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Wondering if each of the respective generations of listeners of these versions of “Fight The Power” knows about the other… Bet they do. Kind of cool even if they don’t, since NPR put this doc together #YouMustLearn

NPR’s American Anthem series brings together two songwriters — Ernie Isley of The Isley Brothers and Chuck D of Public Enemy — whose respective versions of “Fight the Power” eyed the same struggle… Ridenhour would later take the stage name Chuck D, as the leader of the pioneering rap group Public Enemy. In 1989, he wrote his own “Fight the Power” for the film ‘Do the Right Thing.’ The movie is set on the hottest day of the summer in a Brooklyn neighborhood, where the temperature leads long-simmering racial tensions to boil over in the street.
– NPR Music

Did you know the history behind American anthem “Fight The Power”? From The Isley Brothers to @PublicEnemyFTP, Ernie Isley and Chuck D (@MrChuckD) discuss how “Fight The Power” carries the torch. https://t.co/sXu34tLqOu

— NPR Music (@nprmusic) December 11, 2018