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Public Enemy releases Fear of a Black Planet

Chuck D and Flavor Flav's third album reached number 10 on the Billboard 200 and was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry, widely considered one of the most politically potent albums in hip-hop history.

Events

  1. April 10, 1990
    Public Enemy releases Fear of a Black Planet

    Chuck D and Flavor Flav's third album reached number 10 on the Billboard 200 and was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry, widely considered one of the most politically potent albums in hip-hop history.

  2. April 16, 1990
    August Wilson's 'The Piano Lesson' Opens on Broadway

    August Wilson's 'The Piano Lesson,' which had its world premiere in 1987, opens on Broadway in 1990 and wins Wilson his second Pulitzer Prize for Drama, cementing him as the most important American playwright of his generation.