I met Professor Griff at a whole foods in ATL yrs ago, I froze n couldn't speak for a second but I told him I followed his work and listened to his podcast n tried to put all my ppl on to him. He was very kind and humble and walked to his car and came back and gave me a copy of his book, it was one of those days I knew everything happens for a reason. Much respect King Griff 🙏

"Naw, I ain't kick that man in his chest. WTF I look like going around kicking another man in his chest. ...Yeah I kicked him in his chest."

griff look like a old cassidy

Public Enemy needs a biography/ movie. I want to know their whole story.

Flava had the boom box turned up to 15😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

"Pro black does not mean anti-white." I wish more Americans understood that. He came to my small town college in Pikeville Kentucky & gave a lecture. I couldnt go but my friend ran sound for the event. Said Griff was cool as hell. Griff got a lot of knowledge if people would just listen to him.

It’s amazing that this man is almost 60 years old. He looks good! He still has a youthful energy and fire about him. His vibrancy and clarity are an inspiration. 👸🏾

He spartan kicked Flav. Lol

there is no PE without chuck d, no PE without flavor flav, no PE without PROFESSOR GRIFF, no PE without terminator x, s-1 w's

VLAD CAN YOU MAKE A VIDEO ABOUT THINGS YOU'VE DONE WRONG IN YOUR LIFE PLEASE.THANK YOU.

......."then flava come along..ON CRACK!" LMAO I'm dead

Vladtv: The Jerry Springer of Hip Hop Culture

Ive met Griff and seen him speak about 3 times. I respect this brother highly.

I met him about11yrs ago in Atl, stood and spoke to him for about 4hrs..He has a wealth of information that he freely gives.

Immense respect for Griff! This is such an enlightening interview.

Anybody and everybody knew Flav was on crack but Flavor Flav was absolutely necessary for Public Enemy to work. Griff and the S1W's, necessary, Terminator X, necessary, Flav was the treble and Chuck D was the Bass. It's a musical science.

night of the living base head was one of the greatest videos in hip hop

Griff was nothing to fuck with in our hood. He use to teach the arts to a bunch of us little kids in front of his moms house in Roosevelt. Brick town was a small projects in Freeport. Long Island was a suburban area. But that project look like a Brooklyn projects. It stood out among all the house's. Peace and much Respect.

If NWA got a big movie then Public Enemy needs a movie and the same look. I came up during the era of PE and NWA and to be honest Public Enemy made doper music and remained in tact longer. Imagine the story of a PE on the silver screen?

PE gave black people a sense of pride and sef-worth missing from America since the 60s. They raised many young men to become real men. Slavery was reality just 155 years ago. There were about 4.5 million blacks in America-Approx 4 million were slaves. One year later about 3 million were "freed" into almost the same place as the slaves -poverty, no education, no land, no jobs, family connections, etc. There are people alive today who knew people who were alive when slavery was normal. The beliefs that allow such a thing as slavery to exist were sometimes passed to their kids, who sometimes passed those beliefs to their kids, who may be too dumb to understand why that's wrong. Just 54 years ago Legal Segregation was the law in America... If you accept those as indications of your value - those two things alone - not to mention the names, signs, groups, movies, etc - make it almost impossible to feel respected, equal or any sense of fairness exists in the US. When people say "Get over it, race isn't an issue" They are ignorant and childish. They are probably the low IQ, non-evolved people mentioned. Ignore them for the fools they are... When someone says "Yes, that is truly too hard a thing thing to live with, so don't. Choose to explore today's possibilities to the best of your abilities and pursue your best life options based on your current freedoms", you may want to listen and live free from the pain and shame we don't have to carry, unless we choose to do so.

Professor Griff is so dope.

The life of Public Enemy should be a movie series on Hulu just like Wu-Tang

Its crazy having to deal with druggies man. Especially in a professional environment. Crazy

You know as much as I like Flav it always seemed weird with a group like PE that a dude like Flav was in the group. It just didn’t mesh really, it’s like Batman having the Joker as a sidekick.

I love hearing hip hop stories from the O.G's in the game, gives you a different perspective on the culture

Public Enemy's (It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back) was preserved in the Library of Congress.

He look the same as he looked 30 years ago! Damn!🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

True. If u saw public enemy live, the s1w's put on a real military exhibit ! It was live!! It was crazzzy!

"And then flava come along on Crack" It's not funny but the way he said it made me chuckle.

"You was poppin' off all that good shit a second ago, then you got kicked in yo chest!!!"

Professor Griff is the man.. when this man speaks, everybody listens.. at least if you're smart you do? he has knowledge like nobody knows, literally.. and he shares it if you listen closely..

Griff is aggressive on getting things done RESPECT👍🏽

I met Professor Griff in ATLANTA back in the 90,s he was always about the upliftment for his people to bad Public Enemy and other conscious Poets Rappers didn't last longer before the industry removed the positive conscious music Love and Peace !!!

I got a letter from the government the other day.

The way Griff tells stories is hilarious

Man how did Hip Hop fall so far..... Watching this feels like watching a relay race where the guy gets the baton and runs in the wrong direction. We don't have to agree on everything to make progress but you do have to be headed in the right GENERAL direction. There's still a few conscious artist out there, but it just seems like we should be a LITTLE further along now in our wokeness.

it takes a nation of millions to hold us back is arguably the greatest hip hop album ever made

where can I buy that necklace?

P>E> will never be the same with out Terminator X...Golden years!

"We was robbing drug dealers"

PE CRAZY, CRAZY PE.....one of my all- time favorite groups. Their Late 80s-90s shows were the livest!!! #NeverDuplicated #OneofOne

“And then this dude come around on crack?!..”

We used to listen to Public Enemy back in late 80's at a campground in Girard Mich, potawatame campground, best memories of my childhood. Brock, Stan, me, Mike and Steph.

Question, where's the entire interview with Griff? This is by far one of the best interviews I've seen on Vlad TV besides Lord Jamar. I can watch this multiple times. PLEASE upload the entire interview!!!

black or white rap r&b heavymetal country it dont matter People did drugs and will continue to drugs now It will never stop

Griff shouted out my hometown.....Hempstead Strong Island baby!!! I used to chill in Roosevelt,Uniondale and Freeport too.

"I didn't kick that man in his chest....." "I ended up kicking him in his chest..."

Do you Fight The Power or do you Fight The Flavor?

Nice. Griff is straight up . I appreciate that. God bless you Sir...

Look up "Juvenile Delinquents " Terminator X's solo-album, shit is dope!

“And then flava come along on CRACK “

night of the living baseheads and welcome to the terrordome- two BEST rapvideos ever made...80s decade was simply the best, really

Professor Griff is on a whole nother level!!!!!!!! 😅😅😅

Flav is SO MUCH MORE THAN a freakin hype man 😖

Griff robbed drug dealers.....lmao

Professor Griff is Cassidy's father.

Love Professor Griff..

i think the feds got better things to do than sub to vladtv and try to build a case on old ass charges on rappers..yall need to relax and be entertained..its youtube ppl.half the videos on this sight is involving some illegal shit

Same happened with the Furious 5 & their "White Lines" song. All of them were on the stuff. Most of the actors who did anti-drug spots in the '80s were on coke too. Pretty much everybody was on coke/crack back then at some point; it was just a party drug for most people.

I saw Professor Griff give a talk, and he kindly gave me two videos. This was back in 2006 or 2007 and he seemed a bit paranoid and out of it. But he seems much more lucid lately. If he was suffering, I hope he got help. He signed my "takes a nation.." cd and was very kind.

no need to say black. artists in general have massive addiction issues

Does he ever age?

Prof Griff is funny af telling these anecdotes.

8:17 great message!

"What more could I say? I wouldn't be here today if the old school didn't pave the way"

"THIS IS HEMPSTEAD!" Spartan kicked across to the other end of the building.

Saw Public Enemy in Jackson Mississippi about 25 yrs ago. Good show

I read this title and was like " yep that's our flav"!!!

Public Enemy could have been the group to unite everyone had they been from West Coast. They were way ahead of the game as far as a bloodless revolution, addressing true evils in society and breaking stereo types while presenting examples of strength. It is sad in 2019 everyone's more into Death Row, NWA and others who made billions off of talking about the gangster lifestyle. PE put a brutally honest mirror up to everyone and promised the strength to change it. Thank you for your efforts, I hope someday we really listen.

Fear of a Black Planet

One of the best things to do is find out who's giving them the drugs and let them know "you better not give this person anything else" Case closed. Public enemy one of the pioneers. Peace Griff

Wow, I would've never guessed that there was such a Brando-esque layer to Flav's method acting dedication for filming of a music video that he would go to such lengths as to actually smoke crack in order to make his performance in the crack-themed Night of the Living Baseheads video more convincing. What a dedicated professional!

Professor Griff resides in Wakanda.

Cassidy when he gets old

Love how he keeps saying 'understand what I'm saying', could listen to him talk for hours.

Who is here because of the Flavor-Flav interview

Damn so Eric Andre ain't the only one that kicked that nigga LMAO

I don't trust vlad, his line of questions shady sometimes

That kick Flavor Flav in the chest stuff made snot shoot out my nose visualizing that.

The way he laughed when dude asked if he kicked Flav in the chest! Lmao

Griff: He had his boom box on 15, listening to some wack ass song that he probably made. 😂 Now in retrospect everything that happened on "Flavor of Love" makes perfect sense! 😭 #crackiswack#Flavoncrack#theWACKYyears

Thanks Griff for keeping it real.

Ahhhh the old “everybody was doing it” excuse haha

I meet giff at a temple in Newark n.j. he sign my tape of his first album all praise doo

No matter what you have to admit Flav is the greatest hype man of all time.

So 30 years later we talking about Flav getting kicked lol

griff why u fukin with vlad??? I hope it's a strategy behind this. ..Vlad be on some bs to much

Damn, he said he had the boom box to the ear over the shoulder volume at 15! Damn, now that's wild lol.

professor Griff is a real dude...

Flavor Flav was just doing research for the video.

Griff gave a profound analysis on multiple levels...that was tight!

Ha, Professor move! Great interview. Love this dude!

"The mystique of a man who never spoke". Griff just being honest.

Strong Island💪🏿👊🏿🎤

This cat is fucking awesome. He looked fresh as shit in the “Fight The Power” video with the turtleneck and red beret, man this is shit was awesome. Haha

Public Enemy are the Rolling Stones of rap

💯 dude is the truth ✊

I always thought Flav was hitting that rock! Nino Brown said it best in New Jack City!

8:11 People _still_ think that.

Amen griff... everyone should be proud and uphold our own race to a standard so we ALL CAN RESPECT and love each other....