Public enemy chuck d biography channel

As the founder of Public Enemy, Chuck D. is one of the most colossal figures in the history of Hip Hop, not to mention its most respected intellectual. He redefined Hip Hop as music with a message, and his strident radicalism ushered in an era when rap was closely scrutinized for its content; although rap’s primary concerns have changed over the years, its status as America’s most controversial art form has only gotten stronger since Public Enemy hit the scene.

Chuck D. was born Carlton Douglas Ridenhour in Roosevelt, Long Island, on August 1, 1960. His parents were both political activists, and he was a highly intelligent student, turning down an architecture scholarship to study graphic design at Long Island’s Adelphi University.

While in school, he put his talents to use making promotional flyers for Hip Hop events, and went on to co-host a Hip Hop mix show on the campus radio station with two future Public Enemy cohorts, Bill Stephney and Hank Shocklee.

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