Chuck D Once Again Discusses Feud With Peter Rosenberg of Hot 97

Chuck D is in the spotlight once again, discussing a Twitter-fueled conversation from six months ago where the rapper vocalized his dissatisfaction with Hot 97 and Peter Rosenberg, citing a distaste from an experience back in 2008 at the station's annual Summer Jam event.

Chuck D is not known to be one to keep his opinion to himself. For example, in a recent interview, he shared his opinion on the role that haters play in hip-hop. He also regularly discusses issues and shares his thoughts with his 459,000 Twitter account followers. Self-described as both a rap music fan and an administrator, many look to him for wise words.

The tweet led to a series of conversations where Chuck D said that urban radio disrespects its own fans and its own audience.

Now six months later, Peter Rosenberg, the co-host of Hot 97's Morning Show, has since apologized, and Chuck D is reflecting on the situation once again in a new interview with The Real Hip-Hop.

Chuck stated, "The whole thing with Peter Rosenberg, I never looked at him as being the problem. He was never the problem. The things that he was saying were totally irrelevant. Dude, you aren't even making sense to your friends and supporters [laughs]. I'm just saying give me some answers, man, and cats couldn't come up with answers to support it."

"It was sloppy when I was part of it," Chuck D goes on to say. "The first thing that the host said that year was, 'Yo, you gotta peep these n--gas. These was the n--gas that started the revolution. Give it up for these n--gas PE.' This was the host. Don't try to tell me what you did and what you didn't do. That's some bulls--t. It was wack when I was there. It was bound to get sloppier with nobody there to hold y'all in check."

Chuck D still holds the firm opinion that the radio station should have more control in terms of the explicit content and slurs that see air time during the concert event.

Chuck D ended the interview by stating that Rosenberg was "absolutely right" in saying "nobody did" make him the President of Hip-Hop, to which he replied, "it's a job that I wouldn't have f--kin' took anyway."

What do you think of the commentary between Chuck D and Peter Rosenberg? Do you think the situation deserves air time six months later?

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Chuck D, Public Enemy, Hot 97