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Public Enemy 'Moving Forward' Without Flavor Flav After Bernie Sanders Rally
NPR ^ | March 2, 2020 | Andrew Flanagan

Posted on 03/02/2020 9:43:13 PM PST by nickcarraway

Flavor Flav, prototypical hype man of the legendary and socially forward rap group Public Enemy, has been, it would seem, let go.

According to a statement issued on Sunday by Public Enemy, which Flavor Flav and Chuck D co-founded in the early '80s, the group and another iteration of it, Public Enemy Radio, "will be moving forward without Flavor Flav." The statement went on to "thank him for his years of service." A trademark for Public Enemy is registered solely to Chuck D, under his given name, Carlton Ridenhour.

Flavor Flav responded to the announcement on Twitter on Monday afternoon, writing: "You wanna destroy something we've built over 35 years ... all because I don't wanna endorse a candidate." The statement seemed to contradict claims from Chuck D that the split was over remuneration, not political ties.

The firing arrived the same day as a performance by Public Enemy Radio — a group consisting of Chuck D, DJ Lord, Jahi and S1Ws — during a Bernie Sanders rally in Los Angeles. That scheduled performance prompted Flavor Flav to send a colorful cease-and-desist letter to the Sanders campaign over the appearance, claiming the campaign was using his likeness without permission.

After the Sanders rally, Chuck D claimed on Twitter that Flav had long declined to perform at unpaid events and that he began Public Enemy Radio in response to the refusal.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Music/Entertainment
KEYWORDS: berniesanders; racist; rap; uncletom

1 posted on 03/02/2020 9:43:13 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

Flav is still sporting a chip because he isn’t sticking his nasty, bug-ugly grille up in Stallone’s ex’s face anymore......


2 posted on 03/02/2020 9:46:17 PM PST by Viking2002 (There's a little Al Bundy in all of us. And we vote.)
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To: nickcarraway

Of course, that he even got in the same zip code with her speaks volumes for all of them.......


3 posted on 03/02/2020 9:47:13 PM PST by Viking2002 (There's a little Al Bundy in all of us. And we vote.)
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To: nickcarraway

I have seen the story of this split-up several times in the past 24 hours. Does any of this matter to those of us who aren’t rap fans?


4 posted on 03/02/2020 9:50:10 PM PST by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: nickcarraway

Flav says it was a partnership and that Public Enemy doesn’t exist if he isn’t in it. Sounds like some lawsuit time and the end of the partnership. Someone who wants the rights, will have to pay some money.


5 posted on 03/02/2020 9:51:25 PM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: Berosus

It’s not about rap, it’s about Sanders antipathy for black voters.


6 posted on 03/02/2020 9:52:50 PM PST by nickcarraway
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I’ve never cared for rap music at all and never have heard of these people that I recall. I’ve seen photos of the one with the clock and grille somewhere before. I guess it’s another world that they live in. I’m the same way with most “celebrities” though...I just can’t understand the attraction people have for them.


7 posted on 03/03/2020 1:31:11 AM PST by jacknhoo (Luke 12:51; Think ye, that I am come to give peace on earth? I tell you, no; but separation.)
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I suppose his clock simply ran out.


8 posted on 03/03/2020 4:29:40 AM PST by golux
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The latest update from the Flabby Flab front ... How’s UpChuck D taking the Resistance?


9 posted on 03/03/2020 5:44:46 AM PST by IronJack
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He can always host those golden odies of rap ‘music’ on tv commercials. 30 cds of static for just $29.95


10 posted on 03/03/2020 12:34:17 PM PST by minnesota_bound (homeless guy. He just has more money....He the master will plant more cotton for the democrat party)
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