Editing Chuck D (section)

{{Short description|American rapper (born 1960)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Chuck D
| image             = Chuck D-mika.jpg
| caption           = Chuck D in 2000
| image_size        = 
| birth_name        = {{nowrap|Carlton Douglas Ridenhour<ref name=":1" />}}
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|1960|8|1}}
| alias             = {{hlist|[[The Bomb Squad|Carl Ryder]]|Mistachuck|Chucky D|Chuck Dangerous|The Hard Rhymer|The Rhyme Animal}}
| birth_place       = [[Hempstead, New York]], U.S.
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]|[[political hip hop]]|[[rap metal]]}}
| occupation        = {{hlist|Rapper|songwriter}}
| years_active      = 1984–present
| label             = 
| current_member_of = [[Public Enemy]]
| past_member_of    = {{hlist|[[Prophets of Rage]]|[[The Bomb Squad]]}}
| associated_acts   = {{hlist|[[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]]|[[PE 2.0]]|[[Prophets of Rage]]|[[Confrontation Camp]]|[[Fine Arts Militia]]|[[Rage Against the Machine]]|[[Sonic Youth]]}}
| website           = {{URL|mrchuckd.com}}
| current_members   = 
| past_members      = 
}}

'''Carlton Douglas Ridenhour''' (born August 1, 1960), known professionally as '''Chuck D''', is an American rapper,<ref>{{cite book|last1=D|first1=Chuck|title=Chuck D: Lyrics of a Rap Revolutionary |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V18iAQAAMAAJ |year=2007|publisher=Offda|location=Gardena, Calif.|isbn=978-0-9749484-1-6|last2=Jah |first2=Yusuf}}</ref> best known as the leader and frontman of the [[Hip hop music|hip hop]] group [[Public Enemy]], which he co-founded in 1985 with [[Flavor Flav]].<ref name="usatoday">{{Cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2020/03/01/flavor-flav-slams-bernie-sanders-campaign-promoting-public-enemy-show/4923987002/|title=Public Enemy is 'moving forward without Flavor Flav' after Bernie Sanders rally dispute|work=[[USA Today]]|access-date=March 6, 2020|language=en}}</ref> Chuck D is also a member of the rock [[Supergroup (music)|supergroup]] [[Prophets of Rage]]. He has released several solo albums, most notably ''[[Autobiography of Mistachuck]]'' (1996).

His work with Public Enemy helped create politically and socially conscious hip hop music in the mid-1980s. ''[[The Source (magazine)|The Source]]'' ranked him at No. 12 on its list of the Top 50 Hip-Hop Lyricists of All Time.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rapgenius.com/discussions/8591-The-source-top-50-lyricists-magazine-scans|title=The Source: Top 50 Lyricists [Magazine Scans] – Genius|work=Genius|access-date=September 17, 2014}}</ref> Chuck D has been nominated for six Grammys throughout his career, and has received the [[Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award]] as a member of Public Enemy.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Chuck D – Grammys |url=https://www.grammy.com/artists/chuck-d/1716 |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=www.grammy.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Isaac Hayes, Public Enemy To Receive Grammy Lifetime Achievement Awards – Okayplayer |url=https://www.okayplayer.com/culture/public-enemy-isaac-hayes-grammys.html/amp |access-date=2023-01-01 |website=www.okayplayer.com |archive-date=January 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230101152608/https://www.okayplayer.com/culture/public-enemy-isaac-hayes-grammys.html/amp |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was also inducted into the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]] in 2013 as a member of Public Enemy.<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Bowenbank |first=Starr |date=2022-02-03 |title=Every Rapper in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame |url=https://www.billboard.com/photos/rappers-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-1235026443/ |access-date=2023-01-01 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>