"Chicken" John Joseph James Rinaldi (born 1968)[1] is a musician, showman, activist, and author living in San Francisco, California.

[4] He expressed negative opinions about the experience in Todd Phillips's documentary Hated: GG Allin And The Murder Junkies.

[9] As an elaborate joke,[3] Rinaldi ran as one of several colorfully-nicknamed candidates in the 2007 San Francisco mayoral election, ostensibly challenging incumbent Gavin Newsom.

On September 13 he was denied public financing by the San Francisco Ethics Commission on the basis that around $20,000 was donated through e-commerce site PayPal.

As it was PayPal's official policy to keep billing information confidential and provide only a shipping address, the commission ruled such donations were insufficient proof of donor residency as required by law.

[15] Several years before, the city approved a voter initiative requiring a public hearing for such "formula retail" stores to open in certain commercial corridors.

Rinaldi admitted to using a racial slur during an argument over a parking spot with a Black man outside a Ritual Coffee warehouse in late May 2021.