Peter Rosenberg has decided to wave the white flag in his war of words against Public Enemy's Chuck D.
During his "The Realness" segment of his show this morning, Rosenberg took the opportunity to apologize for his statements made to Chuck following Hot 97's Summer Jam, The Source reports.
In his apology, Rosenberg acknowledges that it was "Fight The Power," PE's theme song for Spike Lee's Do The Right Thing, that inspired his career and his love of hip-hop.
"The one thing I understood was the feeling of the song that was pumping through Radio Raheem's boom box," Rosenberg said. "Now that wasn't the first time I heard Public Enemy but it was the first time Chuck D's voice affected me so to think 25 years later I would have a voice in this culture that some people would actually listen to a little bit is truly a blessing and then something I'm thankful for. To have used that voice in any way to show what was public disrespect to the great Chuck D is something that I am truly regretful for."
Rosenberg went on to explain his love for hip-hop and how Chuck D and Public Enemy were the root of it all.
As you may recall, after last month's Summer Jam, Chuck took to Twitter to express his displeasure with the show and vowed to change the face of hip-hop.
"The look on my face once I heard what a sloppy fiasco @hot97 in NYC has made of Hip Hop. #culturalcrime," he tweeted.
Rosenberg fired back with a video response saying, "Chuck, what are you doing to support this culture besides Tweeting confusing messages in 140 characters or less. Are you going out to shows? 'Cause we're all at shows booking new artists every single day. Working with them. Getting them on the festival stage, getting them on the main stage, and building artists. What are you doing? 'Cause if all you're doing is trolling on Twitter, you ain't doing that much."
Watch Peter Rosenberg's apology below.
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