Biography
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour (born August 1, 1960), known professionally as Chuck D, is an American rapper, best known as the leader and frontman of the hip-hop group Public Enemy, which he co-founded in 1985 with Flavor Flav. Chuck D is also a member of the rock supergroup Prophets of Rage. He has released several solo albums, most notably Autobiography of Mistachuck (1996). His work with Public Enemy helped create politically and socially conscious hip-hop music in the mid-1980s. The Source ranked him at No. 12 on its list of the Top 50 Hip-Hop Lyricists of All Time. Chuck D has been nominated for six Grammys throughout his career, and has received the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award as a member of Public Enemy. He was also inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 as a member of Public Enemy.
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Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Rage Against The Machine
1992
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back
1988
Fear Of A Black Planet
1990
Goo
1990
Vivid
1988
To The 5 Boroughs
2004
Diamonds And Pearls
1991
Yo! Bum Rush The Show
1987
Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black
1991
Illadelph Halflife
1996
The Impossible Kid
2016
AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted
1990
janet.
1993
Tougher Than Leather
1988
Muse Sick-N-Hour Mess Age
1994
Proof Of Youth
2007
Attack Of The Killer B's
1991
He Got Game
1998
People Of The Sun
1996
What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down?
2020
A Beautiful Revolution (Pt 1)
2020
Prophets Of Rage
2017
The Party's Over
2016
Power To The People And The Beats (Public Enemy's Greatest Hits)
2005
Credited work
1,704 releases · 262 albums · active 1987–2026
- Performance · 1,419
- Other credits · 671
- Production · 194
- Engineering · 7
Studios: Greene St. Recording · Spectrum City Studios · Right Track Recording · The Music Palace
Frequent collaborators
- Various
- Public Enemy
- Ice Cube
- Boom Boom Satellites
- The Impossebulls
- Anthrax
- Rage Against The Machine
- Living Colour