If you could change one thing about the current hip-hop climate, what would it be?

Chuck D open my mind at the age of 13 to racism and the power of knowledge black men!

Our community is in need of a late 80's/early 90's Spike Lee joint type film right now with a public enemy soundtrack!

R.I.P to Pop Smoke 🙏 Much RESPECT and SALUTE to the LEGENDS 🙏

Pop smoke was 20 years old I'll never forget like I never forget xxx

Pop Smoke was the new Biggie but a different vibe,Pop was a old man in a young body he went so hard much love to him

The problem is people don't realize they need to be careful about what they put into the universe. The things you put out can have a boomerang effect, and come right back to you.

Being a OG to the Young’ns We dropped the ball 💯 word

Adoration of the ignorance, Ignorance of real lyricists, Pomp and Circumstance we dance, When negative narratives are heaven sent 👊🏼

We need more people like you to interview the Chuck D, KRS1, Ice Cube, etc

Young man had alot of potential. RIP Pop Smoke.

We are better when we're all dead and gone. Chucks on a whole nother level.

Rakim should be on this next Self-Destruction album, he should've been on the first album.

Chuck D hit the nail on the head. The only rappers that pop quick are the ones rapping about the bad look

RIP to all the dead rappers. But let’s be honest here, Pop Smoke’s death was the most tragic and sad, he was murdered for no reason, not saying you need a reason for murder, but the reason for Bashar’s murder was just out of pure hate, and his own were involved in it

I honestly didn't know about popsmoke until he was dead. Dude is all over my playlist now.

I'm still puzzled as to why people get upset over a genre of music that promotes violence, drugs, drama, pride, etc. Rapper gets on a track talking about he'll kill you and take your money and you expect him/her to live a long and prosperous drama-free life?

Been a massive PE fan since the 80s and what I always appreciated was their drive towards empowerment from outside and within. Just fell on these interviews and appreciate how Chuck D clearly explains his vision and rationale.

Why does Sean Carter's name ring out more in the community than Chuck D?...

Truth from Chuck D, powerful words that needs to be heard. Thank you Talib Kweli for a great interview.

Pop smoke was gona be the next thing poppin, he had so much potential. He had an old soul, something shady about his death. His friends in that house that night failed him, listen to that 911 call❤️🙏🏾

pop smokeRIP🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

Yes Chuck!

Chuck D spilling the Tea ☕ of knowledge lyrics moving like a missile vocals.louder than a BomB SALUTE.

Be the change you want to see

Forever pop's world 💙.

I’m waiting on more from dis interview

This is sad you only hear about rappers getting killed no other music group no country singers no rock hardly ever r&b. We have to lose this self hatred we have for ourselves and others that look like us. ✌🏾

Im still angry too bour Pop’s death n ion trust other jealous rappers in LA

RIP to our Legend Pop Smoke. RIH for all his fake homies...

A big dif between atheletes and rappers is that even though they might be same age and generation they dont have the same work ethic, discipline and goals.

Prophet of rage, public enemy

Powerful words

I love CHUCK D

Much love for Talib and Public

Fuck everything else.. Chuck D is the truth

Spit that Knowledge Chuck !!!

This is a good discussion.

Respect to chuck D

@4:27 😂😂Thank You! Youngin'z will say that in a minute over anything. Ya'll just like to hear youselves say that🙄😂😂

What do you expect when the means of production, promotion, and distribution of the art forms you create are controlled by other people?

He's on ASAP Fergs album too

R.I.P POP SMOKE

Real talk

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Flexing on the gram ain't cool

And it’s not only bad news about hip hop. It’s bad news regarding everything black. We never talk about solutions, only problems.

If Daddy-O got anotha Self-Destruction going he need to come to Houston Texas & get Scarface & K-Rino on tht Classic 👊🏾✌🏾

Pop Smoke was simply a first generation black immigrant who played with fire. Bottom line.

get em chuck

Chuck D radio i tried the station last week. Its not on tune in ?

🗣Sad But True 🤦🏿‍♂️

UPRoxx Salute King Peace and Blessings Brothas, Mercy and Grace follow you and families now and always, If I may speak on to your platform bless it and be blessed one time, I'm glad to be see our brotha Chuck D still in the trenches on the front lines speaking truth, He's exactly correct date is the message being pushed by the industry now what if rappers started killing executives over royalities owed them would they like it if brothas and sisters in the industry started push dat way of handling an business situation no I don't believe they would, So why do they encourage division and animosity and worse it's not an accident when they do its planned discussed orchestrated, Then it's set into motion with rap groups RB groups male and femles boys bands we've seen it time and time again, Ppl with families to feed kids to raise parents they want to do great things for, And all of sudden their put in position bc some greasy as exective tells them or maybe not tell them they out of the group or their is no more group you know, I'm surprised it hasn't already happened the way these ppl play with your life..

*Warning: Very detailed comment below that requires critical thinking and a disciplined attention span.* People get too sensitive when you place responsibility on artists. I love some of the most violent as well as some of the most peaceful music and I don’t wish death on the creators, but we can’t act like our words (and more importantly our *actions* ) don’t have profound power. It’s false equivalency to bring up other violent art forms (movies, television, video games) when we all know damn well it’s not the same. Tarantino is a nerdy filmmaker. 2pac (one of my all-time favorite artists whose murder still hurts me after nearly 25 years) was a wild dude who ran the streets with guns, drugs, gangs, and not only rhymed about his own death but regularly provoked and threatened artists, record execs, and street dudes (Haitian Jack) on his records and in interviews. Not to mention he literally beat down a crip on camera in Las Vegas the night he was killed. I love Pac, but I’m not surprised that he was murdered! If you listen to his music he knew he would be killed for his uncontrollable anger and many infamously dangerous associations. The difference between the creators of violent video games and rappers is that rappers largely depend upon convincing people that they mean what they say and showing you that they will actually do it when the music turns off. Are we just going to act like Boosie didn’t go to prison for murder? We going to pretend Snoop Doggy Dogg didn’t go to trial for murder? Hip-hop is violent in real life, not just as entertainment, because it comes from largely disadvantaged hoods that breed negativity and murder. This is not a stereotype, it’s the way things are for the most part. I’m from Sacramento and at least since 2016, Mozzy is 100% the most popular rapper to come from our city in YEARS. Trust me, most of the support he gets is because people know that he’s actually about that life… not just because they like the way the music sounds. The guy is a millionaire and he’s telling you about what he did to get there. It’s public knowledge that he knows certain things have happened in real life because of things he said on his songs. Like any other rap artist, he knows the danger of how he lives and the messages/imagery he promotes. It comes with the territory. Look at Griselda! They are dope rappers, but the majority of the respect they get is because they are REAL STREET DUDES. They show you where they got busy in Buffalo, they (like most gangster rap) tell on themselves constantly about their drugs and weapons, and they’ve all gone to prison for serious crimes. That’s a huge part of their appeal, the authenticity, and that’s what much of hip hop was based on. You can’t deal in dirt all the time and expect to come out clean. Also, filmmakers like Tarantino and Scorsese don’t have the same pressure to keep it real nor do they constantly keep violent criminals from their neighborhood in their immediate circle - but LOTS of rappers do. This is fact, not opinion. I’ve been listening to hip-hop for over 30 years and I’ve been creating it for over 20 years… I’ve met people from all kinds of genres, I know what the fuck I’m talking about when I say that it’s completely disingenuous and delusional for people to assume that the messages you put out have no effect on how people treat you… Especially in something like hip-hop where people are always seeing if you’re really what you say you are. There’s exceptions, but that’s the cultural rule in this specific genre. Last time that I checked you can’t come to the hood talking about how big, bad & tough you are without someone seeing if you’re really about that and testing your gangsta. Even if you are a square (like me) you can still get beaten or killed if you flash your belongings or do something seen as disrespectful to people that ain’t got it or are just evil/jealous. This is basic knowledge; why are people so oblivious to the truth?

Still pissed about Chinx’s death

Big up stetsasonic

@Talib why didn’t you get a white record label manager of your choice and place him in front of Chuck D?! What a wasted opportunity this was in my humble opinion! I would have loved seeing Chuck D burn a new asshole in front of the whole world regarding this hiphop culture of ours!

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Same thing with the death of xxxtentacion aswell

Dysfunction is reality and people these days faults

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With the Coronavirus, all you hear from the black community is bad news bout the death but we never hear bout the good news of people fighting back. They use these metrics to make black community feel bad bout themselves, when we should be saluting the heroes stepping out as essential workers.

There's no young pro black rappers....Why??

Only a fool think he has gotten away with murder

SO U OUT HERE BOOSTING CAREERS

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Pop smoke death is yet another tragedy but we been living in a time of who’s the biggest gangster especially in the Blacks & Latino communities & now with internet everything just enhanced by 1000 criminals in today’s world even stupid they commit crimes and then they post it or talk about it on social media you might as well put the cuffs on yourself some people go as far as looking for cameras so they could commit stupid crimes so it could go viral. Just a few days ago a Dominican 61-year-old man killed 37-year-old black man stabbed him to death I won’t be surprised if the 37-year-old saw the camera and was lit because of it. And look where it got his dumb ass 6 feet deep play with fire yo A$$ getting burnt.

Who the fuck is pop smoke??? 😆😆😆 I stop listening to rap a long time ago the messages are toxic

How he tlkn bout POP... Wen u got kids from ROOSEVELT LONG ISLAND THAT HAS BIGGER NAMES THEN POP ... WTF U TLKN BOUT CHUCK... GO BACK HOME IN COMMUNICATE WIT THE YOUTH .... THATS FRM THE SAME STREETS U GROW UP ON.....

WONT U GO TO ROOSEVELT IN PUT YA EAR TO THE STREETS

GO HOME CHUCK..... ROOSEVELT HAS EVERYTHING U LOOKING FOR " "

NOT IN ROOSEVELT UR NOT BOOSTING ANY CAREERS

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Why is he angry? Pop smoke got to go to heaven with Jesus quicker than most people! How lucky!

This is why I'm not a fan of Allen Iverson, his antics almost ruined the NBA brand, the same way he did to Georgetown University.

"YOU WANNA GET AWAY WITH MURDER??..KILL A RAPPER'..KRS ONE X MARLEY MARL//KILL A RAPPER/2007..