Public Enemy

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Rolling Stone — Newark, New Jersey noise-rap pioneers Dälek have cut a singular path over 18 years and seven albums. Mixing the searing political rhetoric of Public Enemy, the suffocating shoegaze textures of My Bloody Valentine and the primal appeal of squealing i... more info

AllHipHop — (AllHipHop News) Hip Hop fans will soon have the chance to once again get with respected 1990’s rap group Digable Planets. The trio composed of Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler, Mary Ann “Ladybug Mecca” Vieira, and Craig “Doodlebug” Irving ... more info

New York Times — Trevor Noah, the Indigo Girls and Public Enemy will perform at SummerStage. more info

Roadrunner - Blabbermouth — "He called me a dyke, I called him an ambulance…" Otep Shamaya never was one to wimp out. Call her out on her music, call her out on her art—you'll get an earful. Call her out on her sexuality, well, you'll get yours handed to you, gauging her v... more info

AllHipHop — (AllHipHop News) Seminal West Coast rap group N.W.A was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this month. The Straight Outta Compton album creators joined fellow Hip Hop representatives Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Run-DMC, Beastie ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — When comedian Chris Rock took to the Dolby Theatre stage to start the Oscars telecast Sunday night, the track “Fight the Power” by rap group Public Enemy played in the background. That same song, used by Spike Lee to cap his seminal film “Do th... more info

TMZ — The Oscars made a statement by playing Public Enemy's "Fight the Power," and now the group has a statement to the Oscars ... they're pissed off. Group member Professor Griff tells us he thinks the Academy was just paying lip service to black… ... more info

L.A. Times - Entertainment — The following is a transcription of Chris Rock's opening monologue as host of the 2016 Oscars. He took the stage to Public Enemy's "Fight the Power": Man, I counted at least 15 black people on that montage. Hey! Well, I'm here at the Academy Awards, ... more info

TMZ — Public Enemy's Chuck D has some advice to Nelly about cancelling concerts for fear of terrorism, and it's ... get back on the road, it might be safer than the U.S. TMZ broke the story -- Nelly pulled the plug on a few concerts in the… more info