For two weeks in March of 2022, Chuck Prophet didn’t know if he would live to see the end of the year. Days earlier, the musician was gearing up for an international tour — one that had already been ...

Public Enemy‘s Chuck D grew up listening to the music of Sly Stone, who died Monday at age 82 — and that music became a major influence on his own work with Public Enemy and beyond. He reflected on ...

Chuck D‘s new solo single, “New Gens,” contains multitudes: Its music is a wild, febrile tapestry of soulful horns, dubby echoes, and old-school beats that recall Chuck’s Bomb Squad days, while his ...

When I ask Chuck D, the legendary Public Enemy frontman, whether he ever thought the group that revolutionized hip-hop would still be active after 40 years, he replies matter-of-factly, with a casual ...

Chuck Prophet remembers the day he started listening to cumbia, the Latin American musical style that forms the backbone of his new album Wake the Dead. It was probably 10 years ago, and Prophet was ...