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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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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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The best American is one who considers themselves as a citizen of the world.
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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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If you empty, you can be filled up with anything. It could be water or it could be gasoline.
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Rap is supposed to be about keeping it real and not relinquishing your roots in the community. Without that, it's just posturing. Somebody who claims to speak for the 'hood don't need no private jet.
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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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Truth is truth no matter what I think.
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The Internet was a saving grace for promoting and exposing, and even creating. It's a parallel world to the music industry that already exists, and I'm glad to be a part of it.
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Bigger doesn't mean better unless you really understand what bigger is.
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Men have periods they're called wars.
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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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A lot of the post-1977 dancefloor disco sounds had their place at one time, but you can't bring them back unless you bring back a floor.
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Black folks are judged by quantity, not quality. It's a decimal point or figure. How different is that from slavery? There's no moral code, it's just about successful business for America.
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Oh, America is slipping away from the rest of the consciousness of the planet - slipping away.
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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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I'm a multi-tasker. I was down with that stuff before they invented the term.
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My advice to young people is ask older people questions and don't be afraid.
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Bass! How low can you go? Death row...what a brother know. Once again, back is the incredible, The rhyme animal, the uncannable D! Public Enemy Number One. Five-O said, Freeze! and I got numb. Can I tell 'em that I really never had a gun? But it's the wax that the Terminator X spun.
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