Happy Birthday to one of the greatest rapper of all time
This is a little profile to one of my hero's. Rap was never the same when Chuck and P.E. decided to bring the noise!
Carlton Douglas "Chuck D" Ridenhour was born August 1, 1960. He is an American rapper, composer, actor, author, radio personality and producer. Chuck was born in Roosevelt, Long Island, New York, USA. He helped further 1980s political rap music as the controversial and influential lead rapper of Public Enemy.
After graduating from Roosevelt Junior-Senior High School, Chuck went to Adelphi University in Long Island. During his rap career, he helped give voice to the black consciousness.
As the lyricist and main vocalist of Public Enemy, he was the focal point of two seminal and controversial rap albums - Fear Of A Black Planet and It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back.
Ridenhour also contributed (as Chuck D) to several episodes of the PBS documentary series The Blues.
In 1995 he provided a backing vocal to the song "Elvis Ate America" on the Passengers ( a U2/Brian Eno collaboration) album Original Soundtracks 1.
In 1996 he released Autobiography Of Mistachuck on Mercury Records.
In November 1998, he settled out of court with Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G" Wallace's estate over the latter's sampling of Chuck D's voice in the song "Ten Crack Commandments". The specific sampling is Chuck D counting of the numbers 1 to 10.
In September, 1999, he launched a multi-format "supersite" on the Web, Rapstation.com. A home for the vast global Hip Hop community, the site boasts a TV and radio station with original programming, a slew of Hip Hop's most prominent DJs, celebrity interviews, free MP3 downloads (the first was contributed by multi-platinum rapper Coolio), social commentary, current events, and regular features dedicated to empowering rap artists with the knowledge to turn their craft into a viable living.
Since 2000, he has been one of the most vocal supporters of Internet music file sharing in the music industry.
Chuck has been increasingly involved politically. He co-hosted Unfiltered on Air America Radio, he has testified before Congress about Peer-to-Peer MP3 sharing, and was involved in a 2004 rap political convention.
He continues to be an activist, publisher, lecturer, and producer. He is the co-writer of the essay book Fight the Power: Rap, Race, and Reality, along with Yusuf Jah (ISBN 0385318685).
He also acted as narrator in the short film "Bling: Consequences and Repercussions" shot by Kareem Adouard which explains how diamonds in bling fashion are often conflict diamonds fueling wars and killings in Africa.
He loaned his voice to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as DJ Forth Right MC for the radio station Playback FM.
On June 5, 2005, Chuck D returned to Air America Radio with a new show, On The Real.
In anger at the New Orleans Hurricane Katrina disaster, Public Enemy came back with the song 'Hell No We Ain't All Right!' and a new album New Whirl Odor.
Carlton Douglas "Chuck D" Ridenhour was born August 1, 1960. He is an American rapper, composer, actor, author, radio personality and producer. Chuck was born in Roosevelt, Long Island, New York, USA. He helped further 1980s political rap music as the controversial and influential lead rapper of Public Enemy.
After graduating from Roosevelt Junior-Senior High School, Chuck went to Adelphi University in Long Island. During his rap career, he helped give voice to the black consciousness.
As the lyricist and main vocalist of Public Enemy, he was the focal point of two seminal and controversial rap albums - Fear Of A Black Planet and It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back.
Ridenhour also contributed (as Chuck D) to several episodes of the PBS documentary series The Blues.
In 1995 he provided a backing vocal to the song "Elvis Ate America" on the Passengers ( a U2/Brian Eno collaboration) album Original Soundtracks 1.
In 1996 he released Autobiography Of Mistachuck on Mercury Records.
In November 1998, he settled out of court with Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G" Wallace's estate over the latter's sampling of Chuck D's voice in the song "Ten Crack Commandments". The specific sampling is Chuck D counting of the numbers 1 to 10.
In September, 1999, he launched a multi-format "supersite" on the Web, Rapstation.com. A home for the vast global Hip Hop community, the site boasts a TV and radio station with original programming, a slew of Hip Hop's most prominent DJs, celebrity interviews, free MP3 downloads (the first was contributed by multi-platinum rapper Coolio), social commentary, current events, and regular features dedicated to empowering rap artists with the knowledge to turn their craft into a viable living.
Since 2000, he has been one of the most vocal supporters of Internet music file sharing in the music industry.
Chuck has been increasingly involved politically. He co-hosted Unfiltered on Air America Radio, he has testified before Congress about Peer-to-Peer MP3 sharing, and was involved in a 2004 rap political convention.
He continues to be an activist, publisher, lecturer, and producer. He is the co-writer of the essay book Fight the Power: Rap, Race, and Reality, along with Yusuf Jah (ISBN 0385318685).
He also acted as narrator in the short film "Bling: Consequences and Repercussions" shot by Kareem Adouard which explains how diamonds in bling fashion are often conflict diamonds fueling wars and killings in Africa.
He loaned his voice to Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas as DJ Forth Right MC for the radio station Playback FM.
On June 5, 2005, Chuck D returned to Air America Radio with a new show, On The Real.
In anger at the New Orleans Hurricane Katrina disaster, Public Enemy came back with the song 'Hell No We Ain't All Right!' and a new album New Whirl Odor.
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