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Day One: 2024 Was 1984 FAFO

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The latest “naphic grovel” by rap legend Chuck D of Public Enemy explores how the year 2024 became the new, Orwellian 1984.

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Forthcoming: 7/7/26

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What people are saying…

Praise for the art books 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, on STEWdio

“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, on Summer of Hamn

“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, on RAPilates


Description

FOLLOWING THE SUCCESS OF CHUCK D’S PREVIOUS “NAPHIC GROVELS” released on his Enemy Books imprint (hosted by Akashic), the rap legend and leader of Public Enemy introduces Day One: 2024 Was 1984 FAFO. This volume features Chuck’s beautiful illustrations with cutting—and often hilarious— commentary on the events of 2024, leading into the new world dystopian atmosphere of our present day. This is a stranger-than-fiction exploration of how the year 2024 mirrored and surpassed George Orwell’s frightening image of 1984.


Book Details

  • Paperback: 240 pages
  • Published: 7/7/26
  • IBSN: 9781636143033

Author

Chuck D is the leader and cofounder of the legendary rap group Public Enemy, a social activist, multimedia producer, visual artist, and digital music pioneer. He has been featured in more than one hundred documentaries on music, technology, politics, and race, and cocurated the Smithsonian Anthology of Hip-Hop and Rap. He has also been a national spokesperson for Rock the Vote, the National Urban League, Americans for the Arts, and the National Alliance of African American Athletes. As part of Public Enemy, he was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and earned a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. He is the author of StewDio and Summer of Hamn. RAPilates: Body and Mind Conditioning in the Digital Age is his latest work.

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