Chuck D makes his feelings clear about the state of society amid this week’s presidential race after releasing a music video for his collaboration with Consequence, What Has America Done.
The song by rapper Public Enemy, 64, and Consequence, 47, focuses on the challenges faced by Black people in the United States, at a turbulent time when President-elect Donald Trump was elected to a second term.
Chuck D spoke to TMZ on Thursday, two days after Vice President Kamala Harris failed in her bid to become the first Black female president.
The Fight the Power rapper said Harris’ campaign was sabotaged by bad cyber actors during the election cycle.
‘Avatars are like the new Klan hoodies: the more things change, the more they stay the same!’ said the musical artist, whose full name is Carlton Douglas Ridenhour hip hop Thursday.
Chuck D, 64, makes his feelings about this week’s presidential race clear in a music video for his recent new collaboration with Consequence, 47, titled What Has America Done.
The Fight the Power rapper said Harris’ campaign was sabotaged by bad cyber actors during the election cycle.
He added: “Whether we like it or not, especially if you are African-American, we must continue to seek our equality and make sure we do everything in our power to level the playing field as best we can.”
The Bring the Noise singer, who drew the promotional art for the single, said that “by doing so, we can forget where we’ve been and what it took to get to where we are.”
The song’s lyrics include: “So what has America done for me?/Push the finish line further?/Accuse me of murder?/I feed myself on fries and hamburgers?”
The song appears on Consequence’s album Nice Doing Business With You and also features vocals from Tony Williams of The Wrldfms, TMZ reported.
The artists’ socially conscious video, which depicts scenes of racial discrimination, homelessness and police activity, is among the first returns focused on the changing times amid Trump’s second victory.
Since President-elect Trump secured his return to the White House, Margaret Atwood’s dystopian classic The Handmaid’s Tale, about a country where women are brutally repressed, has been high on the US best-seller list. Amazon.com.
The Handmaid’s Tale was popular during Trump’s first term, along with such dark futuristic narratives as George Orwell’s 1984 and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, both of which were in Amazon’s top 40 on Thursday afternoon.
Another bestseller from Trump’s previous term, Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, was in the top 10.
The song by rapper Public Enemy, 64, and Consequence, 47, focuses on the challenges faced by Black people in the United States, at a turbulent time when President-elect Donald Trump was elected to a second term.
The track appears on Consequence’s album Nice Doing Business With You and also features vocals from Tony Williams of The Wrldfms.
The Bring the Noise singer drew the promotional art for the single, making reference to Project 2025.
Another Chuck D sketch appeared to depict Trump vandalizing an American flag.
Pro-Trump books also sold well. Former first lady Melania Trump’s memoir, Melania, was No. 1 on Amazon’s list, and Vice President-elect JD Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy was in the top 10. Donald Trump’s photo book, Save America, made the top 30.
At Barnes & Noble, “fiction and nonfiction books featuring fascism, feminism, dystopian worlds, and left- and right-wing politics skyrocketed our sales charts with the election results,” according to Shannon DeVito, director of chain books. .
He cited Melania On Tyranny and Bob Woodward’s latest book, War, which covers Trump and President Joe Biden’s responses to conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
DeVito also cited “a huge rise in dystopian fiction,” particularly with The Handmaid’s Tale and 1984.