The World of Fashion

Public Enemy, Ice-T to headline hip-hop celebration at National Mall in October

by Winston Rogers

Thu, August 24th 2023, 4:36 PM UTC

FILE - Ice-T performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans on July 1, 2023. Ice-T will headline The National Celebration of Hip Hop, free concerts held at the West Potomac Park on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on Oct. 6 and 7. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

Flavor Flav, left, and Chuck D of the rap group Public Enemy, pose for photographers upon their arrival for the MTV Music Awards at New York's Radio City Music Hall, Sept. 8, 1994. In the five decades since hip-hop emerged out of New York City, it has spread around the country and the world. And at each step there's been change and adaptation, as new, different voices came in and made it their own. Its foundations are steeped in the Black communities where it first made itself known but it's spread out until thereâs no corner of the world that hasnât been touched by it. Public Enemy's âFight the Powerâ became an anthem when it was created for filmmaker Spike Lee's 1989 classic âDo the Right Thing,

FILE – Ice-T performs at the Essence Festival in New Orleans on July 1, 2023. Ice-T will headline The National Celebration of Hip Hop, free concerts held at the West Potomac Park on the National Mall in Washington D.C. on Oct. 6 and 7. (Photo by Amy Harris/Invision/AP, File)

This post was originally published on this site

Leave a Reply Cancel reply