Chuck D was speaking about radio station Hot 97’s Summer Jam when he said he is tired of the double standards when it come to using racial slurs especially the n-word. It seem like the the station thinks it is ok to use the n-word throughout the festival. He said “if there was a festival and it was filled with anti-semitic slurs or racial slurs at at anyone but Black people, what do you think would happen?” “Why does there have to ve such a double standard?”. Chuck thinks this years performers at Summer Jam which includes Iggy Azsalea, the Roots, Wiz Khalifa and New York acts Nas, 50 Cent and Nicki Minaj is “just a sloppy representation of the art form, the worst representation know to man.” “There needs to be a greater representation of the culture and the community on that radio station.” Chuck hope to fulfill his goal to change the face and sound of urban radio by the end of the year. He do not want to be the grim reaper but people have to
stand up we need some change.