Earlier With Chuck

(Picture by Nathan Ota)

I'm gonna start contributing to URB, which I'm excited about because I get to blog for their site, allowing me to turn writings around in a matter of days, hours even, and have it read by URB's readers. They've been real welcoming, so I wanted to make my first piece be special.

I got Chuck D-- one of my favorite artists/speakers/minds/people in general--on the phone a couple days ago to talk about the election, Obama, and other topics. This interview is fresh off the minidisc!

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***Note: The intro has a small typo.

...and to my rescue, it was an S1W: Chuck D, the '68 Olympics

Last week, your WTTM fam shot over to San Jose State University to catch Chuck D. He covered topics like the upcoming election, race, and commemorated the statement made by Tommie Smith and John Carlos on the winner's stand at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City. October 16th marked the fortieth anniversary of this controversial, but moving statement. The image of their protest has left an indelible mark in civil rights history. Read on it hurr.

In other Public Enemy/power fighting news, the Security of the First World has been officially recalled into duty. We found the following article timely. Holler at The Onion.

"D Stands For Dignity"

"D stands for dignity", explained Chuck D when asked about his absence at Flava Flav's Comedy Central roast last year. As one of the few rappers that I've respected all the way to my adulthood, I can honestly say it was an honor to meet and talk to such an admirable guy.

Here's a recent interview I did with him for the skate publication, Slap Magazine. Although the piece barely scratches the surface on Chuck's importance and longevity, it was one of the few times I was in awe while conducting an interview. I played it off proper, but truth is, the whole experience was super surreal.

**Check back in a few months where we'll be relaunching WTTM, kicking things off with an extended, in-depth interview with Chuck D (with a slick foreword by Nate Nothing), complimented by an exclusive Public Enemy mix by DJ Eleven of The Rub. Believe the hype.