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Hip-hop is a part of rock & roll because it comes from DJ culture. DJ culture is the embodiment of all genres and all recorded music, if you actually pay attention to it.

Chuck D

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Chuck D
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 1
Composer
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New York City
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Carlton Douglas Ridenhour
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I'm a multi-tasker. I was down with that stuff before they invented the term.
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What made me want to become a recording artist I was the first artist that was repeatedly asked by a label to record with them. That label was Def Jam Records.
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I'm not a firm believer of mo' money mo' problems - I think that's stupid. I think it's that problems are already there that can be exacerbated by more things you don't understand.
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You're always going to sound like yourself, but you can make really strong attempts to keep some similarities, but move away from what you did before for popularity's sake.
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Music and art and culture is escapism, and escapism sometimes is healthy for people to get away from reality. The problem is when they stay there.
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I totally hate when somebody takes a classic and desecrates it. I like Jimmy Page and P. Diddy, but what they did to 'Kashmir' was a debacle.
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I want to always move forward with everything I am doing. So, I do the radio show, speak at universities and other social institutions all around the world, appear on TV, and continue to create music all in the hope to keep the struggle alive.
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Let the voice be the voice of the voiceless and let it come from the world of rap music to keep the stereotype and the peace at the same time.
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If I can't change the people around me, I change the people around me.
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All I want is peace and love on this planet. Ain't that how God planned it?
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If you empty, you can be filled up with anything. It could be water or it could be gasoline.
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When you travel the world, you have to watch and you have to listen. We're not going to come in to Ireland without an understanding that there's a history that's very sensitive.
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The powers that be are trying to meld, shape, and corral the culture of hip-hop into another speaking voice for the government.
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Burn, Hollywood, burn, I smell a riot goin' on, First they're guilty, now they're gone!
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Reflect each day on all you have to be grateful for and you will receive more to be grateful for.
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Bigger doesn't mean better unless you really understand what bigger is.
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