Chuck D has thrown his support behind Recording Academy president and CEO Deborah Dugan in a sharply-worded statement blasting the organization following her suspension.
Chuck D performs on stage during"Midnight At The Oasis" Annual Art For Life Benefit hosted by Russell Simmons' Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation at Fairview Farms on July 15, 2017 in Water Mill, New York.
at the suspension through her attorney, stating that she would soon “expose what happens when you ‘step up’ at the Recording Academy."-- has released a statement denouncing the Recording Academy’s decision to suspend Dugan, suggesting she was punished for attempting to bring change to the organization. “As always, a bunch of ignorant, testosterone-fueled, usually old white men stop progress and screw it up. Same old bullshit,” he wrote.
Throughout, the rapper is complimentary to Dugan, noting “it was obvious she was having her own struggles” with the academy when he spoke with her about the lifetime achievement honor. But he remains brazenly critical of the academy, concluding, “I’m not surprised that Deborah Dugan is out. I am appalled because it reeks of the same old jive, a New Whirl Odor that considers the masses simply as ‘them asses.’”'s request for comment.
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