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dead prez
dead prez performing in Lansing, Michigan on December 13, 2009.
Background information
Origin	(M1) Brooklyn, New York; (stic.man) Tallahassee, Florida
Genres	Hip hop
Years active	1996–present
Labels	Loud, Relativity, Invasion
Members	stic.man M-1
Website	www.deadprez.com

Dead Prez, stylized as dead prez, is a hip hop duo from the United States, composed of stic.man and M-1, formed in 1996 in New York City. They are known for their confrontational style, combined with socialist lyrics focused on both militant social justice and Pan-Africanism. The duo maintains an ethical stance against corporate control over the media, especially hip hop record labels.

Documentary

In June 2006, the cable movie network Starz InBlack began airing an original documentary called Dead Prez: It's Bigger Than Hip Hop directed by John Threat. The hour-long documentary featured live footage and interviews with dead prez, along with interviews from Kamel Bell, owner of Ankh Marketing and son of incarcerated Black Panther member Herman Bell; Fred Hampton Jr., son of Black Panther Deputy Chairman of the Illinois Chapter Fred Hampton; Bay Area rapper and poet Ise Lyfe, and hip hop activist and radidocumentary are the inadequacies of the public education system, people of color entrepreneurship and social revolution.

Our aim is to provide a programming experience that viewers will not get anywhere else. We like to push the limits and go where other networks fear to tread. We recognized in dead prez a message that deserves to be heard. Not everyone will agree with them, but that's OK. We aim to enlighten and entertain, and 'Dead Prez: It's Bigger than Hip Hop' does both.

— David Charmatz, senior vice president of channel management, talking about the programming philosophy at Starz InBlack

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Discography

References

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External links

• Official website

• African-American musical groups
• American hip hop groups
• American socialists
• American musical duos
• Hip hop duos
• Musical groups established in 1996
• Musical groups from Tallahassee, Florida
• Underground rappers