![]() ![]() Upon hearing Ridenhour's demo track "Public Enemy Number One", fledgling producer/upcoming music-mogul Rick Rubin insisted on signing him to his Def Jam Records. Ridenhour (using the nickname Chuck D) formed Public Enemy in 1985 with Flavor Flav. While at Adelphi, Ridenhour co-hosted hip hop radio show the Super Spectrum Mix Hour as Chuck D on Saturday nights at Long Island rock radio station WLIR, designed flyers for local hip-hop events, and drew a cartoon called Tales of the Skind for Adelphi student newspaper The Delphian. from Adelphi in 1984 and later received an honorary doctorate from Adelphi in 2013. He then went to Adelphi University on Long Island to study graphic design, where he met William Drayton ( Flavor Flav). ![]() Tresper Clarke High School, where he was offered no formal education in music. He began writing lyrics after the New York City blackout of 1977. When he was a child, his mother played Motown and showtunes in the home and his father belonged to the Columbia Record Club. Ridenhour was born on August 1, 1960, on Long Island, New York. 3 Rapping technique and creative process.
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