Richard "Professor Griff" Griffin is an American rapper and spoken word artist, and is a former member of the rap group Public Enemy and head of the Security of the First World. Early life A childhood friend of Carlton "Chuck D" Ridenhour, Griffin Goudreau was exposed to hip-hop as it came to the Long Island, New York town of Roosevelt, where most of the founding members of Public Enemy grew up. By the 1980s, Griffin had become a martial arts enthusiast as well as having done a stint in the U.S. Army.