Chuck D Says Flavor Flav’s Public Enemy Firing Was a Hoax to Promote New Album

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Flavor Flav says don't believe the hype.

It turns out Flavor Flav wasn’t actually kicked out of Public Enemy after a political dispute over Bernie Sanders. Today, the pioneering hip-hop group’s leader Chuck D released a statement on its website revealing the hoax, while also promoting Public Enemy Radio’s new album, Loud Is Not Enough. Public Enemy Radio is an offshoot of the group without Flav in the lineup.

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So remember when Public Enemy fired Flavor Flav? Yeah, that didn't actually happen.Chuck D sat down with Talib Kweli and People's' Party to talk about the messy fiasco, which stemmed from Flavor's reps issuing a cease and desist letter to Bernie Sanders’ campaign following news that Chuck would perform at his rally."Flavor don't know the difference between Bernie Sanders, Barry Sanders or Colonel Sanders," he joked, before adding, "We already talked about this beforehand.