Public Enemy creates ladies’s empowerment anthem by gender-flipping 1998 soundtrack tune ‘He Acquired Sport’

"He Acquired Sport," the music from the Spike Lee film of the identical title, has a brand new sound.

A model of the monitor launched this week includes a new title, "She Acquired Sport," and a brand new opening — a part of feminist icon Gloria Steinem's landmark "Tackle to the Ladies of America" speech.

Public Enemy return, after all, however further artists on the music embody Flau'jae and Retina MC, together with appearances by Cindy Blackman Santana, Blu DeTiger, Grace Bowers, and Elizabeth Beisel, who has gained two Olympic medals in swimming.

"Yeah boy," Taste Flav raps, "she in a league of her personal/ three-point clutch, she in a zone/ I obtained the clocks so I obtained the time, she obtained recreation, so she will get to shine."

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Public Enemy was shaped in 1982 and initially included Taste Flav, Chuck D, Terminator X, and Professor Griff. The influential rap group's music contains such classics as "Struggle the Energy," "Don't Imagine the Hype," "Welcome to the Terrordome," and "911 Is a Joke."

In 1998, they launched the album He Acquired Sport because the film's soundtrack, with the music of the identical title. The movie stars Denzel Washington as Jake Shuttlesworth, who should persuade his basketball participant son, Jesus (Ray Allen), to attend the governor's alma mater to get Jake's jail sentence diminished.

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Proceeds from "She Acquired Sport" will profit the Ladies's Sports activities Basis and Black Music Motion Coalition's Feminine Fund.

The inspiration for the mission got here from Taste Flav's connection to the Olympics. The rapper and former actuality TV star is an official hype man on the Milan Cortina Video games.

Whereas he's had the job earlier than, for the U.S. ladies's water polo, this go round, he's cheering for the U.S. bobsleigh and skeleton groups.

The 2026 Olympics are already underway, though the opening ceremony isn't till Friday.

Watch the Milan Cortina Video games on NBC and Peacock.

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