But founding member Chuck D says the world is different for musicians compared to when they started out. The 53-year-old says performing, touring and hip-hop as a whole have moved on since the 80s.

Chuck D is a voice of the people. As the frontman of Public Enemy, arguably one of the most important groups of the past 35 years, he played a huge part in pioneering a new wave of rap music that ...

In its 50th year, hip-hop badly needs to learn to apologise A new documentary produced by Public Enemy’s Chuck D traces the growth of a musical phenomenon but, says Oliver Keens, it fails to ...

Today, Chuck D descends on the UK with old-school hip hop heroes De La Soul and Wu Tang Clan for the Gods Of Rap tour. At 59, the Public Enemy frontman has more than earned that title, via a ...

Before forming the rap group Public Enemy in 1985, Chuck D was a graphic design student. He created their celebrated logo, a silhouetted figure with arms crossed in a B-boy stance targeted in the ...

There’s never a bad time to catch up with Chuck D – but there’s never a particularly good time, either. The founder of Public Enemy always has something to say, and there are always new tales to tell ...

I’d listen, rapt, as Chuck spieled off his list of touchstone albums, desperate to know the selections of an artist whose own music was punctured with shards of deep soul, funk and jazz, shards I’d ...

After forming Public Enemy in 1985, Chuck D helped take hip-hop into the mainstream with a combination of raw energy and radical social commentary. Thirty-eight years later, the band have received a ...

Public Enemy's Chuck D and Flavor Flav debuted the new song Everywhere Man, when they reunited for their first show together in over five years at the 2023 iHeartRadio Music Festival at T-Mobile ...

Chuck D. Credit: Getty Images Chuck claims he has lost a 42% stake in his music catalogue as a result and is seeking $1 million in damages from the labels.

Chuck D is a voice of the people. As the frontman of Public Enemy, arguably one of the most important groups of the past 35 years, he played a huge part in pioneering a new wave of rap music that ...