Slavery was incredibly prosperous for some people, at that time. It was not a bad business plan, but it was terrible and… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
A visit to the hood through a record, or through a video, or through a film, is a lot safer than actually… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
There's people who feel that, Well, if I could profit off of sellin' sex to an eleven-year-old kid that comes through some… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
No matter what's in your head, you go up into any hospital, up to a terminal ward and it'll smack you right… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Try to find like-minded people. Don't choose your friends based on the outside, choose your friends based on your similar views or… — 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
The Illuminati is just the evil, 'nameless' people who are behind governments. — 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 can actually take your pain and processes it into some kind of form of art. So I mean, I've easily always… — 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
Never try to make the same record twice, even when people are screaming for the same sound. — Chuck D Copy Share Image
You have to wait for people to program you. The only difference is the amount of people that you're going to reach… — 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
When somebody greedily comes along and thinks that they gonna snatch everything, and you have so many people that have not, the… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
My mother went to university, my father didn't. But they are very educated, very wise people. My father went to the military,… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
Music and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I always tell people that I was fortunate I was able to come in with a group of men. We didn't come… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
I encourage more blacks and people of color to get a passport. That's one way to help put people on an equal… — Chuck D Copy Share Image
In the past, people were going to record stores and buying albums or CDs. And the label was exposing their artist as… — 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
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
Young people are having a hard time with what's reality and what's fantasy these days...We created discussion. It wasn't to create controversy… — 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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