Public Enemy, Festival Hip-Hop L'Original à Lyon, Le Transbordeur. 2007. By tackling racism head on in songs such as ÒBurn Hollywood Burn,Ó Ò911 Is a JokeÓ and ÒBy the Time I Get to Arizona,Ó rap outfit Public Enemy emerged during the late 1980s as one of the most politically charged music groups in history. The Public Enemy biography below shows how the militant rappers rose to stardom. With members DJ Terminator X, choreographer Professor Griff and MCs Flavor Flav and Chuck D., the Long Island group formed in 1982. Public Enemy’s first album, Yo! Bum Rush the Show, dropped five years later on Def Jam Records. Despite applause from critics and hard core hip-hop heads, alike, the album failed to make an imprint on mainstream music lovers. That would change with the outfit’s next release, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. Source: http://racerelations.about.com