Public Enemy's Chuck D Says Flavor Flav Beef Was A Hoax To Promote Music

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Plot twist! Turns out Flavor Flav is still a member of Public Enemy. After a messy public feud, Chuck D has revealed that his beef with Flav was all a hoax.

Chuck announced in March that the group would continue without Flav after the hypeman slammed Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders and Chuck D for using the group’s name as an endorsement, sending the campaign a cease and desist letter.

During an interview with Talib Kweli for Uproxx podcast People’s Party, Chuck revealed that he was inspired by Orson Welles’ War of the Worlds and that he wanted to change the public’s perception of Flav. “We felt that over the past few years, Flavor’s stock was low,” Chuck said. “Anybody that could take a shot at him could get a good shot