Behind the Music

Name: Public Enemy
Released: 2000-07-16
Duration: 60 min

Season 1 • Episode 115: Public Enemy • Watch with subtitles

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Episode 115: Public Enemy

July 16, 2000 • 60 min

With a radical dose of 60's Black Nationalism, Public Enemy carved hip-hop from dance music into the angry voice of a generation. As revolutionaries, Chuck D., Flava Flav and Professor Griff launched an all-out assault on hypocrisy unlike anything ever heard before. Public Enemy used the blunt force of rap lyrics to reach across the rigid boundaries of race, appealing to Black and White fans alike. To this day, they remain one of the most influential groups in music history.

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