Throughout our hourlong conversation on the roof of mid-town Manhattan’s Starchild Rooftop, legendary rap producer Keith Shocklee veers through his encyclopedic knowledge of hip-hop history. Shocklee was around hip-hop before the culture had even coined itself. He’s most popular for being a part of Public Enemy’s six-man Bomb Squad production team with his brother Hank Shocklee, Eric “Vietnam” Sadler, Gary G-Wiz, and Chuck D. He says that their trademark sound, in part inspired by the rock bands in the Lower East Side during the late Seventies, was...
- 5/14/2023
- by Andre Gee
- Rollingstone.com
Flavor Flav's still fighting the powers that be, even when those powers include fellow founding Public Enemy member Chuck D ... according to a new suit that rocks the legendary group. In docs, obtained by TMZ, Flav says he and Chuck have a long-standing agreement to share profits from their music, live concerts and merchandise -- but he hasn't seen a royalty check in several years. Flav says he co-wrote more than 50 of the group's songs,...
- 8/30/2017
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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