problems" - I think that's stupid. I think it's that problems are already there that can be exacerbated by more things you don't understand.
quality looks juniors
Someone like Jay-Z does have a timeless quality, but it's much different than ours. You can look back at something like "At the Hop" by Danny and the Juniors or the music that was on American Bandstand in the 1950s-'60s.