How ‘girl dad’ Flavor Flav became hype man for the US women’s water polo team
The Americans are reigning Olympic champions but still needed funds in the run-up to Paris. Then a hip-hop veteran came in to save the day
September 2023
The reader interview
Tricky: ‘I was less nervous going to prison than I was getting on stage’
‘It’s a sickness’: Chuck D on his new graphic novel and the ‘madness’ of US gun culture
August 2023
‘It was freaking bananas!’: rap luminaries on the defining moments from 50 years of hip-hop
From Brooklyn block parties to globe-trotting glory, some of the biggest names in hip-hop share their personal highlights from five decades of rap, rebellion and raising the roof
December 2022
The reader interview
Chuck D: ‘Bringing rap to the UK was our British invasion’
The reader interview
Post your questions for Public Enemy’s Chuck D
February 2022
Ziggy bows out, Madonna scares the pope and Dylan goes electric: 50 gigs that changed music
Five decades after David Bowie’s seminal tour, our music writers reflect on the concerts that have left a mark, from Billie Holiday to Billie Eilish
November 2021
The Audio Long Read
The message: why should hip-hop have to teach us anything? – podcast
Almost since it first emerged on the streets of the Bronx, audiences have expected hip-hop to express a revolutionary purpose. But perhaps this music shouldn’t have to take a political stand
October 2021
The long read
The message: why should hip-hop have to teach us anything?
The long read: Almost since it first emerged on the streets of the Bronx, audiences have expected hip-hop to express a revolutionary purpose. But perhaps this music shouldn’t have to take a political stand
October 2020
This much I know
Chuck D: ‘I don’t think old folks should be leaders’
The rapper, 60, tells James McMahon about forgetting lyrics, visiting Africa and confronting institutions with Public Enemy
September 2020
Public Enemy's Chuck D: 'Trump is a half-baked celebrity real estate hypocrite'
Public Enemy: What You Gonna Do When the Grid Goes Down? review – not Chuck D's finest hour
July 2020
The power of touch
The power of touch: I was hugged for the first time at 18. It meant confronting my deepest fears
I had grown up in brutal poverty, and saw touch as a privilege for those with less traumatic backgrounds. Then a friend and mentor changed my life
June 2020
Lockdown listening
Fran Healy's lockdown listening: 'Travis are the opposite of Travis Scott'
The Travis frontman on the power of Public Enemy and falling in love with REM
April 2020
Chuck D says Flavor Flav still in Public Enemy, and split was a hoax
Spat over Bernie Sanders rally announced as ‘catastrophe to wake people up’, as new track is launched featuring both rappers
March 2020
Good week/bad week
Why Joe Biden won the week in US politics – and everyone else lost
Blame it on Bernie: did Public Enemy really split over politics?
Flavor Flav says Public Enemy feud has nothing to do with Bernie: 'I wish him luck'
Public Enemy fire Flavor Flav after clash over Bernie Sanders rally
November 2019
Screen bites
Recovery revisited: the surprise political punch of the beloved 90s music show
Nathan Dunne
A new ABC documentary relives the wackiness on every Saturday from 1996 to 2000 in a show more radical than you may remember
