Overview

• Performing at the Brooklyn Academy of Music on Jimmy Kimmel Live, the group delivered a medley of “Don’t Believe the Hype,” “The Hits Just Keep on Comin’,” and “Fight the Power.”
• Flavor Flav opened by telling Kimmel, “Public Enemy always got ya back,” signaling support for the host.
• The appearance followed Kimmel’s temporary suspension after a dispute with President Donald Trump over comments related to Charlie Kirk’s death, as reported by Vice.
• The group is channeling new music into anti-violence efforts, pledging “March Madness” proceeds to the Black Music Action Coalition Human Rights Fund and Everytown, and Flavor Flav has urged gun bans in a Newsweek op-ed referencing his time at Rikers Island.
• Public Enemy surprise-released the LP Black Sky Over the Projects: Apartment 2025 via Bandcamp in June and remains on tour, with upcoming U.S. dates in Las Vegas on October 4 and Indio, California, on November 14.