Ruff Buff Who to Know: Chuckie Campbell
Talib Kweli and Ras Kass are on his records, and two singles landed in June. Meet the All WNY Music Awards winner with a live band behind him.
Chuckie Campbell calls himself a recording artist, poet, fiction writer, editor, publisher and educator on his own site, and the WNY trophies back up the first one. He has won the All WNY Music Awards for Best Hip Hop Artist and Hip Hop Performer, ArtVoice Awards for Best Hip Hop Artist and Best Original Music, and Canalside Buffalo's Battle of the Bands.
His latest singles came out in June, per Apple Music: “Charlies WWII Bomber Jacket” with Dave Stewy on June 5 and “Human” with Iesha Green on June 12.
His features run from Talib Kweli and Ras Kass to Nicole Atkins, and he has shared stages with Pharoahe Monch, EPMD, Ghostface Killah and Pete Rock. Live, he brings The Black Den, a band with a full horn section, and he has played A3C, SXSW and NXNE.
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Photo: chuckiecampbellmusic.com. Inset: “Human” cover art. Clip: “Sound the Horns,” his 2024 video with O'Mega Red.
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