In the aftermath of the 1980 race riots and the Mariel boatlift, Ross came of age at the height of the city's crack epidemic, when home invasions and execution-style killings were commonplace. Born William Leonard Roberts II, Ross grew up 'across the bridge,' in a Miami at odds with the glitzy beaches, nightclubs, and yachts of South Beach.
Now, for the first time, Ross offers a vivid, dramatic, and unexpectedly candid account of his early childhood, his tumultuous adolescence, and his dramatic ascendancy in the world of hip hop.
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Rick Ross is an indomitable presence in the music industry, but few people know his full story. Diddy” Combs, and 50 Cent tells all - from his early days on the mean streets of the South Bronx to the heights of hip hop stardom, losing millions at the hands of his record label, his downward spiral into cocaine addiction, and his ultimate redemption with the help and love of his family and friends. Now the man who paved the way for such artists as Jay-Z, Sean “P. The original turntablist, Flash took it a step further by cutting, rubbing, backspinning, and mixing records, focusing on “breaks” - what Flash described as “the short, climactic parts of the records that really grabbed me” - as a way of heightening musical excitement and creating something new. Disco-era DJs spun records so that people could dance. In the 1970s, Grandmaster Flash pioneered the art of break-beat DJing - the process of remixing and thereby creating a new piece of music by playing vinyl records and turntables as musical instruments. The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My Life, My Beats (2008) by Grandmaster Flash Chuck D pays homage to his musical influences and peers from James Brown and Woody Guthrie to Def Jam labelmates Run-DMC and Beastie Boys a host of the most influential hip hop artists from Ice Cube to Run the Jewels his twin passions of baseball and basketball creating a collection of landscapes on tour with Prophets of Rage, and a range of sociopolitical pieces that explore the issues continuing to shape our culture.
In Livin' Loud, Public Enemy founder, hip hop pioneer, and revolutionary activist, Chuck D, presents a body of art, each piece reflective of the man behind the music, alongside a biographical commentary tracing his musical and artistic trajectory - from his early roots and the central figures that critically shaped him and his voice, to the formation of Public Enemy, from his Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame induction through to his time with Prophets of Rage and current-day world affairs - Chuck D has been creating musical and cultural observations that challenge public opinion since 1985 and his visual compositions continue to interpret and question the world around us.
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