Bringing the Noise & the Numbers with Chuck D

In this episode, Spencer welcomed Chuck D, an American rapper, singer, and songwriter. Chuck D is a founder, leader, and frontman of the American hip hop group Public Enemy. Chuck also contributed to hip-hop songs focused on politics and social norms.

Spencer and Chuck talk about the origin of Hip-hop and how it was born from the poor life of Urban America. They also reminisce about Chuck being a Knick fan and Spencer joining the Knicks Team.

They also talked about Kendrick Lamar and his way of portraying his art through Hip-hop and Rap. This led to giving some thought and comments to other hip-hop artists and their way of expressing their art.

They also talked about the Hip-hop is related to violence, hate, and discrimination during its early days. These things contribute to the evolution of Hip-hop as Hip-hop said to Chuck giving consciousness to political and social issues, especially to the Urban-poor and Black community.

They also discussed how Hip-hop was starting to integrate into the Basketball scene as Spike Lee was trying to attach Brooklyn Hip Hop to Michael Jordan. This led to the Air Jordan sneakers being famous on the streets and a symbol of Hip-hop culture.

Spencer and Chuck also talked about the current NBA players having so much salary and benefits compared to the old days. Spencer goes on to talk about how the old players are having financial problems as their health is slowly degrading. Spencer said he went to some NBA players such as Lebron, Steph, and Chris Paul and asked for assistance to finance their health insurance.

Finally, Spencer asked Chuck what his thoughts were about the current NBA playoffs. Chuck gives comments about Miami and Boston as well as the Dallas versus Warriors. Chuck also said that players right now are having so much early retirement age. This gives thoughts why Chuck said that the G League is better than NCAA when nurturing players.

Key Takeaways

In this podcast, you will learn:
What is the History and Origins of Hip-Hop and it's linked to Rap
Reminiscing the Past when Spencer was traded to Knicks
Some Thoughts and Comments on Hip-hop artists
The Culture of Hip-hop and the connection of Violence, Hate, and Discrimination
How Hip-hop is connected with the Basketball Culture
Financial Help for Retired NBA Players especially Black Athletes
Comments and Thoughts about the NBA Playoffs

Quotes

That's what makes culture a wonderful thing. It unites us and the human spirit and our similarities and knocks aside the differences. - Chuck

The planet is already a planet of color. It's not your whiteness running in anything. It's the mind that they say like this is pure and everybody else is contaminated with color is the only way around. - Chuck

Featured in this Episode

Spencer Haywood | American Former Basketball Player | Olympic Gold Medalist | NBA Champion, All-Star, All-NBA First Team, | ABA MVP, '70 ROY
Profile: https://www.nba.com/news/history-nba-legend-spencer-haywood
Twitter: https://twitter.com/spencerhaywood?lang=en

Chuck D | American Rapper, Singer, Songwriter
Website: https://www.publicenemy.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrchuckd_pe/
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/publicenemy

Chapters

00:00:00 Intro
00:01:50 History of Hip-Hop
00:06:21 First Rap Record
00:09:11 Spencer hates Cadillac
00:10:29 Chuck being a Knick Fan
00:11:37 Spencer traded to Knicks