Guardian Music — Writing lyrics is an art and Ice-T's documentary gets inside the minds of some of the biggest names in his contact book, finds rapper TyMost people think rap is just a hobby some street dudes have – that we just improvise. What I liked most about t... more info

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Time — The rap influencers keep it old school on a new album—and that's a good thing more info

Consequence of Sound — They still know what time it is. more info

Prefix — Two NPR interns were recently bludgeoned by the internet after expressing controversial music opinions on NPR's "All Songs Considered" blog. ... Read the full article at http://www.prefixmag.com/features/public-enemy/npr-puts-the-intern-in-internet/... more info

The Hip Hop Chronicle — This track is taken from Public Enemy’s brand new album “Most Of My Heroes Still Don’t Appear On No Stamp”, which is on iTunes now. It’s the first of two albums to be released this year by the group. The second, “The Evil Empire Of Everyt... more info

The Newsroom — Former Public Enemy rapper Chuck D. says Frank Ocean is not a hip-hop artist. Ocean recently admitted his first love was a man. more info

Guardian Music — Hammersmith Apollo, LondonIce-T was always among the most charismatic of hip-hop's early stars, but who knew he was also such an assiduous historian? The former gangster rapper has interviewed almost 50 of his peers to chronicle the history of the ge... more info

Guardian Music — Chuck D of Public Enemy and his mentor, hip hop originator Melle Mel, tell Matt Hall about a new documentary that charts the rise of rap as a respected art formMatt HallChristian BennettHenry Barnes more info

The Independent — Rap music, once feared by long-haired rockers, should now take pride of place in the US Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame, with Public Enemy the next to be inducted, the band’s leader Chuck D has argued. more info