Inside Iowa State: Iowa State University

INSIDE IOWA STATE
February 15, 2002

Cultural exchange

Rapper Chuck D, who presented the keynote address during Iowa State's Institute on National Affairs last week, said the business of making and selling records has stifled musicians. Too few production companies has hurt creativity and homogenized rap music, he said. One solution, he believes, is distributing music on the Internet. Photo by Bob Elbert.