For more than 30 years, Public Enemy has been serving hard truth to the people with inspiring, powerful, and evocative music. Chuck D, Flavor Flav, Terminator X, Professor Griff, and DJ Lord are Hip-Hop legends. While the group’s music has never won a Grammy (prompting some lyrics on “Terminator X To The Edge Of Panic”) at the time of its release, the Recording Academy continues to recognize the impact of P.E. in retrospect.

Following “Fight The Power” being added to the Grammy Hall Of Fame in 2018, Public Enemy is being celebrated in 2020 with a special Lifetime Achievement Grammy Award. Joining them in this class will be Roberta Flack, Issac Hayes, Sister Rosetta Tharpe, Iggy Pop, Chicago, and John Prine. The Recording Academy announced the news last week (December 19), as part of its 2020 Special Merit Awards. “Our industry is one that prides itself on influence and paying it forward, and each year the Recording Academy has the privilege of honoring a select group of visionaries whose creative contributions have rippled throughout our culture,” said Deborah Dugan, President/CEO of the Recording Academy. “Our Special Merit Awards recipients have molded their musical passion into pieces of history that will continue to influence and inspire generations of music creators and music lovers to come.”