“[T]his book by the Public Enemy frontman and accomplished graphic novelist does capture key moments on his path from Long Island deliveryman to hip-hop royalty. Each page typically features an ink-and-watercolor rendering of the person he met, along with some handwritten commentary . . . his renderings are remarkably accurate . . . An artful book.”
—Kirkus Reviews

Praise for STEWDIO: THE NAPHIC GROVEL ARTRILOGY OF CHUCK D

“The Public Enemy mastermind combines art and hip-hop rhymes to provide his compelling, personal views on the chaotic years between 2020 and 2022 . . . In an engaging, distinctly hip-hop style, Chuck D reveals important lessons from the early pandemic years.”
—Kirkus Reviews, STARRED review

“This box set of three full-color paperback bound books is an engaging time capsule capturing the thoughts and artwork Chuck D created from the start of COVID-19 through the first year of the Biden administration. The cofounder and front man of legendary hip-hop group Public Enemy unleashes his commentary on contemporary events with the activist instinct that made the hip-hop pioneers a social message phenomenon.”
—Ebony

“Chuck D’s excellent STEWdio (yes, Chuck D of Public Enemy) is a literal diary of stray thoughts, three books of them, in a box—and some of the most compelling reading I’ve done this year. In one-page panels recalling a meld of eighth grade homeroom sketches and the exuberantly unstable lines of Basquiat, Chuck offers portraits of collaborators, tales of loss and quarantine, nights huddled before cable news.”
—Chicago Tribune

Praise for SUMMER OF HAMN: HOLLOWPOINTLESSNESS AIDING MASS NIHILISM

“With his latest work of graphic nonfiction, Chuck D uses his art and hip-hop rhymes to show how the US has been held hostage by gun violence and a growing sense of hopelessness . . . A focused, fresh, urgent text filled with pictures worth 1,000 words and rhymes worth thousands more.”
—Kirkus Reviews, STARRED review

“Public Enemy front man Chuck D follows up STEWdio with a striking graphic narrative archive of gun violence and collective misery during the summer of 2022 . . . It’s a bristling and necessary catalogue of collective anguish.”
—Publishers Weekly, STARRED review

Praise for RAPILATES: BODY AND MIND CONDITIONING IN THE DIGITAL AGE

“Chuck D, the leader/cofounder of the hip-hop group Public Enemy, and Lopez, his Pilates instructor, show how people of all ages can benefit from the practice of this body-conditioning regime . . . A solid and fun introduction to Pilates for both beginners and readers with some knowledge of Pilates. Fans of hip-hop will appreciate this book too.”
—Library Journal