Written by Lauren Rosier
Legendary hip-hop/rap group, Public Enemy, announces its return to the label their helped to build, Def Jam Recordings. They also have been hard at work creating music and plan to release their next LP on September 25.
Public Enemy and Def Jam Recordings have united to bring us “Fight The Power: Remix 2020,” the incredible performance that opened the 2020 BET Awards in June that featured Nas, Rapsody, Black Thought, YG, Jahi, and Questlove. “Fight The Power: Remix 2020” is the first track off their upcoming record, What You Gonna Do When The Grid Goes Down.
“Cultural Institutions are important. Being an integral part of one is an honor bestowed and to uphold,” says Chuck D. “Public Enemy songs are forever sonic prints in the sands of time. And it’s time – it’s necessary – to bring the noise again from a place called home. Def Jam. Fight The Power 2020.” Flavor Flav adds, “Def Jam is like the house we grew up in. It’s cool to be home.”
“Like so many of us, I have long been a Public Enemy fan, and the group was incredibly formative for me and the path I would take,” said Def Jam Chairman & CEO, UMG General Counsel Jeff Harleston. “PE has consistently been a living example of how music can profoundly move and unite people, and affect real change in the national conversation. As we continue to confront inequality and injustice, we need PE’s voice in the national dialogue. Def Jam is proud to partner with Chuck and welcome Public Enemy home.”
“For true fans of hip-hop all over the world, this is a historic moment,” said Def Jam GM & EVP Rich Isaacson. “Bringing Public Enemy home to Def Jam – in a time when their message is more necessary than ever – is a profound statement and a much-needed reunion. We are beyond excited to once again lock arms with the legendary Public Enemy.”
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