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
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
As black people we were out to further our equality. I don't pay attention to the controversial connotations put on by media… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
You know, you should start to be in plays and things like that. Write some scripts. If you're an artist and you… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I would like to say is that to be truly American and represent American ideals you need to consider yourself a citizen… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Right is right, and wrong is wrong, and when people start getting it confused, that means they need to sit down with… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
You know, it's nothin' quick overnight. If anything happens to you quick, you need to start questioning that. You know, you hear… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Most artists are always fighting for their fame. They have that fear, like the saying goes, "out of sight, out of mind."… — 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 think a good thing that needs to change is that people should be at least fearless about expressin' themselves. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Maybe we need to look upon technologies and social networks as things that come out of us, not things that lead us.… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Excuse us for the news, You might not be amused; But did you know White comes from Black? No need to be… — 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 Image
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 Image
Music used to cause revolutions and I'm not seeing much revolution anymore. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Our freedom of speech is freedom or death, We got to fight the powers that be! — Chuck D Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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