GRAMMYS Close With Star-Studded Finale
Capping the 55th Annual GRAMMY Awards, LL Cool J, blink-182‘s Travis Barker, Rage Against The Machine‘s Tom Morello, Public Enemy‘s Chuck D and DJ Z-Trip crossed a wide range of musical genres to unite...
View ArticleZ-Trip On GRAMMY Supergroup “It Never Felt Like Work.”
Capping the 55th GRAMMY Awards, LL Cool J, blink-182‘s Travis Barker, Rage Against The Machine‘s Tom Morello, Public Enemy‘s Chuck D and DJ Z-Trip bridged a wide range of musical genres to unite for a...
View ArticleUsher, Spike Lee, Carole King & More Added To Rock Hall Induction Ceremony
The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony – set to take place at Los Angeles’ Nokia Theatre L.A. LIVE on April 18 – has just added a lot of star power to its lineup, with Usher, director Spike...
View ArticleInterview: LL Cool J Breaks Down His ‘Authentic’ Collabs, From Van Halen To...
LL Cool J has spent as much time in front of the camera as he has in the recording studio in the last decade, but first and foremost, he’s known for dropping some killer verses. Hosting the GRAMMYs has...
View ArticleLiving Colour’s Vernon Reid On Public Enemy’s Rock Hall Induction: ‘They...
Living Colour guitarist Vernon Reid may be primarily known as a rock and roll guy. But when asked which artist he’s most excited about being inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year, he...
View ArticlePublic Enemy Rap Their Way Into The Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame
Spike Lee set the scene for Public Enemy’s induction into the Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame.”I was writing a movie. I had a character, Radio Raheem. He was playing a boombox, he was always playing the...
View ArticleChuck D Takes On Kanye & Jay-Z, Refuses To Be A ‘N—- In Paris’
Public Enemy frontman Chuck D went on a Twitter tirade against the use of the N-word by fans in France, which was popularized by Kanye West and Jay-Z‘s GRAMMY-winning song “N****s In Paris.” Since...
View ArticleRead the 1995 Letter Tupac Wrote to Chuck D
By Kevin Rutherford Late Saturday night, Chuck D dropped an interesting bomb on his Twitter account: a letter, which he said he received from late rapper Tupac Shakur in 1995. “Letter from Pac, but you...
View ArticleChuck D Blasts Iggy Azalea for Racism in Photo, Not Realizing It’s a Fake
By Courtney E. Smith You know how they you shouldn’t believe every photo shared on Facebook? Looks like someone forgot to mention that to Chuck D. The hip hop legend got incensed on Twitter yesterday...
View ArticleChuck D Talks Bill Cosby, Warns Against ‘Wiping History Out’
By Marissa G. Muller Like Jill Scott and Cee-Lo Green, Chuck D has an opinion about Bill Cosby‘s sexual assault controversy. The Public Enemy figurehead took to Twitter to work out his thoughts about...
View ArticleChuck D Responds to OSCARS Opening and Closing with ‘Fight The Power’
By Cedric Thornton Public Enemy‘s lead man and head lyricist has a few things to say regarding the use of his song “Fight The Power” last night at the Academy Awards. Chris Rock took to the stage with...
View ArticleA$AP Ferg’s Shares ‘Crazy’ New Tracklist
By Robyn Collins When A$AP Ferg told Billboard his upcoming album was “gonna be crazy”, he wasn’t wrong. The Harlem rapper has revealed the tracklist for Always Strive and Prosper, and it features...
View ArticleProphets of Rage Play First Show, Set Includes Rage, Cypress Hill, P.E.,...
By Radio.com Staff Last night 500 fans packed into the Whisky a Go Go on Sunset Blvd. in Hollywood to see the very first public performance from rock super group, Prophets of Rage. Rage Against the...
View ArticleTom Morello Says Prophets of Rage are Working on New Music
By Robyn Collins Tom Morello, famed guitarist for Rage Against the Machine, is going on tour with his new supergroup Prophets of Rage. Cypress Hill’s B-Real, Public Enemy’s Chuck D and DJ Lord, and...
View ArticleChuck D Says Artists Like Kanye West Have Turned Hip-Hop Into a Disgrace
By Jonathan Hailey Public Enemy frontman Chuck D has often shared his ire with the trends hip-hop has been following. In his latest attack against the leaders of the new school, Chuck sets his sights...
View ArticleKanye West, Joey Badass, Chuck D, Others React to Recent Police Shootings
By Hayden Wright Kanye West, Joey Badass, Chuck D and other hip-hop stars have voiced their outrage on social media following the police-shooting deaths of Alton Sterling and Philando Castile. Sterling...
View ArticleJohn Legend, Demi Lovato, Chuck D, Others React to Dallas Police Slayings
By Robyn Collins John Legend, Chuck D and other music celebrities have commented about the multiple slaying of police officers last night (July 7) in Dallas. During a rally to protest the fatal...
View ArticleLiving Colour Release Cover of Notorious B.I.G.’s ‘Who Shot Ya’
By Robyn Collins Living Colour has recorded a cover of Notorious B.I.G.’s “Who Shot Ya.’ The band was inspired to remake the song, which they have been performing live for several years, after the...
View ArticleChuck D to Rock Hall: LL Cool J Should Be Inducted Before Tupac
By Brian Ives Tupac Shakur is on the ballot for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s 2017 induction class, and hip-hop fans are hopeful that the legendary MC will be voted in. Related: Tupac Shakur’s...
View ArticleFlavor Flav Sues Chuck D & Public Enemy Business Partners
By Hayden Wright Flavor Flav has filed suit against Chuck D and Public Enemy’s various business partners for cutting him out of group choices, discussions and profits. Flav (born William J. Drayton)...
View ArticleChuck D Responds to Flavor Flav’s Public Enemy Lawsuit
By Hayden Wright On Tuesday, Flavor Flav’s attorneys filed a lawsuit against his Public Enemy bandmate Chuck D and seven of the group’s business partners for allegedly freezing him out of major money...
View ArticleProphets of Rage Blast Trump White House in ‘Hail to the Chief’ Video
By Scott T. Sterling Prophets of Rage take direct aim at Donald Trump and his White House administration in the fiery new video for “Hail to the Chief.” Related: Prophets of Rage Reveal Intense...
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