In a interview with The Black Collegian Magazine a career magazine for students and professionals of color. Chuck D of the rap group Public Enemy talked about working with Prince, and the fight for freedom and independence of musical creations. Here is the segment of the interview where The Artist became the subject of some of the conversation.



TBC: Doyou have any thoughts on what The Artist Formerly Known As Prince is doing with his independent label?



CD: I talked to him two days ago.



TBC: Oh yeah?



CD: Yeah, I talked to him two days ago and we're doing a song together. We're going to each independently try to take that song and make it happen.



TBC: That's incredible! Do you think with platinum-selling artists like PE and The Artist releasing music independently, do you think it's going to spread? Do you think it's going to start kind of a revolution in the music industry to get away from the whole plantation system of the major labels?



CD: Well, it won't kill the majors, but it'll make them have to adapt. And the more that they don't adopt the system, it'll bite them in the leg and affect their bottom line. Cause it's a splintering of the market place – they'll be forced to share. And by 2002 I foresee about 500,000 labels and a million artists. Because it allows the young entrepreneur, the new entrepreneur or somebody that doesn't want to go through all the processes, to go immediately into it



TBC: Do you anticipate any other major-selling artists to follow the lead to go independent and to do their own thing?



CD: Oh, of course. Yeah. … Five years ago there wasn't this light at the end of the tunnel. I found myself fighting in the corner with no way out. I throw a punch and the punch comes right back at me.



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