{"id":266393,"date":"2025-09-30T11:38:13","date_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:38:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/266393\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T11:38:13","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T11:38:13","slug":"watch-public-enemy-perform-fight-the-power-on-kimmel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/266393\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch Public Enemy Perform &#8216;Fight the Power&#8217; on &#8216;Kimmel&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The rap group showcased a medley of hits as the late-night show headed to Brooklyn <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/public-enemy\/\" id=\"auto-tag_public-enemy\" data-tag=\"public-enemy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Public Enemy<\/a> appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/jimmy-kimmel\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jimmy-kimmel\" data-tag=\"jimmy-kimmel\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jimmy Kimmel<\/a> Live to perform a medley of \u201cDon\u2019t Believe the Hype,\u201d \u201cThe Hits Just Keep on Comin\u2019,\u201d and \u201cFight the Power.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tAs the rap group took the stage at the Brooklyn Academy of Music, where Jimmy Kimmel is hosting a week of shows, the musicians gave a nod to the host\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-news\/jimmy-kimmel-live-comeback-monologue-youtube-views-1235434414\/\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/tv-movies\/tv-movie-news\/jimmy-kimmel-live-comeback-monologue-youtube-views-1235434414\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">recent struggle<\/a> with the FCC and Donald Trump. <\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/flavor-flav\/\" id=\"auto-tag_flavor-flav\" data-tag=\"flavor-flav\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flavor Flav<\/a> shouted, \u201cHey yo Jimmy Kimmel, we are Public Enemy and I just want you to know that Public Enemy always got ya back.\u201d He then turned around to display the words \u201cFight the Power\u201d on his jacket before launching into 1988 hit \u201cDon\u2019t Believe the Hype.\u201d The group concluded their medley with \u201cFight the Power,\u201d originally written for Spike Lee\u2019s 1989 film Do the Right Thing. <\/p>\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tPublic Enemy\u2019s most recent LP, Black Sky Over the Projects: Apartment 2025, dropped in June. The group released it as a surprise via Bandcamp. \u201cThis album is a give back to all of our fans with gratitude and appreciation,\u201d Chuck D said of the effort. Flavor Flav added, \u201cWe\u2019re bringing our beats to the world on this tour and with this album. So if you can\u2019t get yourself to the stadiums and the festivals, then these new tracks are for you to get down to at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tPublic Enemy has been touring throughout the summer and fall, with a few more dates scheduled. The band will perform at Reggae Rise Up in Las Vegas on Oct. 4 and Fantasy Springs Casino in Indio, California, on Nov. 14. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The rap group showcased a medley of hits as the late-night show headed to Brooklyn Public Enemy appeared&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":266394,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30],"tags":[171,138925,11171,50812,138926,173,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-266393","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tv","8":"tag-entertainment","9":"tag-flavor-flav","10":"tag-jimmy-kimmel","11":"tag-jimmy-kimmel-live","12":"tag-public-enemy","13":"tag-tv","14":"tag-united-states","15":"tag-unitedstates","16":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115293055158362408","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266393","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=266393"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266393\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266394"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266393"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266393"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266393"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}