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Share and enjoy the fruits of this planet.

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Chuck D
Age: 64
Born: 1960
Born: August 1
Composer
Journalist
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Record Producer
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Television Producer
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New York City
New York
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour
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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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I wanna go to the clubs and actually have a good time too, but at the same time, when the party's over, I have to go back to the real world and try to figure out who I am.
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The truth has no form, you know. It's not like walking around trying to actually ask for favors and to be acknowledged, it is what it is.
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Many have forgotten what we came here for, Never knew or had a clue, so you're on the floor. Just growin' not known' about your past... Now you're lookin' pretty stupid while you're shakin' your ass.
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Knowledge, wisdom, and understanding don't come out of the microwave. You got to keep moving forward because the evil doesn't sleep.
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Don't anoint me when you can anoint yourself.
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Young people are having a hard time with what's reality and what's fantasy these days...We created discussion. It wasn't to create controversy for sale's sake, but rather it was my obligation to use the medium for discussion. Nobody's discussing the grown-up topics they are faking and fronting.
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Downloadable music is the biggest musical phenomenon since the Beatles, and the music industry is slow to come to grips with that.
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I think traveling the world has helped to keep Public Enemy alive. We've never solely depended on the United States.
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Public Enemy is the security of the hip-hop party.
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Minds are the real estate of the 21st century.
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They [US Administration] have exploited hip-hop and some of the culture around it - magazines, videos, etc. - to recruit people into the military. The Army says it will give out Hummers, platinum teeth, or whatever to those that actually join.
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So, rather than trying to humbly mix with the rest of the world, we are forcing ourselves upon it. We seem to create conflicts with everyone.
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Today, a young person that doesn't know themselves will totally be sold some other situation. Let's do your avatar. You know? And young people are going out, spending what little they have to try to buy themselves when they don't have themselves, or they feel like they don't have themselves. To me, that's like a damn pimp tragedy.
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I think hip hop should be a living word. And what I mean by the living word is like yo, you gotta have the words that provide life.
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I tell each artist they have to grow toward a revenue stream.
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