Public Enemy News

VH1 crowns 'Fight the Power' as best hip-hop song

Sep 24, 2008 6:00 am PDT

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 down its list in series of shows st...

Aerosmith Leaders Record Song With Chuck D And Busta Rhymes

Jul 10, 2003 10:00 am PDT

(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 Loud," and it was written by Public En...

Robbie Williams, Public Enemy, And Vanessa Carlton To Rock The Vote

Feb 5, 2003 12:00 pm PST

(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 the evening before the Grammy Awards...

Flavor Flav Sentenced To Nine Weeks Behind Bars

Sep 27, 2002 3:00 pm PDT

(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 the terms of his parole by fail...

Public Enemy Tours Without Flavor Flav

Sep 27, 2002 10:00 am PDT

(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. However, Public Enemy is performing wi...