Composed of rappers Stic.man and M-1, Dead Prez first appeared on the Loud Records compilation '97 Set Up with "Food, Clothes and Shelter." After meeting in a traveling national activist organization, Stic.man and M-1 joined forces and began writing material that speaks out against social controversies, including racial oppression and capitalism, holding sacred the teachings and practices of social defense parties such as the Black Panthers.
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