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
appears approving rubber stamp wife
With a wife approving her husband's salary, it appears that this board's stamp is really just a rubber stamp,
fans tests dedicated
Your closest and your most dedicated fans will be your ultimate test. They will test you.
crazy thinking voice
I think the problem for the future generations is a lot of people ain't takin' the time to look for them and give them their voice, so therefore for their voice to be heard, they gotta bang more pots on the ceiling, so to speak; they gotta do crazy things just to get recognized. I just feel that whenever you don't give a generation some kind of voice, then expect side effects.
real people film
A visit to the hood through a record, or through a video, or through a film, is a lot safer than actually visiting the people in real life. It became a business model. It became a revenue engine that, you know, you can get to the hood without ever going there.
technology social-network look-up
Maybe we need to look upon technologies and social networks as things that come out of us, not things that lead us. We can be on top of these things instead of them bein' on top of us as human beings.
thinking people fearless
I think a good thing that needs to change is that people should be at least fearless about expressin' themselves.
believe
My thing is, the older you get you gotta stand up for what you believe in, and keep bashin' away.
rap rap-music
Nothing has more words and performance than rap music.
believe writing artist
If you want to be an artist, truly try to write what you believe, and if you write when you don't believe then you should try to become an actor.
car sometimes pens
I like to drive and I like to travel. When I drive on the open road, it's like sometimes the car turns into a pen and the road is a piece of paper.
mean thinking hip-hop
I think hip hop should be a living word. And what I mean by the living word is like yo, you gotta have the words that provide life.
song driving
You know, I've written many of my songs while driving - which is against the law in many cases.
greed psychotic
You can't take anything with you. So I don't understand this whole psychotic area of greed, I don't get it...
technology trying
Try to master technology instead of it mastering you.