Chuck D makes reference to something called his "S1Ws" when he raps on
the early albums for Public Enemy, the political hip hop group. What
does S1W stand for? Any story behind it?

Hello,

Thanks for your question! From about.com's Public Enemy page I found
the following information:

"
The S1W (Security of the First World) actually started out as a Long
Island tank activist force called "Unity Force" in the mid '80s. They
formed in response to racial attacks that were taking place at that
time and dressed in a fashion reminiscent of the Black Panther Party
and the Fruit of Islam.

At one time there were 52 members in the S1W.
"

Using that as a springboard, I found the offical S1W reference page on
Public Enemy's main webpage at publicenemy.com. It's linked below.


Search Strategy:

S1W rap on google:
://www.google.com/search?q=S1W+rap


Additional Links:

About.com's Public Enemy page:
http://216.239.51.100/search?q=cache:uxudYH8JOCsC:rap.about.com/library/blpublicenemypage.htm+S1W+rap&hl=en&ie=UTF-8

Public Enemy's S1W page:
http://www.publicenemy.com/soldiers/s1w.php


Glad I could help!

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