One side of the street is a Church; across the road is a liquor store. Both of 'em keepin us poor. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
The biggest thing that has happened to hip-hop is the clinging on to the corporation as the all-mighty hub of the music. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Let the voice be the voice of the voiceless and let it come from the world of rap music to keep the… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Rap is supposed to be about keeping it real and not relinquishing your roots in the community. Without that, it's just posturing.… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I like Rick Ross as a person. I like Jay-Z and Kanye West as people. But I hate the companies that they… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
One of the problems with hip hop is lack of infrastructure and not being able to control its own course. I don't… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
The powers that be are trying to meld, shape, and corral the culture of hip-hop into another speaking voice for the government. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
People are so confused about race and hip-hop that people didn't even consider the Beastie Boys one of the greatest rap groups… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I think hip hop should be a living word. And what I mean by the living word is like yo, you gotta… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Eminem has talent, and his talent is the thing that influences many young people who would have never gone anywhere near rap.… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Public Enemy started out as a benchmark in rap music in the mid-1980s. We felt there was a need to actually progress… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
McDonald's offers a king's ransom to any hip-hop artist who is able to put Big Mac into a song. MTV - and… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I don't think a lot of people have been privy to understanding that there's this talent in hip-hop all over the earth… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Someone like Jay-Z does have a timeless quality, but it's much different than ours. You can look back at something like "At… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Rap comes from the humble beginnings of rebelling against the status quo. Now, rappers have become the status quo themselves. You can't… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
We were coming out of the black community with this thing called rap music, which was basically black men yelling at the… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
If you want to speak about different ethnicities and diversity, rap and hip-hop are all over the planet. Every country, from Turkey… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
You're always looking for somebody to love you, be accepted, and there's the insecurities that are even transmitted through rap. Everyone is… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Rappers should just be able to perform what they create and satisfy the people that like and love them. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Hip-hop is a part of rock & roll because it comes from DJ culture. DJ culture is the embodiment of all genres… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Your closest and your most dedicated fans will be your ultimate test. They will test you. — Chuck D Copy Share
Public Enemy started out as a benchmark in rap music in the mid-1980s. We felt there was a need to actually progress the music… — Chuck D Copy Share
Find like-minded people and try not to be individualized to the point where you try to fight it all and think about it all… — Chuck D Copy Share
For a long period of time, the media covered rap music and hip hop the same way they cover a lot of black people,… — Chuck D Copy Share
You can't take anything with you. So I don't understand this whole psychotic area of greed, I don't get it. — Chuck D Copy Share
They [US Administration] have exploited hip-hop and some of the culture around it - magazines, videos, etc. - to recruit people into the military.… — Chuck D Copy Share
Let the voice be the voice of the voiceless and let it come from the world of rap music to keep the stereotype and… — Chuck D Copy Share
I wanna go to the clubs and actually have a good time too, but at the same time, when the party's over, I have… — Chuck D Copy Share
There are too many leaders anointed because they have a public voice - television, radio, or record, or whatever. That even includes myself. In… — Chuck D Copy Share
We don't see the people who are doing real things getting enough props. We often see politicians who are everywhere but nowhere at the… — Chuck D Copy Share
Americans are not sharp. You can be sharp in your own area, I guess, but in this world you gotta be conscious of everybody… — Chuck D Copy Share
