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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 in a large format, limited edition hardcover.

All preorders will ship on or before the November 10, 2026 publication date.

This page offers two LIMITED EDITION OPTIONS for Day One, one of which includes a priceless, one-of-a-kind original portrait of YOU by CHUCK D.

—Option 1. Choose the default option in the drop-down menu below for a $100 signed and numbered edition of Day One (only 800 available)

—Option 2. Choose the second option in the drop-down menu below for a $200 signed & numbered book PLUS an original “Sketchograph” portrait of YOU by Chuck D. All “Sketchograph” orders are nonreturnable.

Price: $100.00

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

Description

All preorders will ship on or before the November 10, 2026 publication date.

IMPORTANT: There are two limited edition options for Day One.  

—Signed and Numbered edition of Day One ($100.00). Choose the default option in the drop-down menu above for the $100.00 signed and numbered edition (only 800 available). Day One is a stranger-than-fiction exploration of how the year 2024 mirrored and surpassed George Orwell’s frightening image of 1984. The cloth-bound volume is foil-stamped with shiny silver, gold, and red metallic foil and stands at 13″ x 9″ x 2″

—Original “Sketchograph” + Signed & Numbered copy of Day One ($200.00, nonreturnable). Choose the second option in the drop-down menu above for a signed and numbered copy of Day One  PLUS an original “Sketchograph” portrait of YOU by the great Chuck D in his inimitable style.

The “Sketchographs” are one-of-a-kind and nonreturnable. If you purchase this option, email a photograph of yourself (and only yourself) to info@akashicbooks.com, and Chuck D will draw an original, impressionistic portrait in the artistic style reflected in the pages of Day One. Chuck variously uses pencil, Sharpie, color pencil, watercolor, sometimes spilled ink rubbed in by hand, oftentimes any other materials that he has at hand, to create the Sketchographs. The format is roughly 5″ x 8″ with some variance.

Please Note:

  • All domestic orders will ship via UPS Ground unless you select a more expensive expedited shipping option.
  • For all orders outside the US, including Canada, please be sure to select your preferred INTERNATIONAL shipping method. International orders placed with domestic shipping will be canceled.
  • Please email info@akashicbooks.com if you have any questions about your order.

About Day One:

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. The cloth-bound volume is foil-stamped with shiny silver, gold, and red metallic foil and stands at 13″ x 9″ x 2″; each copy in the 800-copy limited edition printing is numbered and autographed by Chuck D.

 

Book Details

  • Hardcover: 320 pages
  • Published: 11/10/26
  • IBSN: 9781636143033

Author

Chuck D is the leader and cofounder of the legendary rap group Public Enemy, a social activist, multimedia producer, visual artist, digital music pioneer, and author/illustrator of STEWdio: The Naphic Grovel ARTrilogy of Chuck D, Summer of Hamn, Interficial ARTelligence: The Moments that Met Me, and RAPilates. 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. Day One is his latest work.

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