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The new music documentary 'Copyright Criminals' takes a magnified look at samples in hip-hop and the resulting, endless copyright battles. The film, which premieres on Tuesday, Jan. 26, at the Toronto Film Festival, and then part of PBS' Independent Lens Series, investigates the legitimacy of famous hip-hop copyright disputes...

Rapper and VH1 reality TV star Flavor Flav was involved in a two-car accident late Wednesday evening (Jan. 20). According to TMZ, the Public Enemy member, whose real name is William Jonathan Drayton, Jr., was driving in Las Vegas when his Cadillac Escalade collided with another vehicle...

Public Enemy hype man turned reality TV star, Flavor Flav is the latest name added to the list of celebs failing to pay taxes. The New York native owes more than $183,000 to the state of California. According to reports a lien for $183,800 was filed against Flav in Sacramento County Court on Sept...

"In 1984, Rick Rubin and Russell Simmons heard the call of destiny," preached VH1 Hip-hop Honors host Tracy Morgan to start last night's telecast celebration of Def Jam's 25th anniversary. It's hard to argue with that sentiment, but even harder to properly pay tribute to the label's monumental history without coming across as corny...

Times are hard, so it's no surprise that artists need help delivering their masterpieces to the masses. Public Enemy are reaching out to fans via Sellaband to help them fund the recording of their upcoming album. Public Enemy recently signed a deal with Sellaband -- the Amsterdam-based music community website created to allow fans to become directly involved in a band's recording/output process --

Public Enemy hypeman turned reality star Flavor Flav is returning to the tube ... and school. Flav, who made a pop culture comeback with his successful VH1 reality series 'Flavor of Love,' is working on two new television shows, one that will take the rapper back to high school...

Veteran rapper, author and social activist Chuck D has partnered with music marketing website uplaya.com in an effort to figure out the "science" behind hit songs. The website, which launched in June, measures the mainstream potential of songs and analyzes the music patterns to scientifically predict whether a song will be a hit or miss...

If we had to give the 2nd Annual Roots picnic a theme, we'd simply say: Music unites the masses. Unarguably the best hip-hop band ever, The Roots, who scored a gig jamming for Jimmy Fallon Monday-Friday, packed approximately 7,000 music lovers and an awesome assortment of talent into the Festival Pier at Penn's Landing on Saturday...

Hip-hop made room for a tribute to soul legend Isaac Hayes at last night at VH1's fifth annual 'Hip-Hop Honors' ceremony. Held at New York City's Hammerstein Ballroom, rappers including Chuck D, Scarface and Mos Def all saluted the music pioneer...

'It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back,' by Public Enemy The revolution will not be televised. No need, as it was already placed on wax. Chuck D and crew delivered their fierce messages of black-on-black crime, police brutality -- way before Rodney King and Abner Louima -- and deliverance by way of self-empowerment on the 1988 album that launched a modern civil-rights movement and paved th