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"Chuck D has criticised Rolling Stone magazine for the lack of rap in its Best Live Acts Now cover feature. The Public Enemy star also accused the magazine of going straight to radio rather than the actual live arena for the rap acts they did choose.  He suggested that all the rap acts listed by the magazine would struggle to hold their own on his Kings of the Mic tour, which features Public Enemy alongside LL Cool J feat. DJ Z-Trip, Ice Cube and De La Soul. &amp;quot;Theres 4 hmm RAP acts of 50 Obviously their choices are American. But other acts are classic. Pissed off indeed lo,&amp;quot; Chuck D said on Twitter. &amp;quot;The Roots ok, RS obviously ain&amp;#039;t paying attention or their voters are all from GWBush.Shame JannWenner shame lmao. &amp;quot;Im not speaking for myself but my TEAM will cause stage problems for anyone that depends on radio,pyro,video&amp;amp;tricks.&amp;quot;  He added: &amp;quot;Definitely not knocking BruceSpringsteen by any means I was trying to figure their RAP list! Sht that whole list would have problems on KOM  &amp;quot;RollingStone. They say NOW and ended up naming classic rock&amp;amp;pop acts.But when it came to RAP they ran to the charts&amp;amp;radio,def NOT a concert!  &amp;quot;You cant be on ANY list of LIVE performances being limited , ABSENT and NOT playing with the HEAT of your peers pushing you on STAGE...RLTK  &amp;quot;Its 1 thing to let the corplantations create HYPE on records boosted by corpRADIO-TV-status,its another when they anoint imaginary touring.. &amp;quot;  He continued: &amp;quot;THE RULE is that your peers choose you.Then its THE responsibility to TOUR those peers around the world with YOU.Thus BUILDING the rapCRAFT.  &amp;quot;Its like giving a a boxer a belt who aint fought nobody.Records ar only sparring sessions you have to PROVE on stage amongst the crowd&amp;amp;peers. &amp;quot;Its just that when @RollingStone GETS lazy onRAP it further slides the artform into a realm of mismanaged untruth which corrupts 99% of ACTS.&amp;quot; The rap acts listed by Rolling Stone were Jay Z (6), The Roots (19) and Kanye West (20). Chuck D said that the likes of Doug E Fresh, Run DMC, Beastie Boys, Anthrax, U2, Sisters of Mercy, the Furious Five and others taught Public Enemy to play live for 26 years in 91 countries and eventually be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He also recently praised Kendrick Lamar for his live rapping ability compared to many of his peers. Watch Public Enemy perform &amp;#039;Bring The Noise&amp;#039; live at the House of Blues below:      "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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