Chuck D
Born | August 1, 1960 |
Hometown | Long Island, New York, United States of America |
Net worth | $14 million |
Height | 5'9" (1.75m) |
Spouse | Gaye |
Parents | Lorenzo Ridenhour |
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Chuck D: 'Public Enemy were harassed by the police more than anyone in music'
Chuck D believes Public Enemy got a tougher time from law enforcement than any other musicians. The politically focused hip-hop group rose to fame in the late 1980s alongside gangsta rap originators N.W.A. - who were also periodically in conflict with law enforcement due to their own uncompromising lyrics tackling police brutality and racism. However, in a fan-led interview with The Guardian, Chuck said he believed his group faced the worst of the government backlash to music that was critical o
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Post your questions for Public Enemy’s Chuck D
Here’s your chance to ask the New York hip-hip icon anything you like – whether it’s about the founding of Public Enemy, his political activism or his work on Grand Theft Auto
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Public Enemy legend Chuck D sells huge stake in publishing rights
Public Enemy icon Chuck D has sold a huge stake in publishing rights to his back catalogue including over 300 songs.
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Chuck D writes damning open letter saying ‘old white men’ are to blame for Astroworld, not Travis Scott
‘I’m not buying the Young Black Man did it’
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Double K death: Chuck D and Questlove lead tributes after rapper ‘dies in his sleep’ aged 43
Rapper formed duo People Under the Stairs with Thes One in 1997
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Chuck D of Public Enemy: ‘The presidency aged Obama – what will it do to Biden?’
On October 6 1989, Public Enemy arrived for a concert at the North Carolina A&T; State University, in Greensboro. With the group’s platinum-rated second album – the resplendently defiant It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back – having reached the summit of the US Billboard Top Black Albums chart, the hip hop collective from Long Island, New York, were one of the hottest acts in the world, and certainly its most dangerous. Others seemed to agree. Backstage, lead rapper Carlton Douglas Ride
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Public Enemy split with Flavor Flav was a hoax, group now says
Public Enemy's ouster last month of founding member Flavor Flav was a hoax to generate publicity and provide a commentary on disinformation, members of the rap group said on Wednesday as they released a new album. Founder Chuck D and four other members of the influential rap group had issued a statement in March saying they had split with Flav after he missed several live performances. Flav, writing on Twitter at the time, suggested he was fired because he refused to appear with the group at a
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Public Enemy’s Chuck D reveals Flavor Flav feud was a hoax
The pair were secretly working on new music together.
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Chuck D says Flavor Flav still in Public Enemy, and split was a hoax
Chuck D says Flavor Flav still in Public Enemy, and split was a hoaxSpat over Bernie Sanders rally announced as ‘catastrophe to wake people up’, as new track is launched featuring both rappers
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Chuck D says firing Flavor Flav from Public Enemy was a hoax to promote new album
Chuck D has claimed that his feud with Public Enemy member Flavor Flav was a hoax, after Flav was supposedly fired in March.The stunt – where it was announced that Flav had been kicked out of the group over a disagreement involving his lack of support for Bernie Sanders – appears to have been an April Fools prank to help promote a surprise new album from Chuck’s project, Enemy Radio.
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