Chuck D is not aging at all!! He’s a truly brilliant and inspiring man.

@ttacking_you

Жыл бұрын

Black don't crack , unless we're talking Flava Flavs habits

@tommyt1971

Жыл бұрын

And it ain’t fair!! More power to him! #FightThePower

@ce311

Жыл бұрын

I was just about to write in the comments I'm guessing it's KZread that puts the closed captions on, but when he said his 62 years ( same as me!) The CC wrote 72. Lots of funny mistakes all the time, but I'm grateful I don't rely on them.

@witchypoorose5196

Жыл бұрын

I love him so much! 🖤✊🏻 #PEFOREVER #CHUCKDGOAT

@djmaestro249

Жыл бұрын

@@ce311 God bless you man, long live.

I see Chuck D, I click. Public Enemy is the greatest rap group of all time.

@briesthoughts2261

Жыл бұрын

Agreed!!!

@groberts638

Жыл бұрын

FACTS

@witness1013

Жыл бұрын

Not even close

@dolandblanford4641

Жыл бұрын

Mr Incognito, your statement has to be true, because Public Enemy is the greatest musical act of all time in any genre. Bar none.

@Roy-G-Biv

Жыл бұрын

same

It takes a nation of millions to hold us back is a masterpiece

@dolandblanford4641

Жыл бұрын

Greatest album of all time.

@seanyoung9014

Жыл бұрын

@@dolandblanford4641 Yup.

@InertiaCreeps

Жыл бұрын

As is Fear of a Black Planet. I was probably the only white kid in a hick town who knew that entire album word for word. Decades later and I can still remember most of the lyrics. *Eye opening* album that touched topics I had never even heard discussed before.

@robfromvan

10 ай бұрын

I sometimes still listen to it. I’m 50 now. I used to listen to it when I was 15.

@mafoomatty7494

8 ай бұрын

Utterly brilliant

MOST OF MY HEROS DON’T APPEAR ON NO STAMP… CHUCK D IS ONE ☝🏿 OF THEM! ✊🏿✊🏿✊🏿

@AudioPervert1

16 күн бұрын

Chuck D servant of the American Empire... an assholx... Now serving the American Empire (Mass Murder) and pimped by KZread.

His voice is so clear and strong like a decent politician crossed with a preacher, but no lying unlike those two groups.

Fight The Power has already aired on the BBC. i watched all four episodes yesterday, and it is brilliant. Superb cultural, political, social history, told by the people who were there, and a superb soundtrack, obviously. "HIstory doesnt repeat itself, it rhymes"

@nicolapowell7730

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. I was wondering how I'd get a chance to watch it. Maybe a co-production between the Beeb and PBS?

@1medsy

Жыл бұрын

Mate, thanks for this. Just found it on iPlayer 👍🏻

@jonnyjaywick

Жыл бұрын

@@1medsy your whelk :)

Chuck D is a damn legend

@calmastorm5144

8 ай бұрын

Facts!!!

@mafoomatty7494

8 ай бұрын

Facts

@99956563232

18 күн бұрын

FACTS. Even as a white kid growing up in the midwest, I recognized the power of Public Enemy the first time I heard them.

Chuck D changed my life in 1985 1st time i heard public Enemy i was hooked.

@jamesdavis1201

Жыл бұрын

SAME!!!

I love it when he lays down the specific history. I grew up in the South Bronx in those days and remember the fliers, the street jams, the "throw-ups", breaking. All of it.

@22221mm

Жыл бұрын

I feel all that were witness to historic moments, which the birth of hip hop is one or many of those are historians in their own right. I salute you.

You could talk to this man for HOURS and barely scratch the surface. One of my Heroes. . .Never forget: it ALL started with that incredible Spectrum City radio show!!!!!!!

What an artist. Wow, we all owe HipHop a great deal.

This man is amazing and the world is blessed to have him… ❤❤❤

@aronsium4714

Жыл бұрын

He is. I couldn't even speak English when Public Enemy popped up in the charts here in Germany. I noticed his distinctive voice and style and the rest was international history

"Don't push me cause I'm closed to the edge" still ringing true in 2023 in America

@ChineduOpara

Жыл бұрын

I grew up on "The Message" . It's an eternal classic to me and my peers

@chermainebigby5238

Жыл бұрын

No doubt

@earthcitizen3939

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, but it takes time to change things.

Chuck D 4 president!

My first show ever was Public Enemy at the 930 Club in D.C. (930 F Street) in 1989. It was amazing (and loud). I went alone and was blown away. I wish I'd had someone to share the experience with at the time, but I'll never forget it.

@rodneystevenson4057

Жыл бұрын

Talk about a throwback....930 club 🔥🔥

@TabethaAurochs

Жыл бұрын

Damn that's THE 930 Club, where I started hanging out in '91 - I was a 13 yr white girl who was looking for something, anything: but instead of assholes who spelled trouble, I found a place to go where no matter who was playing or if we were just hanging out, I was treated like I deserved the same respect as anybody else there - maybe even a bit more. They relocated the 930 club in 94 or 95, and it's a legendary club for many a good reason, but I still call it the "New 930" cuz that old 🕳 in the wall was the first best thing that ever happened to me. Chuck D must've blown the rats all the way to the Black Cat 🙀

One of the most important song writers of all time. This guy has given his adult life to educating people all across the world through art. I have had the pleasure of being to live shows and meeting him too. Someone who has only constantly wanted to make the world a better place than its past history.. Thanks Chuck for continuing on. Fam not fan!

I could listen to Chuck D talk about the history of hip hop for all the damn hours. Dude's an amazing story teller on and off the mic.

That voice, always a pleasure to hear that. Chuck D and Public Enemy are imponderable.

One of my all-time heroes! Chuck D!

This man is my hero, and I am forever grateful to know him as a friend and collaborator. Chuck D. is who I want to be when I grow up!!

Gotta say Lewis Cato and the band have miraculously maintained the sublime quality of music on this show since Jon's departure. Very brilliant and moving to welcome Chuck D to the stage with that snippet from Living for the City

@colettemcnabb7365

Жыл бұрын

I never thought that I would love anyone as much as I loved Jon, but I SERIOUSLY love Louis. An out of left field surprise. Stephen had lightening strike twice in my opinion.

Seeing Chuck D made my heart smile. I remember dancing to their music when I was a teen.

@jamesdavis1201

Жыл бұрын

SAME!!!!

Chuck D showed the world why we needed hip-hop in our lives. Some of it did little to improve a bad situation. A lot of it lifted hopeless children up in this world. Thank you for giving the world, some meaningful music.

I graduated from catholic high school in 1984 and when I first heard Chuck D. and grandmaster flash I was HOOKED! Skinny Italian girl rocking it like a champ. I was also key in informing my friends to the music, including NWA's "Straight outta Compton', Bob Marley, Steel Pulse and also deep into punk rock lol. I dove off the stage in 1984 at the Santa monica civic center at The Damned concert w/ 45 grave. Some random guys threw me up there and I had to get off lol. Friends used to come to my house since I has so many records, late 80's / 90's - were the best! AND damn Chuck you look awesome for 62!

I am 52 years old. I don’t know life without hip-hop. I barely remember hip-hop without public enemy in it. Chuck D is one of the most brilliant minds among us. I cannot wait to watch this documentary.

Saw Public Enemy at UCLA in the 90's. Awesome show. Always loved Chuck D, his knowledge and positive vibes. Great interview.

@nadiaddis1145

Жыл бұрын

I lived in Dykstra Hall. Met Flava Flav in the elevator. I learned a girl on the 7th floor was his Goddaughter!!. Im 5ft11, mt friend from Sierra Leonne, Eula McKinney, was 6ft1. Flav was literally looking up at us! "Dang, Whattup Gs!!

Fight the Power/Bring the Noise. Chuck D. May god be with you.

Chuck D! So smart and insightful. I've seen Public Enemy in concert every chance I could. He is truly an icon and a voice for the people!

Refuse to lose Thanks Chuck D 🙏

The best rap VOICE of all time. Back when RAP was REAL.

@earthcitizen3939

9 ай бұрын

If you listen to Yo and Nations, his voice is booming. His voice is one of the reasons why PE works.

I saw Public Enemy open for the Beastie Boys in 1986 at the Cap Center in DC. An amazing, memorable night

Chuck D is a fan of The Beatles, and Ronnie Wood of the Rolling Stones is his hero? This man is FASCINATING.

@colettemcnabb7365

Жыл бұрын

I had the pleasure of seeing Ronnie Wood backstage of a Stones show once. He watched Mick and Keith get draped in towels at the end of a show and quipped in an hilarious way, "where's the love for me?" He was seriously joking like he was left standing in the cold. I thought " there is a man with an incredible sense of humor that is truly wondering how his life is SO INCREDIBLE ". I TOTALLY GET how he could be Chuck D's dude from that one witnessed moment.

Legend. A true artist with a message. Something missing from todays stars.

I might be someone born and living some 3,500 miles, away, but I could listen to Chuck speaking wisdom for hours without tiring. Legend.

A true legend!

Holy shit! This man, this man! I am a 52 year old white woman and this man's voice has moved me for years. This interview was just a peak into how his voice has made a difference in my world. I hear that voice and I crank up the volume- it truly speaks to my soul...and this interview highlights why. He is HUMAN and is speaking to HUMANITY. Thanks for having him on your show. To Louis and the band- congrats on sharing the stage with one of your idols. Once again, I am LOVING Louis Cato!

Chuck D a living Hip Hop Legend. Public Enemy is one of my favorite groups. He is another vampire aging backward😊❤

As a kid, Public Enemy helped me understand the transformational power of music. They deserve every honor heaped upon them.

God bless Stephen Colbert for bringing focus to this important documentary and book! I can’t wait to see the app for cultural media!

HUGE fan of Chuck D's brain since the Air America days!

Chuck D is such an intelligent, enlightened and beautiful soul. You need to have him on more and for longer! It would be a public service!!

@earthcitizen3939

9 ай бұрын

One of those that made me think about political things. To me PE is about more than music, not many bands mean that much to me.

Man, I wish this interview could have been a week long. Chuck would just get going and Stephen had to switch topics to make sure they touched on everything... but what I would have given for a deeper dive. Cannot wait for the documentary. When Chuck D talks, we owe it to him to listen. He's one of the most important voices of our time.

Chuck D is an amazing man. His lyrics are truth and knowledge. His approach to life is an example. Hip-Hop is not where it is today in society if it isn't for him and Public Enemy. Many suburban folks learned about life from him that are my age. Beyond the music, he had opened eyes to things that were not shown to people and he should be looked at as a hero of not just a culture, but to human kind itself. He is louder than a bomb. One of my American heroes.

@colettemcnabb7365

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely

Public Enemy’s music blasted into our lives and was something entirely new, it was a sound like no other. It made the hair stand up on the back of your neck.

@AlerieHightower

Жыл бұрын

So true. I must have listened to It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back a thousand times.

Fear Of A Black Planet, Stone Cold Rhymin', 'Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em'...and New Kids On The Block Christmas albums--is what my little sister bought, cos' I wasn't even into music yet. '911 Is A Joke' is what changed things for me and 'Can't Truss It' was on the radio already♪ Chuck D and Public Enemy broke open the door for Rage Against The Machine, politics for Nirvana & Pearl Jam...even flipped groups like Beastie Boys, Radiohead, Bjork in terms of a pathway for people to Get Down without losing any flava'

@jaundice_japlin

Жыл бұрын

Rebel without a pause is a masterpiece

One of the most brilliant humans to have ever walked this Earth. I first heard PE back at the age of 15 in 1991, split my mind...! Over 30 years later I am still in total awe of this man: the genius lyricism, the angry, cynical but somehow optimistic perspective, the relentless pursuit of pushing things in a better direction... Chuck. D. Forever. ✊🏻🔥✊🏿

I love this clip. Fight the power fight the power and be ... glorious. Hip hop changed my life - whirled wide love.

@naylas3908

Жыл бұрын

“Fight the powers THAT be”, not ‘and be’.

@hugomego7329

Жыл бұрын

@@naylas3908 that's glorious but not notorious

Damn Chuck is looking well, hasn’t changed a bit.

I love, LOVE listening to Chuck speak in interviews! He's such a well spoken, intelligent and knowledgeable person to listen to.

Chuck D!! Can't Truss It ✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾✊🏾

I'm 57 and to this day The Message is one of my favorite Rap Songs! When ever I hurt myself and my wife says what's wrong I tell her "I broke my sacrophiliac"

@dallasborn8574

Жыл бұрын

Living in a sea saw.

what a legend; a living hero

Greatest voice in hip hop.

How hip hop changed the world ...shit...how public enemy changed my damn life...chuck d is a LEGEND 👍🏾✊🏾

Waouw Chuck D is 72 years old now 😯 One of the best rappers of all times

Watching this interview made me think Chuck could have his own late night show. Dude is so charismatic and completely controlled that interview without being an asshole about it. As soon as he sat down he was in charge and ready to teach.

62? Dude looks 5 years younger than me, and I'm not even 50 yet.

@eazythedon54st

Жыл бұрын

I pray that God blesses me to see y'all age🙏🏿

Chuck D a humanitarian we must keep fighting the power.🙏🇺🇸⚖️

Chuck D is a legend in Hip Hop . Vlad wasn’t lying when he said that he’s the greatest concious Hip Hop Artist . Dude is defenitley influential

@earthcitizen3939

9 ай бұрын

Him and KRS-One

I love that he converts his hotel room into an art studio and creates art during his “downtime “! So cool

Thank you for giving this brilliant man a mainstream platform! I've been in awe of him since the 80s.

Chuck D and Public Enemy, reached all the way out to me in Boise Idaho. The 90’s were a magical time for music. Public Enemy influenced me and my friends to think differently and actually -hear- the world of difference amid indifference . Chuck D can NEVER be upstaged in anyway because his beliefs of unification and “ it doesn’t mater what color you are!” Makes he and his band timeless and amazing. What he and PE spit, even today, hold SO much weight and power! Thanks for being a major part of my childhood Public Enemy ❤👏🤠👍

Chuck D. is an international treasure✅

Oh man, legendary Chuck D🙏🏾 frontman from the legendary hip hop band Public Enemy. Not only the greatest but most definitely one of, if not the most important Rappers ever.

We'll always come back stronger.

Chuck D is one of the greatest early MC's of hip-hop. He was part of a cadre of emcees that really took the mic work to a whole new level, ditching simple vowel-based rhyme schemes, and producing more structurally complex poetry (Rap is a form of poetry, after all). Public Enemy took over the late 80's rap scene, ushering in a 5 year dominance of conscious rap on the East coast - that was a stark contrast to the nascent (more deliberately violent and vulgar) gangsta rap of NWA, that would eventually take over the industry as a whole.

*👑 Hip Hop Royalty right there. Carlton Ridenhour aka Chuck D, not only a natural at visual arts but studied graphic design in college, And he came from a militant family so I know his "doodles" are Powerful!* 🔥

When you say Hip Hop, and talk of the Culture. The voice of Chuck D has to be heard and most important understood. Infact we need a course at school under Chuck D and the class should be called culture awareness. Salute 👑

As a 10 year old white kid in 1990 (when Fear of A Black Planet came out), my family and friends were not at all accustomed to the ideas so gracefully and eloquently expressed by Chuck - almost always without a single curse word. He enlightened me and all the other 10/11 year old kids I played his records for, and I’d like to think he (along with Tribe and De La and KRS and Ice Cube and Ice T) exposed me to ideas I might not have otherwise come across until MUCH later in life. Chuck D formed the adult mind I have today - probably more than any teacher or work of literature I’d been exposed to as an impressionable kid with all types of problems. A true pioneer, up there with Chuck Berry and Little Richard and Miles and Byrd and James Brown and George Clinton, a living god walking amongst us still. Thanks for being out there Chuck, and for still being more than relevant…

Public enemy changed the world …best education for a young mind about historical injustices 🙏🏼

I took my 2 daughters to see Public Enemy when they were in their teens and at 1st they were not keen cos of the Flavour Flav show it was showing then,but during and after the concert, they loved it! They realized they saw legends of Hip Hop and music history

CHUCK D!!!!!

This was great!!❤❤❤❤

love this guy

Once again back is the INCREDIBLE...✊✊

@jamesgrant5541

Жыл бұрын

Rhyyyme animal....

From the streets of NYC to one of the greatest stories of our generation ! 💚💜✊🏿🇺🇸

YO I WAS EARLY 20’s DURING 90’s CHUCK D DAYS. IT WAS AND IS DA BEST. MTV RAPS WAS IT

Love that he shows love to the teacher who rarely gets mainstream love

Chuck D was rapping about shit that really matters while almost everyone else was on about money, guns, and pimping.

@Junksaint

Жыл бұрын

Who are you listening to? That's not true, It is who's been getting popular the last decade or two but there's been an abundance of rappers still doing the same thing. Also, I want to add a special message for everyone I think we'll really touch some hearts and resonate. Fvck tha police!

@shock_n_Aweful

Жыл бұрын

@@Junksaint Not saying nobody else did it but he was the most well known for sure. Obviously others had political content like Ice-T and NWA. I specifically was referring to ones who did not do the gangster style, which has become rare.

@matthewbuxton4476

Жыл бұрын

Facts! 🖊!

I'll always appreciate a well spoken musical ambassador, whatever genre. From Vladimir Horowitz to Bob Marley. 😻

Chuck D is still the G.O.A.T

Man, the wisdom leaking out of this man is intense. I'm so glad I learned about him and could tie his name to a song I heard on my mom's itunes as a child. Wow. I can't wait to see this documentary

Public Enemy in concert with the S1Ws doing their thing on stage was something else, felt like an extension of the past into the present looking to the future. Such a strong singular identity but everyone I know rocks to it, that's a trick. ✌️

His words, wow. What a presence. Dope. Chuck

Remember saving $$ as a kid to get Fear of a Black Planet, my first cassette I bought for myself. I wore that thing out!

Chuck still rocking man works so hard for us saw him over 30 years ago in England

Very enligthened perspective and such an inspiring person. I'm stoked Stephen just let him speak too. Great!

Public Enemy and Chuck D are the Renaissance masters and Da Vinci of Hip Hop/Rap.

Chuck D, what a remarkably lovely human being you are. I'm really looking forward to seeing the documentary.

@thesaintst1851

Жыл бұрын

It’s really good

I really want to rock the funky beats

I wish his visit was longer than one segment but I appreciate you having him on the show. He is brilliant, creative and entertaining.

Thankful for your contributions, definite fav for years 👍🏾

"Down time? Nah, it's art time." - I know what I'm doing with my 'down time' from now on, inspiring stuff indeed!

In them speaking on the quantification of hip hop, it almost seemed like SC was maybe looking for a different answer. King Chuck being the hip hop scholar/legend he is did a great job educating SC on the origin story. Completely negating typical stereotypes made for a refreshing delivery.

Chuck made our DAY:

Such a poet! Love it!

Saw them in 2016 in Belgium and man they were on 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Chuck D is one of the greats. Public Enemy number one.

I thank hip hop for making my life worthwhile and confidence in everyday life. Go Chuck D .

I'm happy to see another documentary series is being released about this influential music genre. I've watched every episode The Evolution of Hip Hop on Netflix _twice_ and The Defiant Ones three times. I've grown up hearing this music on my little clock/radio when I was 8 or 9.. and have loved it ever since.