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PO Box 1510
Pembroke, NC 28372

Phone: 910.521.6482
Fax: 910.521.6605
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Email: leadership@uncp.edu

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Chuck D

Tuesday, September 29, 2009
7:30pm Givens Performing Arts Center

Chuck DChuck D is a musician, author, political activist, publisher, radio host, and producer. As the leader and co-founder of the legendary rap group Public Enemy, Chuck D redefined rap music and hip hop culture delivering powerful articulations of the realities facing black people in the late twentieth century. With an unprecedented lyrical eloquence, Public Enemy continues to stress the importance of history and self-determination in the forward movement of all who have been oppressed, influencing hip hop communities, social justice struggles, and political activism throughout the world.

Recognized as one of the ‘fifty most important performers in rock & roll history’ by Rolling Stone magazine and one of the ‘100 Most Influential Black Americans’ by Ebony magazine, Chuck D continues to make music and to write prolifically on technology, race, politics, rap and soul music, and race in the US. His sophisticated understanding of the music business,

entertainment industry, and racial politics in America makes for a powerful and enlightening presentation.

Tickets are $10 for the general public, $5 for faculty and staff, free for UNCP students with ID and can be purchased from the Givens Performing Arts Center box office.

Updated: Tuesday, April 6, 2010

 

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