The sounds of Public Enemy re-routed through Burj al-Barajneh
Five well-read, fast-talking, wisecracking young men are putting the social content and political volume back into hip hop
By Ayman Oghanna
Special to The Daily Star
Thursday, January 31, 2008
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In the 1980s, hip hop exploded onto the world music scene like a heat-seeking missile. Groups like Public Enemy spat poetic political activism into the formerly apolitical "party music" of their predecessors. In doing so, they gave America's black, poverty-stricken and racially oppressed underclass much more than entertainment.
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Tags: Activism, American, Beirut, Capitalism, Palestinian, World
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