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Public Enemy Announces Collaboration with SE Bikes

Announcement originally posted to the official site of Public Enemy

ANAHEIM, CA — Public Enemy has teamed up with SE Bikes, the legendary BMX company beloved by bike enthusiasts across the world, to create the Public Enemy Big Ripper, a unique bike that embodies the powerful ideals and timeless style of Public Enemy. With SE Bike's trademark floval tubing and Landing Gear forks, plus a three-piece pad set featuring Public Enemy's iconic logos and emblazoned with the titles of their most famous songs, the Public Enemy Big Ripper blends performance and style in a way that has never been seen before. The 29" Public Enemy Big Ripper is available for sale now at select SE Bike dealers, with additional quantities being made available throughout the year.

To celebrate this unprecedented collaboration between SE Bikes and Public Enemy, SE will host the Public Enemy Ride Out on June 21st. The event will feature an appearance by "Wheelie King" Dblocks, a NYC native and professional BMX rider known for his gravity defying tricks. The ride will begin in Harlem, with a route that travels through the heart of the city, and will end in Betsy Head Park in Brooklyn, where Public Enemy will perform a free show as part of the City Parks Foundation's Summer Stage concert series. Public Enemy will also be joined by New York's own DJ Tedsmooth, a veteran DJ with over three decades of experience, who has produced songs for artists such as Busta Rhymes and Grafh.

The free concert by Public Enemy is just one part of a summer-spanning series of events put on by City Parks Foundation, a non-profit group that seeks to elevate the quality of life in inner-city New York by offering free concerts, educational seminars, movie screenings, and other events at the city's parks.You can learn more about the charity, as well as Public Enemy's free show, at the City Parks Foundation website here.

We welcome all Public Enemy fans to join us for this once-in-a-lifetime celebration of hip hop and bike culture.

Sonic Creator Casually Confirms Legendary Michael Jackson Music Rumor

Excerpt from a news article originally posted on CBR.com (original article here)

Rumors about pop star Michael Jackson's involvement in the development of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 have finally been confirmed.

Sonic's co-creator, game designer Yuji Naka, definitively confirmed the long-standing rumor with a somewhat casual post on Twitter. While discussing changes that were made to the game in the new retro compilation Sonic Origins, Naka casually let it slip that Michael Jackson did indeed compose several tracks for the Sega Genesis/Megadrive classic, and stated that the musician's work has been replaced for its latest re-release. "Does Sonic Origins Sonic 3 have a different song?...Oh my god, the music for Sonic 3 has changed, even though SEGA Official uses Michael Jackson's music," Naka wrote.

Sonic Origins, which was released on June 23 for the Sony PlayStation 4, Microsoft Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and Windows PCs, features Sega's first official re-release of Sonic the Hedgehog 3 in several years. While Sega has made a habit of reissuing the other titles in the popular franchise somewhat frequently, Sonic 3 was mysteriously absent from many of the company's other recent retro compilations. This has led to speculation that the game's re-release may have been held up due to legal issues surrounding the ownership of Jackson's music. Sonic Origins appears to confirm this, as several tracks from Sonic 3, which were widely believed to be the ones composed by the late pop star, have been replaced with new songs in the collection.

Rumors have swirled for decades about Jackson's involvement with the production of Sonic 3. Several developers who worked on the game previously mentioned that the "Beat It" and "Thriller" artist secretly composed several songs from the game, but for reasons that have yet to be explained, both Sega and Naka previously officially denied that Jackson had any involvement with the title's production.

Kendrick Lamar Headlines Hip Hop Heavy Coachella music festival

News article originally published on music industry site RapStation.com

Kendrick Lamar is the latest hip hop artist to get top billing at the world renowned Coachella Music Festival.

The Grammy Award-winning rapper will take over Coachella's main stage on the third and sixth days of the annual music festival, January 16th and the 23rd. Radiohead and Beyonce are the show's other headlining musicians.

The prestigious headlining spot is the most recent accomplishment for the Compton rapper, who has quickly emerged as one of the premier socially conscious voices in hip hop right now. Last year, Lamar took home five Grammy awards and his compilation album, Untitled Unmastered, was released to near unanimous critical acclaim as it debuted at the top of the Billboard 200. Lamar is also preparing to launch a sneaker he designed with Reebok, which will go on sale later this month.

Lamar is the latest hip hop artist to headline the festival, following in the footsteps of artists like Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, OutKast, and Jay Z.

The festival will also host sets from many of hip hop's biggest acts, including DJ Khaled, Schoolboy Q, Denzel Curry, Gucci Mane, and many more. You can see the festival's full line-up here

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Trailer Reintroduces the Enterprise's Original Crew

Excerpt from a news article originally posted on CBR.com (original article here)

Star Trek: Strange New Worlds released a new trailer.

The new preview offers a look at some of the strange, new worlds from the show's title, and also features the return of Anson Mount's fan-favorite portrayal of Enterprise's second captain, Christopher Pike. The trailer also features a brief glimpse of Spock, who will once again be portrayed by Ethan Peck, and narration from Rebecca Romijn, who will also reprise the role of Number One, whose full name has been revealed to be Una Chin-Riley. The latest Star Trek adventure will make its debut on May 5 as a streaming exclusive on Paramount+.

The series will be the fifth new Star Trek series to debut since 2017, as Paramount continues to use the franchise as the foundation for its expansion into the streaming market. The first of these shows, Star Trek Discovery, is currently airing its fourth season on Paramount+. Discovery was recently joined by the second season of The Next Generation continuation Star Trek: Picard, which premiered on March 3. The franchise's two animated spinoffs, Star Trek: Lower Decks and Star Trek Prodigy, are also set to continue, with the Lower Decks' airing its third season later this year. Prodigy recently concluded the broadcast of its first season, and Paramount has confirmed that a second season is already in production.

Public Enemy App Now Available

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Bring The Noise with you wherever you go with the official Public Enemy app.

Stay up to date with Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Professor Griff, DJ Lord and the rest of the Public Enemy crew with the official app of the band, which gives fans unprecedented access to:

The latest news about the band's activities
Preview all-new PE tracks before their release
Enemy Radio, a livestream featuring PE's immense catalog of classic hip-hop
New merchandise and exclusive first access to sales and giveaways
Updates about tour dates, special shows and other public appearances
Exclusive contact with Chuck D & the other members of Public Enemy

The official Public Enemy app is now available on iOS and Android devices and is a must-have for all true fans of PE and classic hip-hop.