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Kennedy Jr.; presenting an award to Davie Bowie; being recruited by Will Ferrell and Adam McKay to act in a film; eating chips and guac with Quincy Jones; being inducted into the Rock \u0026amp; Roll Hall of Fame by Harry Belafonte; lobbying on Capitol Hill with Anita Baker; and musical collaborations with Prince, Sheryl Crow, Janet Jackson, Erykah Badu, and John Mellencamp. He also shares his experience of visiting Mumia Abu-Jamal in prison.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eChuck D says, 'For a person like myself - an aged distance beyond a half century of life on Earth - I have experienced a vast array of people, places, and things. The memories are always a looping swirl in my mind. I'm often asked about them and I consider myself a decent storyteller. As an illustrator, I'm able to recreate that point of view as I saw it. 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My deepest thanks to Genesis for giving me a place to be able to display all of this through my artwork.'  - Chuck D  In his first fine art book, Livin' Loud, Public Enemy founder, hip-hop pioneer and revolutionary activist, Chuck D, presents a body of artworks which continue to address the social and politically conscious issues of his lyrics.  In Livin' Loud, Chuck D's artworks reveal his visual dexterity as he explores a diverse range of subjects paying homage to his musical influences and peers from James Brown and Woody Guthrie to Def Jam labelmates Run-DMC and Beastie Boys; a host of the most influential hip-hop artists from Ice Cube to Run the Jewels; his twin passions of baseball and basketball; creating a collection of landscapes on tour with Prophets of Rage, and a range of sociopolitical pieces that explore the issues continuing to shape our culture.  Chuck D has been creating musical and cultural observations that challenge public opinion since 1985 and his visual compositions continue to interpret and question the world around us. Chuck D's written commentary traces his musical and artistic trajectory from his early roots and the central figures that critically shaped him and his voice, the formation of Public Enemy through to their Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame induction, his time with Prophets of Rage through to current day world affairs.  With a foreword by Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello, Chuck D's art debut Livin' Loud is a visual experience of over 250 artworks, each piece reflective of the man behind the music.  Beautifully produced in a large format, richly illustrated hardback by the world's foremost rock 'n' roll publishers, Genesis Publications.","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47080525889772,"sku":"9781905662760","price":80.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/fdaf1348a181f4830f8066e2d835bf2f.jpg?v=1765236341"},{"product_id":"in-the-hour-of-chaos-by-chuck-d-9780520427396","title":"In the Hour of Chaos","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA profound meditation on hip hop's transformative power, \u003cem\u003eIn the Hour of Chaos\u003c\/em\u003e takes us deep into the mind of the genre's most unabashed revolutionary.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis book is not an autobiography. It's not a manifesto. 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