Chuck D—rapper, author, producer, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and co-founder of Public Enemy—has built one of hip-hop’s most powerful discographies.

But what if he told his life story through his own songs?

Which tracks make the cut? Hear the legend break down his autobiography—in his own words.

Chuck D—rapper, author, producer, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and co-founder of Public Enemy—has built one of hip-hop’s most powerful discographies. But what if he told his life story through his own songs? Which tracks make the cut? Hear the legend break down his autobiography—in his own words.

Chuck D—rapper, author, producer, Rock &amp; Roll Hall of Fame inductee, and co-founder of Public Enemy—has built one of hip-hop’s most powerful discographies.

But what if he told his life story through his own songs?

Which tracks make the cut? Hear the legend break down his autobiography—in his own words.

Chuck D

An artist’s story is usually told in pages or on a screen.

But what if they told it themselves — through the songs that made them?
Library Presents: Discography Autobiography flips the script. Instead of a traditional interview, we ask artists to soundtrack their own lives. The tracks that changed them. The moments that defined them.

From Hip-Hop legends and producers to cultural historians, each guest curates the music that shaped their journey — and reveals the stories behind every selection.

No narrator. No filter. Just the life… in songs.

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An artist’s story is usually told in pages or on a screen. But what if they told it themselves — through the songs that made them? Library Presents: Discography Autobiography flips the script. Instead of a traditional interview, we ask artists to soundtrack their own lives. The tracks that changed them. The moments that defined them. From Hip-Hop legends and producers to cultural historians, each guest curates the music that shaped their journey — and reveals the stories behind every selection. No narrator. No filter. Just the life… in songs.

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