fight the power
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Flavor Flav Receives Support After Sharing This Vulnerable Online Confession
The Public Enemy co-founder posted the heartfelt message on X.
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Say It Loud: This is The Ultimate Black History Month Playlist
This February, we’re listening to these soul, R&B and hip-hop hits by some of our favorite Black artists.
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Flavor Flav Shocks the Internet With His Emotional National Anthem Performance
The Public Enemy icon surprised everyone by performing “The Star-Spangled Banner” before Sunday’s Milwaukee Bucks game.
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Music Legend Rudolph Isley Dies at 84
As a co-founding member of The Isley Brothers, he co-wrote classics like “Shout!” and the Grammy-winning “It’s Your Thing.”
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Chuck D’s Fight The Power: How Hip Hop Changed The World Is Our TV Pick
The story of hip-hop’s impact on the world is what’s Black on TV this week.
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A Conversation With Kareem Abdul-Jabbar About Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War
Abdul-Jabbar has been nominated for an Emmy for his narration on the HISTORY Channel documentary Black Patriots: Heroes of the Civil War.
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Chuck D Launches Songs That Shook the Planet Podcast at Audible
Songs That Shook the Planet follows Chuck D through ground-breaking songs in Black history.
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30 Days of Iconic Music Video Blackness With VSB, Day 19: Public Enemy, 'Fight The Power'
For a song that came out over 30 years ago, Public Enemy’s “Fight The Power”—created for the soundtrack to Spike Lee’s 1989 classic film, Do The Right Thing—remains remarkably resonant even in 2020. We’re still at war with structural racism and all of the issues that existed at the time of the song’s creation are…
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Samaria Rice to Open Tamir Rice Cultural Center in 2019
Samaria Rice, mother of Tamir Rice, the 12-year-old who was gunned down on a playground by an erratic “officer of the law” in 2014, is mending her heartbreak by working to open a cultural center in the name of her son. The planned Tamir Rice Afrocentric Cultural Center will honor Tamir’s legacy by operating as…