Literature:
- In If I Fall, If I Die, Will blasts Public Enemy on his headphones after an awkward conversation with his mother.
Live-Action Film:
- At the end of Tales from the Hood, "Mr. Simms" makes reference to one of the songs from Fear of a Black Planet with his immortal Large Ham line " This.. ain't no funeral home! It ain't.. the Terrordome, neither! Welcome.. to Hell, motherfuckersss!"
Live-Action Television:
- In Episode 22 of Season 5 of House, the eponymous doctor (Hugh Laurie) walks in the hospital with a boombox blasting "Fight The Power" in order to test if the deaf Patient of the Week can react to the vibrations.
Western Animation:
- Logorama: When a Michelin Man cop prepares to snipe Ronald, the inside of his sniper rifle's scope and Ronald form the Public Enemy logo.
