When Chuck D fellowshipped with guests and discussed his creative process at Legends Gallery on Friday night and Saturday afternoon, he wasn’t engaging with them as a hip hop pioneer and legend. He was an emerging artist with his first Midwest solo exhibition eager to share his creative process.

“Being here in St. Louis is a joy,” Chuck D told the intimate, invite-only crowd. They filled every seat and lined the walls of the boutique gallery in the heart of the Grand Center Arts District.

“So is being in a gallery and a part of the activity that is going on here in the community,” he said. “I’m an artivist and a raptivist and my religion and my service is the arts.”

His talk took place just a few hours before he took the stage as frontman for the iconic hip hop group Public Enemy in For

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