LOS ANGELES, CA – AUGUST 18: Carlton Douglas “Chuck D” Ridenhour in Los Angeles, California on August 18, 1999.

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LOS ANGELES, CA – AUGUST 18: Carlton Douglas "Chuck D" Ridenhour, (born August 1, 1960) is a rapper, composer, actor, author, radio personality and producer. Chuck was born in Roosevelt, Long Island, New York, USA. He helped further 1980s political rap music as the controversial and influential lead rapper of Public Enemy. As the lyricist and main vocalist of Public Enemy, he was the focal point of two seminal and controversial rap albums - Fear Of A Black Planet and It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back. Ridenhour also contributed (as Chuck D) to several episodes of the PBS documentary series The Blues. Chuck has been increasingly involved politically. He co-hosted Unfiltered on Air America Radio, he has testified before Congress about P2P, and was involved in a 2004 rap political convention. On June 5, 2005, Chuck D returned to Air America Radio with a new show, On The Real. In anger at the New Orleans Hurricane Katrina disaster, Public Enemy came back with the song 'Hell No We Ain't All Right!' and a new album New Whirl Odor. Carlton Douglas “Chuck D” Ridenhour poses for a portrait in Los Angeles, California on August 18, 1999.

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Location: Los Angeles, California, USA
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