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Related: About this forumPublic Enemy Fire Flavor Flav After Bernie Sanders Rally Spat
Public Enemy and Public Enemy Radio will be moving forward without Flavor Flav, group says. We thank him for his years of service and wish him well
Public Enemy announced they are permanently moving forward without Flavor Flav, firing one of hip-hops most memorable hypemen after more than 35 years. The abrupt dismissal comes just two days after the rapper sent a cease-and-desist letter to Bernie Sanders over Chuck Ds concert at the campaigns Los Angeles rally Sunday.
The group reiterated that Public Enemy Radio a Chuck D-led offshoot featuring DJ Lord, Jahi and the S1Ws would still perform at the free, livestreamed Sanders rally gig at 6 p.m. PST at the Los Angeles Convention Center.
The cease-and-desist letter, sent to Sanders Friday by Flavor Flavs lawyer Matthew Friedman, accused the campaign of using the hypemans unauthorized likeness, image and trademarked clock to promote the rally, even though Flavor Flav has not endorsed any political candidate.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/public-enemy-flavor-flav-bernie-sanders-960272/
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
DanTex
(20,709 posts)Put it this way: If this was really, really a foot race, Donald Trump would be the first one to the finish line, but they wont let him cross it first, he continued. Thats the way I feel, you know what Im saying? Because hes winning fairly, but they still dont want him to be president. Theyre going to try to block that man from being president. If Donald Trump does become president, theres only one thing we all can do: just sit back and let the man do his job.
https://www.stereogum.com/1865971/chuck-d-yells-fuck-donald-trump-at-sxsw-flavor-flav-is-like-not-so-fast/news/
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
I think he was in one of the celebrity shows.
Hes whacked!
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)just look at shithole's rallies, etc., they use musicians songs, etc. without approval all the time and they don't care.
Approval first . . .
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
evertonfc
(1,713 posts)lololol....
primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden
dualboy24
(41 posts)Seems Flav is all about the Benjamins only.
Following the Sanders rally, Chuck D further addressed the split. If there was a $bag, Flav wouldve been there front & center. He will NOT do free benefit shows, he wrote. I built [Public Enemy Radio] so it does benefits & fundraisers He said he never gonna do them. So his refusal to do Harry Belafontes [Many Rivers to Cross festival] in Atlanta 2016 was my last time. I built Enemy Radio to get far away from that ridiculousness.
Chuck D clarified that the Sanders issue was not the only reason the group fired the hypeman. My last straw was long ago, he wrote. Its not about BERNIE with Flav he dont know the difference between [former NFL running back] Barry Sanders or Bernie Sanders.
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/public-enemy-flavor-flav-bernie-sanders-960272/
primary today, I would vote for: Undecided
Blue_Tires
(55,445 posts)primary today, I would vote for: Joe Biden