Dead prez shirt

Rap group

Following in the steps of politically minded acts like Public Enemy and KRS-One, the Florida-based outfit known as Dead Prez has been crafting challenging, left wing, and border-line revolutionary hip-hop since the late 1990s. Taking inspiration from the social activism of Malcolm X, Sticman and M-1, the duo who comprise Dead Prez, have released two proper albums and two underground mix-tapes of highly political hip-hop that is heavily aligned with challenging the status quo, prompting London's Daily Telegraph to say, "Dead Prez use music not to lie about having expensive cars or girlfriends with big bottoms, but to rail against the inequities in American society. They do so with an insight and honesty that are rare in any art-form, let alone hip-hop."

Sticman and M-1 first started collaborating when they met on the campus of Florida A&M University. M-1, who was obsessing over the writings of Malcom X, infused a sense of Black pride in his newfound friend. Both began to become fascinated with politics, joining numerous community groups in Florida to

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