Public Enemy

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American hip hop group hip hop group musical group

Public Enemy is an influential American hip hop group known for its politically charged lyrics, militant image, and pioneering role in the development of conscious rap.

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Public Enemy Radio 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American hip hop group ⓘ
hip hop group ⓘ
musical group ⓘ
activeYearsStart 1985 ⓘ
associatedAct Anthrax ⓘ
Beastie Boys ⓘ
Big Daddy Kane ⓘ
Ice Cube ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Public Enemy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Public Enemy Radio

Run-D.M.C. ⓘ
Sister Souljah ⓘ
The Bomb Squad ⓘ
awardReceived Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award ⓘ
Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
genre East Coast hip hop ⓘ
conscious hip hop ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
political hip hop ⓘ
rap ⓘ
hasFormerMember Professor Griff ⓘ
S1W ⓘ
Terminator X ⓘ
hasInfluenced Dead Prez ⓘ
Kanye West ⓘ
Kendrick Lamar ⓘ
Nas ⓘ
Public Enemy UK ⓘ
Rage Against the Machine ⓘ
The Roots ⓘ
hasMember Chuck D ⓘ
DJ Lord ⓘ
Flavor Flav ⓘ
Professor Griff ⓘ
Terminator X ⓘ
The Bomb Squad ⓘ
hasMotto Fight the Power ⓘ
inception 1985 ⓘ
inductedInto Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ⓘ
inductionYear 2013 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locationOfFormation Long Island ⓘ
New York NERFINISHED ⓘ
United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
movement conscious rap ⓘ
political hip hop ⓘ
notableFor critique of mass media ⓘ
critique of racism ⓘ
influence on conscious rap ⓘ
militant image ⓘ
politically charged lyrics ⓘ
socially conscious themes ⓘ
notableWork 911 Is a Joke ⓘ
Apocalypse 91... The Enemy Strikes Black ⓘ
Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos ⓘ
Bring the Noise ⓘ
By the Time I Get to Arizona ⓘ
Don’t Believe the Hype ⓘ
Fear of a Black Planet ⓘ
Fight the Power ⓘ
He Got Game ⓘ
He Got Game ⓘ
surface form: He Got Game (song)

How You Sell Soul to a Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul? ⓘ
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back ⓘ
Man Plans God Laughs ⓘ
Most of My Heroes Still Don’t Appear on No Stamp ⓘ
Muse Sick-n-Hour Mess Age ⓘ
New Whirl Odor ⓘ
Nothing Is Quick in the Desert ⓘ
Rebel Without a Pause ⓘ
Revolverlution ⓘ
Shut ’Em Down ⓘ
The Evil Empire of Everything ⓘ
There’s a Poison Goin’ On ⓘ
Welcome to the Terrordome ⓘ
Yo! Bum Rush the Show ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
SLAMjamz ⓘ
Universal Music Group ⓘ

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Public Enemy → associatedAct → Public Enemy self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Public Enemy Radio
Tim Commerford → associatedAct → Public Enemy ⓘ
Tom Morello → associatedAct → Public Enemy ⓘ
Yo! MTV Raps → featuredArtist → Public Enemy ⓘ
The Last Poets → influenced → Public Enemy ⓘ
Ice Cube → influencedBy → Public Enemy ⓘ
Tupac Shakur → influencedBy → Public Enemy ⓘ
Def Jam Recordings → notableArtist → Public Enemy ⓘ
Rick Rubin → producedFor → Public Enemy ⓘ