Public Enemy's Chuck D Joins Universal Hip-Hop Museum As Chairman Of The Celebrity Board

Chuck D

UNIVERSAL HIP-HOP MUSEUM Director ROCKY BUCANO and Chairman Of The Board KURTIS BLOW elected PUBLIC ENEMY co-founder CHUCK D as Chairman Of The Celebrity Board for the MUSEUM. The museum is slated to break ground in the BRONX in DECEMBER 2019 and is scheduled to open its doors in 2022.

Commenting on his appointment CHUCK D stated, “My life has been dedicated to the hip-hop genre, both serving it as an artist and curating it to share with others, and I want to carry that work over to the UNIVERSAL HIP HOP MUSEUM.  The museum is what we need to organize as a collective and present its history while having a hand in its future.”

Legendary rapper KURTIS BLOW commented, “CHUCK D is one of the most intelligent and well-respected MC’s in the culture of hip-hop.  The credibility he brings to our team is mammoth. He also understands the importance of the UNIVERSAL HIP HOP MUSEUM, and vows to let the world know via a star-studded celebrity board in the near future. Flame on!!!”

Most recently, the UHHM secured $20 million in initial funding and has enlisted RALPH APPELBAUM ASSOCIATES (THE NATIONAL MUSEUM OF AFRICAN-AMERICAN HISTORY AND CULTRE at SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTE in WASHINGTON, DC) as the interpretive design team and the architectural designers MIKE FORD and HAMILTON ANDERSON ASSOCIATES (MOTOWN HISTORICAL MUSEUM). 

CHUCK D, has been a hip-hop pioneer since the '80s and his work with ROCK AND ROLL HALL OF FAME inductees PUBLIC ENEMY has firmly established him as one of the most influential lyricists in the annals of hip-hop and music history, with critically acclaimed albums that include “It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back” and “Fear Of A Black Planet.” 

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