Public Enemy

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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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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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this entity surface form: Public Enemy Radio
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Def Jam Recordings notableArtist Public Enemy
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