Chuck D of Pubic Enemy explains to Rolling Stone the significance behind their name and their logo.
In a collaboration with Public Enemy, sunglasses company Arnette Eyewear, announced Monday that the company is offering a limited-edition Public Enemy Collection as part of its “Uncommon Projects” initiative.
The sunglasses features interchangeable arms in black and white, sporting the group’s logo, as well as a micro-fiber cloth that also features the group’s logo.
Chuck D speaks to Rolling Stone and reveals the significance of the groups logo– a man in the crosshairs of a gun sight that the group constructed in 1986, plus the meaning behind their name, “Public Enemy.”
“The crosshairs logo symbolized the black man in America,” he says. “A lot of people thought it was a state trooper because of the hat, but the hat is one of the ones that Run-DMC wore. The B-Boy stance and the silhouette was more like the black man on the target.”
The group’s name resides from a more historic origin. “The United States Constitution once considered black people to be three-fifths of a human being,” Chuck D says. “If this is a public document, obviously we must be the enemy, so that’s where the name Public Enemy came from.”
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