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Public Enemy has always been among the political language pipes of their generation of music. Even 40 years after their foundation, the hip-hop stars are not shy about putting their fingers in the wound.
Your viewers also got that at the Gig at the Riverbeat Music Festival in Memphis listen. During their concert on Saturday (May 03) at Tom Lewe Park, the musicians openly explained their support for the Palestinian people and chanted between their numerous hits such as “Get Up Stand Up” and “Don’t Believe the Hype”: “Free Palestine”.
Public Enemy also expressed an explicit appeal to President Donald Trump to change his policy. The words then went into “State of the Union”, a protest song from 2020, which also criticizes the Republicans.
It states, for example: “State of the Union Address/Reads was Torn Country Still a Mess/The Words: Power, Death, and Distorted Truth/Are Read Between the Lines Of The Red, White, And Blue.” Elsewhere it can be heard: “Whatever IT Takes, Rid This Dictator… White House Killer, Dead in Lifelines / Vote This Joke Out Or Die Tryin ‘”
Public Enemy: Between the wish for peace and a concentrated fist
The duo ended his appearance with one of her most rousing pieces: “Fight the Power”. Afterwards Flavor Flav asked the audience to make a Peace sign and then bale the fingers to a fist to symbolize strength. “Regardless of the part of the world we come from, regardless of which language we speak, regardless of what skin color we have, we are all a people,” he added. “We would have so much strength with peace and cohesion.”
After the coachella controversy around Kneecap and the sanctioned pro-Palestine calls by singers Kehlani, the blunt commitment of public enemy in a complicated military conflict between Israel and the terror organization Hamas is likely to cause further excitement.
The last studio album by Public Enemy is what you gonna do when the grid goes down, which was released on September 25, 2020. With the plate, the band returned to their original label Def Jam Recordings and set a strong political statement in the middle of social tensions after the first presidency of Donald Trump.