Public Enemy - Hip-Hop פוליטי + Noise + Black Power. Chuck D (Carlton Ridenhour) ו-Flavor Flav. Fight the Power (Spike Lee, Do the Right Thing, 1989), 911 Is a Joke, Bring the Noise, Don't Believe the Hype. Def Jam + Rick Rubin. Rock Hall of Fame 2013.
Fight the Power (1989) - Spike Lee ביקש לSpike Lee's Do the Right Thing. Chuck D כתב ב-3 שעות. 'Elvis was a hero to most but he never meant shit to me.' Cultural Landmark. Rolling Stone: #2 בAll-Time Great Songs.
Chuck D (נולד 1960 ב-Long Island) פגש את Flavor Flav (William Drayton, נולד 1959) ב-Adelphi University Radio. Rick Rubin (Def Jam). Yo! Bum Rush the Show (1987). It Takes a Nation of Millions (1988): Don't Believe the Hype, Bring the Noise. Fear of a Black Planet (1990): Fight the Power, 911 Is a Joke. Terminator X - DJ. Professor Griff: Anti-Semitism Controversy 1989.
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back (1988) - Rolling Stone: #49 Greatest Albums. Don't Believe the Hype, Bring the Noise. 'Hip-Hop כSocial Commentary בשיא.' The Bomb Squad: Noise + Samples + Chaos.
Professor Griff (Richard Griffin) אמר דברים Anti-Semitic לWashington Times, 1989. Chuck D פיטר. Griff חזר. Controversy - אבל Fear of a Black Planet יצא ב-1990 והצליח.