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
different kind intimidating
I don't have any exteriors that would actually put me into some kind of different air that would actually intimidate somebody to stay away from me.
rap hip-hop want
All I want is peace and love on this planet. Ain't that how God planned it?
understanding world watches
When you travel the world, you have to watch and you have to listen. We're not going to come in to Ireland without an understanding that there's a history that's very sensitive.
thinking squares frustrated
You should be a person inside the world with knowledge of your terrain. And if you lock yourself into the 2,000-by-3,000-square-mile, lower-48 box of the United States, you're going to be frustrated by its limitations. You gotta think outside the box.
share enjoy
Share and enjoy the fruits of this planet.
daughter artist asking
My daughter's 19. I'm not asking her to develop as an artist. I'm just asking her to develop as a full person, human being.
strong moving sake
You're always going to sound like yourself, but you can make really strong attempts to keep some similarities, but move away from what you did before for popularity's sake.
creating grace world
The Internet was a saving grace for promoting and exposing, and even creating. It's a parallel world to the music industry that already exists, and I'm glad to be a part of it.
real heart concrete
The real thing is the heart, you know the heart shouldn't be covered with concrete.
real people bigger
Real people do real things. A collective of a whole bunch of people who do things in their own locale, in their own neighborhoods - the sum is bigger than the parts, and the parts will grow.
real rap roots
Rap is supposed to be about keeping it real and not relinquishing your roots in the community. Without that, it's just posturing. Somebody who claims to speak for the 'hood don't need no private jet.
hero stamps my-hero
Most of my heroes don't appear on no stamps
labels majors havens
I've signed with major labels, and I haven't had any control over the money.
wise mother military
My mother went to university, my father didn't. But they are very educated, very wise people. My father went to the military, so he's worldly.