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Article: Rap on the Learning Curve;Public Enemy's Chuck D, Educating, Entertaining, Enraging
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- The Washington Post
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- July 3, 1990
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The Baltimore Arena is abuzz with rap fans, most in their teens
and early twenties, many of them sporting African medallions and
Afrocentric fashions ranging from kente cloth scarves and kufi hats
to Malcolm X and Nelson Mandela T-shirts. The rippling
red-green-black rainbow of black nationalism is evident in a sea of
work clothes and designer sportswear.
The fans have come for an all-star package that includes such
pop-rap favorites as Heavy D and the Boys, Kid N'Play and Digital
Underground. But the most powerful act, the one that has inspired
much of the night's fashion and will provoke the most visceral
response, is Public Enemy. (The show comes to Capital Centre
tonight.)
In a ...