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  • Public Enemy's "Fight the Power" plays a central role in Spike Lee's 1989 film "Do the Right Thing." In addition to opening the film with the actors dancing to the song, Character "Radio Raheem" carries his beat-box everywhere listening to the same song, prompting one character to ask if he ever listens to anything else. Radio Raheem acts surprised and explains "It's Public Enemy!"
  • The song "Power of Equality" by the Red Hot Chili Peppers makes a reference, saying, "I got tapes I got CDs, I got my Public Enemy." The band have also performed segments of Public Enemy's You're Gonna Get Yours as an intro to their song Give It Away at concerts.
  • John Connor in the 1991 movie Terminator 2: Judgement Day wore a Public Enemy t-shirt for the majority of the film.
  • Part of NOFX song Franco Unamerican says "I´m watching Michael Moore expose the awful truth, I´m listening to Public Enemy and Reagan Youth."
  • The episode of Futurama titled 'Fear Of A Bot Planet' is a reference to the album 'Fear Of A Black Planet'
  • Shawn Wayans' stage name while serving as DJ on "In Living Color" was SW1, a reference to Public Enemy's S1Ws.
  • In the videogame Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas the song "Rebel Without a Pause" from the album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back can be heard on the radio station Playback FM
  • In the videogame Thrasher: Skate and Destroy, the song "Rebel Without a Pause"
  • In the videogame Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2 and Tony Hawk's Pro Skater HD, the song "Bring the Noise" featuring Anthrax
  • In the videogame Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 4, the song "By the Time I Get to Arizona"
  • In the videogame Tony Hawk's American Wasteland, the song "Burn Hollywood Burn"
  • In the videogame Tony Hawk's Downhill Jam, the song "She Watch Channel Zero"
  • In the videogame Skate 2, the song "Harder Than You Think"
  • In the videogame Scarface: The World Is Yours, the song "Don't Believe The Hype"
  • In the United Kingdom, Channel 4 used "Harder Than You Think" on advertisements for its TV coverage of the 2012 Summer Paralympics

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