Chuck D

Chuck D

music department, actor, composer

Chuck D was born on Aug 01, 1960 in USA. Chuck D's big-screen debut came with An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn directed by Arthur Hiller in 1997, strarring Leon Brothers. Chuck D is known for 30 for 30 directed by Ken Rodgers, Brent Musburger stars as Self and Chuck D as Self. Chuck D has got 1 awards and 9 nominations so far. The most recent award Chuck D achieved is Grammy Awards. The upcoming new movie Chuck D plays is The Bet which will be released on Aug 02, 2016.

Both as a solo artist and as the leader of the ground-breaking hip-hop group Public Enemy (which was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2013), Chuck D helped pave the way for political, social and culturally conscious hip-hop. Public Enemy's albums remain among the most critically acclaimed works in the genre, including 'It Takes A Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back' and 'Fear of a Black Planet'. He is on the road three weeks out of each month touring with Public Enemy and his supergroup Prophets of Rage which includes members of Cypress Hill and Rage Against the Machine. Or you can find him speaking at tech and music conferences around the world. A visionary in digital entertainment, Chuck D helped lead the file-sharing movement, launched one of the first online entertainment websites, Rapstation, and digital-only record labels, the SpitSlam Record Label Group. Public Enemy was the second act to ever release an album in MP3 format. Chuck D splits his days off among Long Island, Atlanta and Southern California.On March 1, 2020 Chuck D had a dispute with Flavor Flav over endorsing Bernie Sanders without his permission and as a result fired Flavor Flav from the Public Enemy Hip Hop group. Later on it turned out to be a hoax.

  • Birthday

    Aug 01, 1960
  • Place of Birth

    Roosevelt, Long Island, New York, USA
  • Also known

    Public Enemy, Carlton Douglas Ridenhour

Known For

Awards

1 wins & 9 nominations

Grammy Awards
2020
Lifetime Achievement Award
Winner - Grammy

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