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Summer of Hamn

Summer of Hamn

Hollowpointlessness Aiding Mass Nihilism

by Chuck D
Hardback
Publication Date: 03/10/2023

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In Summer of Hamn, legendary hip-hop artist Chuck D takes on gun violence with rhythmic, inventive writing and passionately raw art. He has long spoken out against gun violence, including how it intersects with rap and hip-hop culture. Summer of Hamn is the bound journal Chuck D carried with him in the summer of 2022 - a summer marked by a particularly high rate of gun death. In these pages, victims are memorialized, politicians are skewered, and vehement pleas to eradicate gun violence are made. Jaw-dropping statistics (40% of all personal guns in the world are owned by US citizens; there are 100 million more guns in the US than there are citizens) intersect with poetic reflections ('Another mall shooting seems normalized in Columbus / Raining outside in Ohio / Raining inside folks panic / Inside hearing shots bust'), all written in Chuck's hand over vibrant, utterly original, neoexpressionist ink and watercolour art. This book is the follow-up to STEWdio the debut trilogy on Chuck D's Enemy Books imprint, in which he invented a new medium - the 'naphic grovel' - a bound journal brimming with his observations and reflections of current events in both art and prose. Summer of Hamn is the second release on the imprint.
ISBN:
9781636141527
9781636141527
Category:
Rap & Hip-Hop
Format:
Hardback
Publication Date:
03-10-2023
Language:
English
Publisher:
Akashic Books
Country of origin:
United States
Dimensions (mm):
216.66x147.32x27.94mm
Weight:
0.64kg
Chuck D

Chuck D, born Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, is an American rapper, activist and founding member of the iconic hip-hop group, Public Enemy. As the first artist to create hip-hop entrenched with political sensibilities, his works have continued to speak out in unexpected and necessary ways, commencing with the group’s debut album, Yo! Bum Rush the Show. His lyrics are now considered some of the greatest of all time and Chuck remains a pioneer in rap music. 

His passion for graphic arts persisted throughout the years, and Chuck’s influence in the visuals of hip-hop can still be seen today. As a firm believer that hip-hop – both visually and sonically –could be as big as rock music, he created the now-famous Public Enemy logo.

Decades later, Chuck has rediscovered his passion for the arts. A multi-platinum recording artist, recipient of a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award, an educator, a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, activist and celebrated visual artist, co-founder of the supergroup Prophets of Rage, Chuck D’s credentials are arguably the most impressive in hip-hop. 

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