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#ChuckD defended #Madonna’s honor against trolls who have slammed the music icon for her performance at the “Celebration” Tour. -
Takeoff Dead: Chuck D Calls Gun Violence on Rappers an 'Abnormal Behavior'
Takeoff's tragic death made people like Chuck D address the gun violence surrounding the industry.#Takeoff #ChuckD -
Nirvana Bassist Krist Novoselic Wants To Form A Supergroup With Chuck D, John Densmore
Krist Novoselic just said that he is open to forming a supergroup with Chuck D and John Densmore. He also said that he knows Densmore on a personal level. -
Prophets of Rage to Tour the U.S. Following Cancelled Governor's Ball Performance
Prophets of Rage is set to tour the U.S. following its cancelled Governor’s Ball performance this past Sunday (June 5) due to inclement weather. The supergroup features members of Rage Against the Machine, Chuck D of Public Enemy and B-Real of Cypress Hill. After the cancelled performance at Governor’s Ball, the group did a pop-up show at Warsaw in Brooklyn. -
Flava Flav and Chuck D Disagree on Donald Trump at SXSW in Austin
Did Flava Flav stump for Trump at SXSW? Did Flava Flav stump for Trump at SXSW? "I'm not really the politician of the group," Flav told Billboard Public Enemy's performance at South by Southwest in Austin. -
Public Enemy’s Chuck D Reacts to The Oscars’ Use of ‘Fight The Power’
During the 88th Academy Awards this past Sunday night, Public Enemy's "Fight The Power" soundtracked Chris Rock's walk onstage as the comedian reported for hosting duty amidst the #OscarsSoWhite diversity controversy; the seminal hip-hop anthem was played again as the show came to a close and the credits rolled. Chuck D noticed and reacted to the Oscars' use of the song via Twitter. -
Universal Music Group Lawsuit: Chuck D, Rick James and More Win $11.5 Million Settlement
Universal Music has come to a settlement with a substantial number of its former artists—including Chuck D, Dave Mason of Traffic and Rick James (by way of a trust, as the guitarist is deceased)—regarding the distribution of royalties from digital downloads. The sum comes out to $11.5 million to be split among numerous parties, as well as an increase in the royalty percentage received by formers going forward. The plaintiffs alleged that Universal's labeling of digital music earnings as "sales" rather than "licenses" took money off the table for artists. -
Public Enemy's Chuck D Wants A Record Store Day Radio Station, DJ SKEE Helps
After last year's Record Store Day, Chuck D of Public Enemy went to the founder of the national event, Michael Kurtz, to share an idea. What if the day dedicated to vinyl had its own radio station? Kurtz adopted the idea and recently struck up a partnership with DJ SKEE's new venture, DASH Radio, which premiered last August. The station is no longer a dream - it will go live Mar. 1, well ahead of this year's annual celebration of vinyl. -
Chuck D Once Again Discusses Feud With Peter Rosenberg of Hot 97
Recently, Chuck D has been 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, siting a distaste from an experience in 2008 at the station's annual Summer Jam event. -
Chuck D Discusses Why Hip-Hop Benefits from and Welcomes Haters
Chuck D of Public Enemy shared his opinion of haters and the role strict critics play in hip-hop in a recent interview with "Real Hip-Hop."Chuck D's new solo album "The Black in Man," his third solo release, came out in August and the title was inspired by Johnny Cash's identity as "The Man in Black."His earlier two releases are "The Autobiography of Mistachuck" (1996) and 2010's "Don't Rhyme for the Sake of Riddlin'." The 2010 release was in a digital-only format, which Chuck D says was ahead of the times by being available online only, in that "it wasn't an understood format" the way it is today.Chuck D spoke in the interview about how Public Enemy's production team, Bomb Squad, was not making music to appeal to the masses or for people's approval."We dared to make records that people would hate. We would twist it until they ended up loving it," he says. "We never really looked to see if anybody would love our s--t. We ain't never make a move for popular things — at least that's the Public Enemy program."Chuck D reflected on the Ice Cube track "The N---a You Love to Hate" that followed in the footsteps of the mantra Public Enemy was creating. -
Dave Grohl Reflects on 'Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways' Series, Says Next Project Will Be 'Bigger'
Dave Grohl's love letter to American music, Sonic Highways, came to an end on Friday (Dec. 5). The Foo Fighters ended their journey in New York City, interviewing the likes of KISS's Paul Stanley, Public Enemy's Chuck D and record producer Rick Rubin. The frontman spoke with 'Rolling Stone' recently about the series and reflected on the epic journey. -
Michael Brown, Eric Garner: 10 Tribute Songs From T.I., Alicia Keys, J. Cole, And More
Following the grand jury decisions regarding the police-related deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO and Eric Garner in Staten Island, NY, plenty of musicians have expressed their outrage and calls for peace and unity by releasing songs inspired by these incidents. Here are 10 songs inspired by the deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner.
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