Chuck D
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Carlton Douglas Ridenhour （born August 1, 1960）, known professionally as Chuck D, is an American rapper.
As the leader of the rap group Public Enemy, which he co-founded in 1985 with Flavor Flav, Chuck D helped create politically and socially conscious hip hop music in the mid-1980s.
The Source ranked him at No.
12 on their list of the Top 50 Hip-Hop Lyricists of All Time.
Ridenhour was born on August 1, 1960 on Long Island, New York.
He began writing rhymes after the New York City blackout of 1977.
After attending W. Tresper Clarke High School, he went to Adelphi University on Long Island to study graphic design, where he met William Drayton （Flavor Flav）.
He received a B.F.A. from Adelphi in 1984 and later received an honorary doctorate from Adelphi in 2013.
While at Adelphi, Ridenhour co-hosted hip hop radio show the Super Spectrum Mix Hour as Chuck D on Saturday nights at Long Island rock radio station WLIR,
designed flyers for local hip-hop events, and drew a cartoon called Tales of the Skind for Adelphi student newspaper The Delphian.
Chuck D in 1991 Ridenhour （using the nickname Chuck D） formed Public Enemy in 1985 with Flavor Flav.
Upon hearing Ridenhour's demo track "Public Enemy Number One", fledgling producer/upcoming music-mogul Rick Rubin insisted on signing him to his Def Jam label.
Their major label releases were Yo! Bum Rush the Show （1987）, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back （1988）, Fear of a Black Planet （1990）,
Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black （1991）, the compilation album Greatest Misses （1992）, and Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age （1994）.
They also released a full-length album soundtrack ...
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