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It's interesting how, when someone becomes very famous, ah, whole cult develops around them. A mania, if you will. Such is the case with Public Enemy, one of the most controversial and one of the most popular rap groups around. Recently, we caught up with lead singer Chuck

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D and his sidekick flavor flavor to get some of their thoughts about rap music and the black community. Thank you. Get a take this one. How you doing? Good question. Some call them the Black Panthers of rap. They call themselves Public Enemy. They exploded onto the

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music scene in 1987 with confrontational lyrics encouraging black pride. Throughout its five year history, theme group has been in the center of controversy and turmoil. Lead rapper for the group Chuck D. Says he uses rap to confront America's racial problems and to enlighten his audience to

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a different point of view. I'm, you know, here to get a point of view across the other people share on. If you ain't got no information, you're gonna do what you're gonna do. Blind e try toe preserve the You know the sense of the black mind

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set that's being obscured by a perspective that mainstream America would only like Thio keep looking at from instead of our eyes, twice as many obstacles to face piece. What about? But Chuck D. Says his music is not just for black people. He wants listeners of all

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colors. So if you ask the 30 and under, what do they think about black people? I think especially 20 and under they have a better understanding about our feelings through rap music than their parents ever did. Stalin. A Track Getting a Good Through the Woods Give

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yourself Apocalypse 91. The Enemy Strikes Back is Public Enemies fourth album of the Revolutionary Artillery. Its armed with the debut single, Can't Trust It, which is a searing look at black history, from slavery to racism today. You know when we do a video like that, it's

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a raise, a lot of issues on a lot of questions that's not being answered high. Okay, Thistle is my own cereal. You know what I'm saying? Flavor flavor. The group's comedian, usually leaves politics to Chuck D. Everybody thinks I'm cool, but when it comes to the

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subject of racism, he's not short on words. White, black people, black, white people and your check this out. All that racism. Full stop, baby. Racism is a pace that our ancestors set for us right now. To this day, racism is a trend that is still being

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followed. What's E Wanna break the ice man on? I wanna build the wall of unity and make us all stick together. So no other forces all the countries to come in and tear us down. Public Enemy really came under fire when the single, by the time

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I get to Arizona, hit the charts by the time I get the Arizona truck. He wrote that record because the state Arizona does not want to honor Dr Martin Luther King's birthday as a national holiday for the holiday in Arizona. Bottom line E. I mean, that's

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it. I mean, come on, me as a black person, I'm disrespected in this. It's ridiculous to say we've been here for so long, and you have one state that says they refuse the honor King holiday that come from the north, the south, east and west. They

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come united in one cause. The words and rhymes of public enemy cry out for solutions different from the ones that were tried in the past. Check this out, man. We're rolling this way that march in 1963. There's a bit of nonsense We ain't rolling like that,

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no more. Matter of fact, the young black America we're rolling up with seminars, press conferences and straight up rallies in my right way, every single black leader that stood up for our people in the course of this time in the history in this country was taken

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out. So I'm just saying, never that ain't gonna happen again with that thought in mind. Public enemies using wraps, potential as communication to help create new leaders in the black community. So we're trying to do is teach respect. You know what I'm saying? We're trying to

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teach everybody, not just black people, but white people toe to stay in school and do the right thing. You know what I'm saying? Listen to your teachers. Respect your parents. Forging a new black consciousness is public enemies philosophy it helped. Chuck coined the phrase rap is

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Black America's CNN. Because of their pro black stand, the members of Public Enemy are wraps most consistently out spoken black activists, trendsetters, record breakers, people, lovers and lovers of people for the right fight. Yeah, I'm here to try to teach the ignorant whether they be 50

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and white. Yes, it sure is. That means that we know what time it is. Or 14 and black by the time I get Arizona. My God, if we're gonna all live here together and everybody should have the chance to be truly equal, You know, these days

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you can catch up with Chuck D on the lecture circuit. He's going to colleges, universities, correctional facilities and youth groups along with honorary group member sister, soldier. And that's it for this week's edition of base Sunday. Thanks so much for joining us. We hope you enjoyed

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it this weekend that you'll be with us again next week. And don't forget Pacione. Poor Frida. The exhibit about Frida Kahlo is continuing here in the Mexican Museum through Sept 13. So try to catch it, if you can, until next week via Con Dios. Thank you,

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don't you? Yeah. Mhm.