Chuck D's Public Enemy Radio to headline Toronto's Festival of Beer – WTF?

Crazy as it may seem, Chuck D and crew – sans Flava Flav – are scheduled to play the summer brew bash on July 26. 

Here's the scoop from TFOB...
You read that right… The legends of Hip-Hop are coming to Toronto this summer. Public Enemy Radio will headline TORONTO’S FESTIVAL OF BEER presented by THE BEER STORE. This is the same Public Enemy that you knew growing up just with a new name – led by Chuck D, DJ Lord and Jahi. Flavor Flav will not be joining the band on this show but they will still bring you back to the hip-hop foundation of 2 turntable and a microphone with all the hits that you love from Public Enemy. It all goes down at Bandshell Park, Exhibition Place on Friday (July 26) and is in partnership with FLOW 93.5. Toronto’s first and only Hip-Hop radio station.

Most of you already know how legendary TFOB Friday is but if you’re new to our festival, trust us when we say that this year is going to be extra special. It’s the biggest Hip-Hop show of the summer and tickets sell out every year. Grab yours now while supplies last and don’t miss out!

Tickets are $45 to $115 in advance and available right here. Check out the Public Enemy classic "1 Million Bottlebags" following a list of possible amendments to the set list.

Black Shield In The Hour Of Chaos
Bring The Agenoise
Night Of The Living Bass-heads
By The Time I Get To My Corona
Sophisticated Beamish
Cold Lampin (IPA) With Flavor
How You Sell Sol To A Souless People Who Sold Their Soul
Terminator Dos Equis To The Edge Of Panic
They Used To Call It Dubbel
He Got Gose
Countdown To Altenmünster
Saison Of The First World
Fear of a Craft Planet

Cleveland's Boddie Records stars in new Chuck D video

Chuck D's "The Ignorant Celebration" is off MistaChuck: Celebration of Ignorance, a salute to independence. 

Writes Chuck D...
I’m locked in a certain era. So what? It feels good. I over-stand that styles change but the sound remains. Although I support the entire journey of Hip Hop from 1973 up to this very minute, the breath of fresh air I enjoy is the freedom of creating songs with no time constraint.

Get a copy of Chuck's new disc right here

Hip Hop is new Blues of now and I make songs based on what I see and hear while staying quiet. Celebration of Ignorance breaks a silence of this time. It’s also a salute to independence alongside my long time collaborators, David "C-Doc" Snyder and Jahi of P.E. 2.0 AKA Project Experience Millennium. I totally believe that as artists you should try to evolve, but there's no greater testament to throwback than the first song, Tiredof45 12.30.84 Dunk Mix. That song salutes LeBron James and smacks Trump. Dueled up with Jahi, a main fixture on the SpitSlam Record Label Group, who has crafted four spectacular albums for the label. His co-writing along with The C-DOC song mix takes us to the mid 80s for real.

He continues to spit further into the album where the next song BOT is the current the battle of machines and human beings. Cavemanic totally can talk to the MeToo Movement where testosterone is truly a test. MutterERT speaks on world climate crime, Blacknificent on greatness, freedBLACK on independence. The visuals are soon to be seen alongside added voice and mind of these songs.

Ain't No is a skull to skull defying get down needed with the aggressive defense against these times. Put together by my co-Prophets of Rage partner I call the hardest groove Bassist in Rock, Timmy Commerford, and his Wakrat partners Mathias Wakrat & Laurent Grangeon, I'm honored to have this song on this record. It was a ball watching them overnight on the 2016 Make America Rage Again Tour. They are something to see. sPEak On It! was a redo-extension of the song sPEak! from the PE Album Nothing is Quick In The Desert which is to be released with additions in 2019.

Lastly, I’m locked in the total era of Rap music and Hip Hops 50 years, but I dig my lane: Boom Bap, Boom Style, Boom Voice. You can tell that by the simple fact that our records stand the test of time without deferring to the trends of relevance. Enjoy Celebration of Ignorance and catch me 2019 on the road with Enemy Radio, Public Enemy, and Prophets of Rage, hopefully, maybe, doing these songs.

Chuck D 
Public Enemy/Prophets Of Rage
RRHOF 2013
Twitter: @MrChuckD