Public Enemy News

Fall Out Boy , Blink 182, AFI , and Public Enemy are among the diverse acts on the bill for Chicago's Riot Fest 2013, a three-day music festival and carnival in Humboldt Park on September 13-15. Among the 50-plus punk, hard rock, emo, rap and pop acts on the lineup , which are most worth seeing? Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Blondie have been going ... (more)

May 24--Whether it was fashion, books, acting or music, LL Cool J has had a hand in it at some point.

Music and reality TV have a rather peculiar, but beneficial relationship for artists.

While LL Cool J might not be knocking out hits like he did early in his career, the veteran emcee has orchestrated one of the biggest hip-hop shows of the summer concert season with the Kings of the Mic Tour , also featuring Ice Cube, Public Enemy and De La Soul.

On a festival bill that swings from acts just breaking through to icons like Tom Petty and Stevie Wonder, Public Enemy definitely fall into the legend category.

Watch video highlights from the 2013 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony held in Los Angeles on April 18.

As a rule, when people think got the rap group Public Enemy , they think of them as, well, a rap group, not the stars of a book-length graphic novel fighting for truth, justice and the American way.

But when something goes awry, as it did in Memphis Wednesday night, people are left to wonder if maybe hip-hop group Public Enemy got it right all those years ago when they released the incendiary "911 Is a Joke." Starting between 3 and 4 p.m. Wednesday and continuing until just after 8 p.m. that night, the local 911 system was flooded with ... (more)

On his radio program today, Glenn Beck uncorked a bizarre rant about the NAACP and Martin Luther King and Booker T. Washington and by the way, 20 PERCENT OF KKK LYNCHINGS WERE OF WHITE PEOPLE! AND THEY'D BE TEA PARTIERS TODAY! Beck's strategy for defending himself against charges of racism seems to be to confuse the issues so thoroughly that nobody ... (more)

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Local punk blowout Riot Fest has steadily grown since it began as a two-day affair at the Congress Theater back in 2005, but it kicked things up a notch last year when it moved into Humboldt Park and transformed into a multistage outdoor carnival, Ferris wheel included .

Sir Mervyn King couldn't be tempted into a Norman Lamont-style "je ne regrette rien" moment when asked during his last inflation report press conference whether he had any regrets during his time as Governor of the Bank of England.

May 14--Idris Goodwin's savvy new play "How We Got On," premiering on the West Coast at the B Street Theatre, is full of affecting surprises.

By Dan Rice FYI Television Inc. Once again, it's time for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Museum in Cleveland to add to its exhibits, with the new class of inductees to elicit cheers from legions of fans while sparking hot debates over which of the nominees were voted in and those who were denied entrance.

Carlton Douglas Ridenhour aka Chuck D, was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year with his group, Public Enemy.

Let's begin with the big picture. In the 1980s, two big movements defined black pop - one was black elegance, the other was modern hiphop.

In the 1980s, two big movements defined black pop - one was black elegance, the other was modern hiphop.

Rap veteran Flavor Flav has been ordered to stand trial in September over an alleged attack on his girlfriend's teenage son last year .

George Clinton found an interesting musical link. The Funk pioneer said he compares Chief Keef's "I Don't Like" to Funkadelic's "Get Off Your Ass and Jam," a 1975 song Clinton wrote that has been sampled by Public Enemy, Tupac and Schoolly D, among others.