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Chuck went to Adelphi University in Long Island, New York. During his rap career, Chuck D gave voice to the black consciousness .

Ridenhour also contributed (as Chuck D) to several episodes of the PBS documentary series The Blues .

Since 2000, he has been one of the most vocal supporters of Internet music file sharing in the music industry.

Chuck has been increasingly involved politically. He co-hosts Unfiltered on Air America Radio, he's testified before before Congress about P2P, and is involved in a 2004 rap political convention.

Chuck D continues to be an activist, publisher, lecturer, and producer. He's co-writer of the essay book Fight the Power: Rap, Race, and Reality, along with Yusuf Jah and film director Spike LeeShelton Jackson Lee (born March 20, 1957), better known as Spike Lee is an African-American film director and actor noted for his bold, overtly political films. Born in Atlanta, Georgia, his family moved to Brooklyn, New York when he was still very young..

1 Albums

with Public Enemy:

• Yo! Bum Rush The Show (1987)
• It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us BackIt Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is a 1988 (see 1988 in music) album by the hip hop group Public Enemy. Enormously influential, the album's mix of The Bomb Squad's sample-heavy beats and revolutionary lyrics railing against corporate control, (1988)
• Fight the Power...Live!Fight the Power. Live is a live album by Public Enemy in 1989 and also a video. This footage was recorded live on that same year and somewhat never been sold in stores on CD. Track listing # "Countdown To Armageddon" # "Public Enemy No. 1" # "Miuzi Weighs (video and album, 1989)
• Fear of a Black PlanetFear of a Black Planet is an East Coast rap album by the hip hop crew Public Enemy, released on March 20, 1990 (see 1990 in music). The album's musical qualities were overshadowed by a recent controversy surrounding alleged anti-Semitic remarks by group m (1990)
• Apocalypse '91...The Enemy Strikes BlackApocalypse '91. The Enemy Strikes Black is an album by Public Enemy. It was released on October 1, 1991. The best known single off this album is "Bring Tha Noise". Track listing # "Lost At Birth" # "Rebirth" # "Nighttrain" # "Can't Truss It" # "I Don't Wa (1991)
• Greatest Misses 1986-1992 (1992)
• Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age (1994)
• He Got Game (1998)
• BTN 2000 (online released mega-mix which initialized PE's leaving Def JamDef Jam is a hip-hop record label founded by Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons. It was merged by owner Universal Music with Island Records to form Island Def Jam Records. Successes include rap groups Run DMC Public Enemy Beastie Boys Ja Rule DMX Method Man R records) (1999)
• There's A Poison Goin On (1999)
• Revolverlution (2002)
• There's A Poison Goin On (worldwide re-release via Slamjamz.com ) (2004)

He also brought out a very soulful 1996 solo record, "The Autobiography of Mistachuck" (on Mercury RecordsMercury Records was a record label founded in Chicago, Illinois in 1945 by Irving Green, Berle Adams and Arthur Talmadge. They were a major force in jazz and blues, classical music, rock and roll, and country music recordings. Early in their history, Merc) and founded the record company Slam Jamz.

with Fine Arts Militia:

• Fine Arts Militia ( 20032003 is a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar), and also: The International Year of Freshwater The European Disability Year Summary Perhaps the defining global event of the year 2003 was the Invasion of Iraq launched by the U)