Public Enemy

On this day, October 3, in hip-hop history… 2004: Hip-hop has often been neglected at mainstream award shows. Hip-hop categories had often been historically neglected during the televised show.  Meanwhile, hip-hop artists rarely get special recognition from their peers or other artists.  However, ...

After congress failed to reach a compromise on the budget last night, the U.S. federal government officially was shut down at midnight on October 1. The GOP-controlled House Of Representatives continued to demand changes in Obamacare, seeking to defund the new healthcare initiative as the price of funding standard federal activities which the Democratically-controlled Senate sees as a non-starter

With the advancement of technology, the use of vinyl records, even by the DJ, has seen a sharp decline. Universal Music is taking it back to the essence, recently announcing they will be re-mastering and re-releasing some of hip-hop's most coveted LPs, in vinyl form, as a part of their Respect The Classics campaign...

Philadelphia’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway was filled with fans from across various genres for the second annual Made In America festival. Mixing in hip-hop, EDM and everything in between, it was a crowded scene for the summer's last big festival. This...

Yesterday, Budweiser's Made In America Festival popped off in Philly. 2 Chainz, A$AP Rocky and Public Enemy were among the acts to bless the stage. Peep the full sets here. The party continues today with performances from Wiz Khalifa, Kendrick Lamar and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis...

For 10 years, Afropunk has brought a mixture of punk attitude and African-American culture to Brooklyn. The 2013 edition of the festival was perhaps the most ambitious yet, expected to draw over 30,000 people to Fort Greene’s Commodore Barry Park for two days of hip-hop, hardcore punk, metal, funk and more. The ...

Rick Rubin Reflects On His Contributions To 10 Iconic Hip-Hop Albums

Public Enemy has teamed up with BitTorrent to give fans a chance to remix their newest single, "Get Up Stand Up" (feat. Brother Ali), with the best re-interpretation set to be officially released by the group. By downloading the Public Enemy bundle (which you can do here), fans will receive the official version of the single, the music video, outtakes from the video shoot, and the 37 ind

Flavor Flav's reign as a restauranteur seems to be grinding to an inauspicious halt, as his final remaining Flavor Flav's Fried Chicken & Ribs place in Sterling Heights, MI was served with eviction papers, according to TMZ. Court papers apparently show that the restaurant owes $25,000 in back rent, late fees and damages dating back to the place's grand opening in December of 2012. Re... Read M

At one point in time, hip-hop music wasn't the major musical force that it is today; it was a fad relegated to the South Bronx, where DJs cut between drum breaks for a young crop of dancers to spin on their head to in the park. Flash forward 40 years, and hip-hop has become one of the most recognized forms of popular music...

Public Enemy's go-to photographer Ernie Paniccioli played a crucial role in documenting the group's ascendancy. The Brooklyn-raised photographer, who started his affiliation with hip-hop, capturing graffiti and street movement that were taking place in the late '70s, found direct connection to the message and ideal of Public Enemy early on...

Earlier this week, XXL got an exclusive look at the comic book that accompany Ghostface Killah and Adrian Younge's upcoming album 12 Reasons To Die. While the folks at Black Mask Studios look like they've perfect captured the spirit of Ghost and Younge's giallo horror-meets-crime narrative, the Wu-Tang emcee isn't the first to get the comic book treatment...