Public Enemy is back.
They drop the new video for their new single titled "Man Plans God Laughs." The track is the first record the New York rap collective released off their latest album of the same name. The visual for "Man Plans God Laughs" is somewhat of a coming-of-age story for a young Black man growing up on the streets. The visu...
Chuck D shared his thoughts on Bill Cosby's sexual assault controversy via Twitter. In the rap mogul's opinion, Bill Cosby's legacy and contribution to the arts shouldn't be erased because of the rape allegations he's currently facing.
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Political hypocrisy. A violent police force. Inner city angst. Tales from the dark side. Sometimes it's hard to tell whether society has progressed at all over the past few decades. But those are themes that run the duration of Ice Cube's iconic solo debut album, AmeriKKKa's Most Wanted, which turns 25 years old tomorrow (May 16, 2015). At ...
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From Chance the Rapper and Madonna to Kanye West and Sia, rappers aren't afraid to mix it up with artists from other genres if the results equal a hit record. And with more rappers crossing genre lines for unexpected collabs than ever, it makes sense that the musically inclined want to try their hand at fronting a band of their own. Tak...
With hip-hop being born in the streets, it still comes as a surprise to some people that many of today's highest selling rap stars are college educated. From Ice Cube to J. Cole, a growing number of rappers exhibit higher knowledge in their rhymes and actually have a diploma to back it up...
De La Soul's comeback efforts have been well-received thus far as the group plans to drop its first album as a trio in a decade, next year. Today, we get a new track titled "The People" that features Public Enemy front man Chuck D. The foursome put all games aside tackling pressing issues of the black community with the socially aware tune...
Ever since Chuck D aired out his grievances and called Hot 97's Summer Jam a "sloppy fiasco," Chuck and the station's DJ's have been going back and forth on Twitter and over the airwaves. Chuck D sat down with The Combat Jack Show to let the hip-hop community know what exactly has bothered him so much about Hot 97.
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Public Enemy frontman Chuck D has been on a tear against the current state of hip-hop as of late and took to Twitter yesterday to blast his next person of interest: Iggy Azalea. Chuck caught wind of the picture below of Iggy Azalea with the caption, "Me And Ma Nigga's<3," which he took offense to. T
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Last weekend, Spike Lee’s iconic film Do The Right Thing turned 25. Lee’s magnum opus was celebrated all over the country, with Barack and Michelle Obama giving praise to the movie at the White House, a party in Bed-Stuy featuring Dave Chappelle, Wesley Snipes and tons of supporters and many more observances. Chuck D, who he...