In his most recent Terrordome column at PublicEnemy.Com, Chuck D announced that he might get into the book publishing business. In 2002, the rapper will be launching a book imprint called Offta Books and Under The Radar Publishing, and plan to do at least six to eight prints a year.

"I'm surrounded by a sea of Hipped Hopped writers like Harry Allen, Davey D, Professor Griff, Yusef Jah... yours truly," Chuck wrote in his column. "It is time... there's already a revolution in the word, whether it's street ciphers, prison, poets, web, so the void in hitting that mindset should be filled like independent record companies did for them in the late 80s and early 90s."

There's no word on who will be the first author published or when the first print will be released as the imprint is still in its planning stages.