Continuing on the path of politically minded artists like Public Enemy, 2pac and KRS-One, the Florida-formed-New York based outfit known as Dead Prez has been crafting revolutionary but gangsta hip-hop since the late 1990s.

Taking inspiration from the life and social activism of Malcolm X, Sticman and M-1, the duo who comprise Dead Prez, have released two proper albums, two underground mix-tapes and two solo albums of street level political hip-hop that is heavily aligned with challenging the status quo, prompting London's Daily Telegraph to say, "Dead Prez uses music not to lie about having expensive cars or girlfriends with big bottoms, but to rail against the inequities in American society. They do so with an insight and honesty that is rare in any art-form, let alone hip-hop."

Dead Prez was one of the featured groups on the feature film Dave Chappelle's Block Party, released in 2006. In 2006, they and former 2Pac collaborators, the Outlawz, jointly released a mixtape album titled Can't Sell Dope Forever urging their joint following to find creative ways to make a living and not get caught up in the drug traps set up by the system. In 2006, M1 recorded a solo album titled "Confidential". From the album, the song "'Til We Get There" was featured on the EA Sports video game NBA Live 2007. In 2008, Stic Man also digitally released his solo album "Manhood"(Boss Up Inc) and his song "Faithful Lover" appears in Vivica Fox's 3 Can Play that Game (Sony Pictures).. In 2008 stic man produced and co-wrote three songs ("Sly Fox", "We're Not Alone" and "Untitled") on the legendary Def Jam recording artist Nas's latest "untitled" LP. Stic.man is the CEO of Boss Up Inc and http://www.bossupbu.com/ and has authored and co-published four books Warrior Names from Afrika, The Art of Emcee-ing, Afrikan Martial Arts: Discovering The Warrior Within and most recently The Vegan Soulfood Guide to the Galaxy with his wife of 15 years Afya Ibomu. Stic.man is also featured in the film The Black Candle (Narrated By Maya Angelou). M1 is currently starring as the lead role in an independent film about the life of U.S. political prisoner Sundiata Acoli.