Song of the Day 2/22: Public Enemy, “Don’t Believe the Hype”

Sorry, Lappy™, it turns out that the case against Hunter Biden was a Russian ratfucking operation going back almost 10 years now, and all the mainstream news organizations dutifully repeated it because Republicans were full partners in spreading it.

Public Enemy knew all about getting a bad rap from the media. They responded with this song on their second album, 1988’s “It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back.” As a single it reached No. 18 on Billboard’s R&B chart.