For their 15th album, Public Enemy are back on Def Jam, the powerhouse label they helped build with their golden-age hip-hop classics. It’s a well-timed return to the center of the industry. The rise of the Black Lives Matter movement has seen a reawakening of the protest radicalism that PE …
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Public Enemy recreated their classic “Fight the Power” video with footage from the George Floyd Protests to open the 2020 BET Awards. The iconic rap group were joined by a star-studded line-up of artists to help update the song with timely verses. Chuck D and Flavor Flav reunited for the …
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Throughout world history, music has served as a balm for those living under oppression, as much it’s served as a tool of empowerment. The latest installment in Rolling Stone‘s new weeklyplaylistseries, “Music at Home,” features 12 tracks honoring the legacy of global Black resistance in song. Feel free to blast …
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UPDATE #2:Amidst an ongoing spat with Public Enemy over his dismissal from the storied hip-hop outfit after he declined to join them at a Bernie Sanders rally, Flavor Flav clarified his political stance in an interview with The Guardian. “I don’t have anything against Bernie,” the hypeman said. “I think …
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