Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From bottom left: Flavor Flav, Professor Griff, Terminator X, S1W and Chuck D of the rap group Public Enemy in 1988 (Credit: ...

A Long Island hip-hop crew called Spectrum City evolved into Public Enemy in the mid-’80s, signed to Def Jam, and became one the most politically outspoken and musically innovative groups the genre ...