The fiery track is a collaboration with a group of student lyricists and producers
Public Enemy has released a new protest single, “March Madness,” in honor of Juneteenth. The song is described as “a powerful rebuke against crooked politicians and the ongoing crisis of gun violence.”
All proceeds from the track will be donated to the Black Music Action Coalition Human Rights Fund and Everytown, a non-profit organization against gun violence.
The song is a collaboration with a collective of students, including Harvard University lyricists Anthony Bell, Ollie Marinaccio, Rhiannon Rae Ellis, and rapper Dee-1. Additional student collaborators on the track include Berklee College of Music’s Sydney DeLeonardis and Ciaran de Chaud, and Howard University’s Nigel Sanjai Sanders, who produced the track.
“It was an honor to work with the students from Harvard, Berklee, and Howard Universities to create a protest anthem about important issues we are facing as human beings right now,” Flavor Flav noted in a statement. “It’s horrible what’s going on right now around the world and especially here. I hate it. But I got a voice and a platform and we are still fighting the power and for positive change all these years later.”
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Chuck D added, “Gun violence is not normal behavior, but it’s been going on for so long that it’s normalized. We need to treat it like the sickness and the epidemic that it is.”
Public Enemy is currently in the midst of an international tour. The group will perform at London’s Royal Albert Hall on June 27, with additional dates in the Netherlands, Spain, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Lithuania, Poland, Austria, Serbia, Hungary, and Greece.
