Chuck D makes bold political statement in Consequence collab ahead of Donald Trump’s presidential victory
Chuck D makes his feelings clear about the state of society during this week’s presidential race, in the wake of the release of 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 America during a turbulent time when newly elected President Donald Trump was elected to a second term.
Chuck D spoke to TMZ on Thursday, two days after Vice President Kamala Harris fell short 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 like they’re 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 TMZ Hip Hop Thursday.
Chuck D, 64, makes his feelings clear about this week’s presidential race 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 you like it or not, especially if you are African American, we must continue to pursue our equality and ensure that we are doing everything we can to level the playing field as best we can.”
The Bring the Noise artist, who drew promotional art for the single, said that “it can make us forget where we’ve been and what it took to get to where we are.”
Lyrics in the song include: “So what has America done for me?/Push the goal line further?/Accuse me of murder?/Give me fries and burgers?”
The track is on Consequence’s album Nice Doing Business With You and also features vocals from Tony Williams of The Wrldfms, TMZ reports.
The artists’ socially conscious video — which depicts scenes of racial discrimination, homelessness and police activity — is one of the first images to focus on the changing times during Trump’s second victory.
Since President-elect Trump returned to the White House, Margaret Atwood’s dystopian classic The Handmaid’s Tale – about a country where women are brutally oppressed – has been high on the Amazon.com bestseller list.
The Handmaid’s Tale was popular during Trump’s first term, along with dark, futuristic tales like George Orwell’s 1984 and Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451, both of which were in the Amazon top 40 on Thursday afternoon.
Another bestseller from Trump’s previous term, On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century by Timothy Snyder, was in the top 10.
The song by rapper Public Enemy, 64, and Consequence, 47, focuses on the challenges faced by Black people in America during a turbulent time when newly elected President Donald Trump was elected to a second term.
The track is featured on Consequence’s album Nice Doing Business With You and also features vocals from Tony Williams of The Wrldfms
The Bring the Noise artist drew promotional art for the single, referencing Project 2025
Another sketch by Chuck D appeared to depict Trump tearing up 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 J.D. Vance’s Hillbilly Elegy was in the top 10. Donald Trump’s photo book Save America was in the top 30.
At Barnes & Noble, “fiction and nonfiction books about fascism, feminism, dystopian worlds and both right- and left-leaning politics increased in our sales with the election results,” said Shannon DeVito, the chain’s director of books. .
She cited Melania On Tyranny and Bob Woodward’s latest book War, which examines Trump and President Joe Biden’s responses to the conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East.
DeVito also mentioned “a huge bump in dystopian fiction,” particularly for The Handmaid’s Tale and 1984.