Editing Chuck D (section)

==Personal life==
Chuck D does not drink alcohol.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Christgau|first1=Robert|last2=Tate|first2=Greg|title=Chuck D All Over the Map|website=Robert Christgau: Dean of American Rock Critics|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/music/chuckd-91.php|access-date=15 April 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171018023830/http://www.robertchristgau.com/xg/music/chuckd-91.php|archive-date=18 October 2017}}</ref>

Chuck D has said on Twitter that he is the maternal great-grandson of architect [[George Washington Foster]].<ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Chuck D |user=MrChuckD |number=1113958228147093504 |date=April 4, 2019 |title=My family claim to fame is my great grandfather George Washington Foster was the second licensed Black architect in New York and spit his design work on this building still here. #Flatiron #StriveForGreatness 👊🏿👊🏿👊🏿 |access-date=July 30, 2022 |link=https://twitter.com/mrchuckd/status/1113958228147093504}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Chuck D |user=MrChuckD |number=1502825769134968833 |date=March 12, 2022 |title=Of course George Washington Foster being my Moms grandfather 1st licensed Black architect in NJ , second Black licensed architect in NY ( worked on Flatiron Bldg) you also clear up long family rumor on Jefferson Davis. Yeah slavery was a MF – Wikipedia |access-date=July 30, 2022 |link=https://twitter.com/MrChuckD/status/1502825769134968833}}</ref><ref>{{Cite tweet |author=Chuck D |user=MrChuckD |number=1553506504409419777 |date=July 30, 2022 |title=My great grandfather George Washington Foster designed quite a few buildings in nyc and a slew of buildings in New Jersey his state. Everytime I pass the @FlatironNY building I think of history |access-date=July 30, 2022 |link=https://twitter.com/MrChuckD/status/1553506504409419777}}</ref>

As of June 2023, he has three children aged 34, 30 and 10, the two oldest by his first ex-wife, Deborah McClendon, and the youngest by Gaye Theresa Johnson.<ref name="aarp" />

Chuck D lives in California and lost his home in the [[Thomas Fire]] that occurred from December 2017 to January 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thewrap.com/public-enemy-chuck-d-lost-his-home-in-california-wildfire-court-papers-say |title=Chuck D Lost His Home in California Wildfire, Court Papers Say |last=Kenneally |first=Tim |date=January 10, 2018 |website=TheWrap |access-date=October 26, 2020}}</ref>