Find like-minded people and try not to be individualized to the point where you try to fight it all and think about… — 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… — 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… — 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… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I think right about now we have to beware of marketed Malcolms and Martins. Real people do real things. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I think the problem for the future generations is a lot of people ain't takin' the time to look for galvanizing artists… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
People aren't going to support an artist just because they have an audio file. They have to feel a real connection. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
My advice to young people is ask older people questions and don't be afraid. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Try to do your best to look people in the eye and talk to them without a gadget being in between you… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I have to be conscious of what I'm sayin' because people are gonna come at me about this sh*t. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I think the problem for the future generations is a lot of people ain't takin' the time to look for them and… — 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
I'd rather have a hundred thousand or a million people saying I'm nuts and I'm crazy for my musical choices and what… — 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
Today, a young person that doesn't know themselves will totally be sold some other situation. Let's do your avatar. You know? And… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
If they can send you to war at 18, maybe it's beneficial for some people to think that most of us gotta… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I let go usually by talking to many people in different areas, in different realms of life that make me look at… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
When we worked on Ice Cube's Amerikkka's Most Wanted album. Before we talked studios, beats, or lyrics, I said, "Two rules: Only… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
When culture is created in boardrooms with a panel of six or seven strategists for the masses to follow, to me that… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
When music turned into being like candy - what people don't realize is, yes it's candy, but candy has long-term effects if… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Real people do real things. A collective of a whole bunch of people who do things in their own locale, in their… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
It ain't this big I, little You. Music is to be shared. Music is not a hustle. [Hip hop's become] cultural stripmining… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Being positive is like going up a mountain. Being negative is like sliding down a hill. A lot of times, people want… — 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
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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