Rap icons Public Enemy are parting ways with longtime member Flavor Flav. In a statement to Pitchfork, the group wrote: “Public Enemy and Public Enemy Radio will be moving forward without Flavor Flav.
We thank him for his years of service and wish him well.” Flavor Flav was a member of Public Enemy for 37 years. The news follows a cease and desist letter issued by Flavor Flav two days ago over Public Enemy performing at a Bernie Sanders rally in Los Angeles tonight (March 1).
Flavor Flav claimed that the Sanders campaign circulated “the unauthorized use of [Flavor Flav’s] likeness, image and trademarked clock in promotional materials.” The announcement from the Sanders campaign stated that the Los Angeles rally would feature a performance
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