911’s a joke—but Chuck aint—he’s a Mets fan. Word. Born and raised in Roosevelt, Strong Island, Carlton Douglas Ridenhour became Chuck D and teamed with w/ Flavor Flav, Professor Griff, and Terminator X to become Public Enemy— a searing political thorn in the ass of white America. PE is now defunct, but Chuck still assaults American hypocrisy with songs like ‘Bin Laden’ (2002), and a meditation on the Katrina nightmare, 'Hell No We Ain't All Right!’ (2005).

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