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 avoid cut group primary student thinking trying understand
As the primary group responsible for student rights, I don't understand why we've been cut out of the table. It appears they're trying to avoid our involvement, thinking we're too extreme.
biggest concern gone people saying thinking worry
My biggest concern is people thinking the humidity has gone back up, so don't worry about anything -- I'm saying you're wrong. You're really wrong.
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.
thinking people fearless
I think a good thing that needs to change is that people should be at least fearless about expressin' themselves.
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.
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.
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.
thinking truth-is
Truth is truth no matter what I think.
thinking grace enemy
I think the Internet was the saving grace for Public Enemy. Before that, travelling the world saved Public Enemy.
thinking too-much lawyer
I think too much of the music industry is for the lawyer and accountant mentality.
thinking hip-hop able
I'm envious of the way that electronic dance music has organised itself. It has been able to understand what it ain't rather than what it is. And I think that slipped away from hip-hop as soon as the DJs lost the majority of the say so in the direction of the music.
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.
art passion thinking
When somebody greedily comes along and thinks that they gonna snatch everything, and you have so many people that have not, the passion that drives me is trying to make them understand that they have to share. So, my art reflects that; the whole reason I do what I do reflects that.
mean thinking revolution
I think that revolution means change. And if somebody feels like there's nothing wrong, everything's great even when it ain't, why would they ask for a revolution? Just stick the tubes into me and just pump away.