S1W (group)

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S1W, short for Security of the First World, began as a security organisation in Roosevelt, New York under the name of Unity Force where they provided security at hip hop parties during the mid 1980s. The organisation was headed by Professor Griff. Later they became part of the Hip Hop group Public Enemy and changed their name to S1W. Some members of the group were martial artists and some were part of the Nation of Islam. The name "Security of the First World" implies that Africans are not inherently Third World people and are rather First World people as they were the first people to inhabit earth. S1W were known for their aggressively militant stage presence because they would wear black military uniforms and would carry replica Uzi submachine-guns while performing. Chuck D of Public Enemy explains that the Uzis were a symbolic reaction to European oppression against black people.