Public Enemy’s frontman Chuck D has been tapped by PBS to unpack the history of hip-hop for a new documentary special.
Public Enemy frontman Chuck D has responded to Flavor Flav’s claims that Chuck is blocking a group reunion due to contract negotiations.
It appears Chuck D and Flavor Flav remain at odds because the leader of famed hip-hop group Public Enemy is ready to squash the beef and get back to work.
As it turns out, Chuck D and Flavor Flav’s bitter beef over the former’s support of Bernie Sanders was all a hoax to promote Public Enemy’s new music. The iconic hip-hop group have a new album (Loud Is Not Enough), and Flavor Flav is featured on the album’s “Food As a Machine Gun” track, which you can listen to below. You can also […]
Following reports that Flavor Flav was kicked out of the group Public Enemy he decided to get some things off of his chest. Flav responded on Twitter on Monday, addressing band leader Chuck D directly: “You wanna destroy something we’ve built over 35 years OVER POLITICS?,” he wrote. “I’m very disappointed in you and your decisions […]
Hip hop legends Public Enemy have been together for over three decades and in one single tweet, Bernie Sanders was able to break them up this week — or so it seems. The group fired founding member Flavor Flav after his legal team sent a cease-and-desist letter to Sanders’ campaign on Friday, arguing that Sunday’s concert and campaign rally in Los […]
Public Enemy broke up with Flavor Flav after a Bernie Sanders rally in L.A. Public Enemy performed at the event without Flav and Flav said that he doesn’t have any hard feelings toward the group. Chuck D over the weekend wrote on Twitter that his dispute with Flavor Flav stretched deep into the past and […]
NEW YORK (AP) — Public Enemy has abruptly fired founding member Flavor Flav following a public spat over the rap group’s plan to perform at a Bernie Sanders campaign event. Public Enemy “will be moving forward without Flavor Flav,” the band said in a brief statement Sunday. “We thank him for his years of service […]
After 37 years, it appears one of rap’s greatest relationships is absolutely over. Public Enemy announced on Sunday night that Flavor Flav would no longer be part of the group, days after Flav sent a cease and desist to Bernie Sanders‘ campaign before Chuck D was set to perform at a Sanders’ rally on Sunday. “Public Enemy and […]
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — Rapper Chuck D is this year’s winner of the Woody Guthrie Prize, an award that recognizes artists who speak out for the less fortunate. Chuck D was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 as part of the groundbreaking hip-hop group Public Enemy. He’ll be honored at […]
Public Enemy frontman Chuck D is suing a music publisher alleging he fraudulently took copyright ownership of 28 of the rapper’s recent songs without his authorization. According to Billboard, those include Common’s “Black America Again” and Prophets of Rage’s eponymous single, “Counteroffensive” and “Fired a Shot.” Chuck D (born Carlton Ridenhour) filed a lawsuit Oct. 15 asking a federal […]
Flavor Flav has filed a lawsuit against fellow Public Enemy member Chuck D and members of the rap group’s production and management team, according to The Hollywood Reporter. According to documents filed Tuesday by his attorney, A. Eric Bjorgum, Flav, whose real name is William J. Drayton, alleges that “despite Drayton’s position in Public Enemy, […]
