Ten years ago, on the Watch The Throne album cut “Murder To Excellence,” Jay-Z name-checked Illinois Black Panther chapter chairman Fred Hampton, rapping, “I arrived on the day that Fred Hampton died.
The lyrics to “Do What You Gotta Do,” Fishback said, echo the story of Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton and his girlfriend Deborah Johnson. Fishback, a breakout from David Simon HBO projects — ...
In January, Madlib told The Guardian, “Rap right now should be like Public Enemy—but it’s just not there.” The recently released Judas and the Black Messiah soundtrack would have been a perfect chance ...