Public Enemy frontman Chuck D and the other members of Public Enemy Radio — Jahi, DJ Lord and the S1Ws — announced Flavor Flav was dismissed from the pioneering Hip Hop group last week.
The move followed Flav’s perceived outrage over the Public Enemy name being used to promote a Bernie Sanders rally in Los Angeles — despite the event being billed as a Public Enemy Radio performance.
After the news broke, many assumed Flav was dismissed because of opposing political views. In an official statement sent to HipHopDX on Monday (March 2), Public Enemy Radio asserted the decision absolutely had nothing to do with politics.
On Tuesday (March 3), The Guardian caught up with Flav who confirmed his removal from Public Enemy wasn’t about Sanders.
“I don’t have anything against Bernie,” he said while waiting at the San Diego International Airport to catch his flight home to Las Vegas. “I think he’s a good person and I wish him luck. I think they’re all good people. Except Trump. Some people tried to say I did this because I’m a Trump supporter and that’s not true. Fuck Trump!”
Flav reportedly added the dispute wasn’t about Sanders — it was about Chuck for allegedly including him in plans for a performance he didn’t approve.
“Why try to say I’m a part of something I’m not a part of?” Flav said. “That was all Chuck D.”
Several outlets initially reported Public Enemy was performing, leading to the confusion. The flyer clearly stated Public Enemy Radio, which is the DJ-MC component of Public Enemy.
Subsequently, Flav’s legal team fired off a cease-and-desist letter to the Sanders campaign, a move that sealed Flav’s fate. As they noted in the official statement, Flav had already been on suspension since 2016 after he was a no-show at an event with Harry Belafonte.
Free suge. Lock up Vlad! Also lock up fake gangster/drug kingpin Ricky Rozay. Biggest bozo in the industry! He always stays in character with that kingpin persona. I remember that fat fuxk corrections officer once saying that the real rick ross was a snitch during an interview. He then went on to say that the real Rick Ross responsible for ruining people lives and that 40 people got locked up because of him. The question is if the real rick ross a snitch then why take his name and his persona?
oh cool, you’re a retarded guy
What’s this shit got to do with Chuck and Flav? Fuck outta here with your Rozay hating, Suge cock sucking ass lol
Chuck D is months away from his 60th birthday. As much as I loved PE in the 80s and 90s, I am not going to lose any sleep over this as if I was highly anticipating their next album.
with that to one side now, Bernie sanders is an enormous threat to the right wing and capitalism.
Not the right wing. He would get destroyed in a general election, as he cannot do well in the states that matter in the elections, like Pennsylvania, Florida, Texas, Ohio, ect. Bernie is a threat to capitalism though, and that is why I hate him. I don’t like any of the Democratic field, but I do want to see the capitalists take the nomination. I love capitalism. My life is great. I hate taxes. I love guns.
Doesn’t sound forced at all “yeah it totally wasn’t about not supporting Bernie.. totally. It had nothing to do with it. Absolutely nothing”
It was about crack. The use of freebase Cocaine. Period.
Glad to hear that, because I thought it was really wrong if that were the case. Live n let live. Nobody has to see things the same way u do. I hate Bernie for the most part. I hate taxes. I like guns. I like money lol.