AP - Sep 24, 2008
Let the debates begin: VH1 has compiled its list of the 100 greatest hip-hop songs, and Public Enemy s black power anthem Fight the Power tops the list. The cable channel will count...
More »USRN - Jul 10, 2003
(7/10/03, 1 p.m. ET) -- Aerosmith leaders Steven Tyler and Joe Perry have teamed with some of the biggest names in hip-hop on the theme song for the upcoming ESPY Awards. The song is called Let s Get...
More »USRN - Apr 29, 2003
(4/29/03, 6 p.m. ET) -- Public Enemy will release the controversial song, Son Of A Bush, commercially on May 6 on Koch Entertainment. The single will be packaged in a special two disc CD & DVD set. The...
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(2/5/03, 3 p.m. ET) -- Robbie Williams, Public Enemy, and 2003 Grammy nominees Vanessa Carlton and the Flaming Lips will perform live at the 10th annual Rock The Vote Awards in memory of Patrick Lippert...
More »USRN - Sep 27, 2002
(9/27/02, 6 p.m. ET) - Public Enemy hype man and part-time rapper Flavor Flav was sentenced to nine weeks in jail by a judge on Wednesday (September 25). The sentence was imposed because Flavor Flav violated...
More »USRN - Sep 27, 2002
(9/27/02, 1 p.m. ET) -- Seminal hip-hop activists Public Enemy have already completed seven dates of their current national tour, which also features Dilated Peoples and Blackalicious as opening acts....
More »USRN - Sep 17, 2002
(9/17/02, 12 p.m. ET) - Public Enemy and MTV were unable to workout a compromise so that the group s latest video--for the song Give The People What They Need, from the group s new Revolverlution album...
More »USRN - Sep 4, 2002
(9/4/02, 4 p.m. ET) -- Rap veterans Public Enemy, underground favorites Dilated Peoples, and newcomers Blackalicious will launch a tour on September 18 at the Metropol in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Public...
More »USRN - Dec 27, 2001
(12/27/01, 4 p.m. ET) -- Public Enemy frontman Chuck D recently announced that he would be venturing into the publishing business in 2002. The rapper plans to launch Offta Books and Under The Radar Publishing...
More »USRN - Nov 19, 2001
(11/19/01, 3 p.m. ET) -- Socially conscious rap outfit Public Enemy will release a new album in February that will include four remixes produced by fans. During the summer, Chuck D allowed fans to download...
More »USRN - Aug 8, 2001
(8/8/01, 12 p.m. ET) -- Public Enemy front man Chuck D has been tapped to host the Black August benefit concert to be held at Synod Hall in Harlem on August 12 at 7 p.m. The annual event that celebrates...
More »USRN - Sep 11, 2000
(9/11/00, 4 p.m. ET) - Atomic Pop, an Internet-based record company that released such rap acts as Public Enemy and Ice-T, has shut down. The staff was told on Friday (September 8) that the label was...
More »USRN - May 25, 2000
(5/25/00, 6 p.m. ET) - The House of Representatives Small Business Committee held a hearing Wednesday (May 25) to discuss the controversial music-swapping software Napster. Those who testified included...
More »USRN - Mar 6, 2000
(3/6/00, 3 p.m. ET) - Rapper Chuck D, who presented the Artist formerly known as Prince with the male artist of the decade award on Saturday night (March 4) at the Soul Train Awards in Los Angeles (...
More »USRN - Feb 29, 2000
(2/29/00, 7 a.m. ET) - Rumors that flamboyant rapper Flavor Flav is in jail are untrue, according to Flav s manager. The Public Enemy member was pulled over last week and was found to be driving with...
More »USRN - Nov 24, 1999
(11/26/99, 7 a.m. ET) - Flavor Flav fans may have given up hope for a solo album from the Public Enemy hype man years ago, but now hip-hop s animated precursor to ODB is set to release It s About Time...
More »USRN - Nov 10, 1999
(11/10/99, 2 p.m. ET) - The Cleveland-based Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame And Museum officially kicks off their latest exhibit, Roots, Rhymes & Rage: The Hip-Hop Story, today. The exhibit, which runs from...
More »USRN - Nov 2, 1999
Courtesy of RockOnTV (www.rockontv.com): NBC: Late Night With Conan O Brien - Cafe Tacuba guests. MUCH USA: VideoFlow - Features an interview with Public Enemy. (To read a Public Enemy feature, click...
More »USRN - Aug 31, 1999
(8/31/99, 4 p.m. PDT) - A host of hip-hop pioneers such as Public Enemy, Run-DMC, and Eric B. & Rakim, plus several techno acts including the Freestylers, will lend music to the first underground street...
More »USRN - Jun 22, 1999
(6/23/99, 1 a.m. PDT) - The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) has notified Internet-based record label Atomic Pop that it finds the title and lyrics of Public Enemy s Swindlers Lust anti-Semitic and offensive...
More »USRN - Jun 1, 1999
(6/1/99, 4 p.m. PDT) - Public Enemy and its new label home, Atomic Pop, continue to make headlines with their innovative methods of music distribution. Today Atomic Pop announced that P.E. s latest, There...
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