ALL 50 LYRICISTS
Chuck D
Mistachuck / Hard RhymerPublic EnemyRoosevelt, Long Island, NY • 1985–Present

Chuck D

“Bass! How low can you go? Death row, what a brother knows!”

Possessing the most commanding baritone in recorded music, Chuck D wrote each Public Enemy verse like a revolutionary headline—cutting through dense sirens and breakbeats with surgical alliteration and unyielding conviction.

RHYME DENSITY
92
MULTIES
91
STORYTELLING
94
PUNCHLINES
96
FLOW POCKET
95

VERIFIED FREESTYLES & CLASSIC 16s (1)

Classic 16 • It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988)

'Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos' — Prison Break Narrative

“I got a letter from the government the other day / I opened and read it, it said they were suckers!”