Public Enemy‘s Chuck D has hit out at his bandmate Flavor Flav following Flav’s outburst at Senator Bernie Sanders.
It was recently announced that Public Enemy would be performing at a rally for the presidential hopeful this weekend, though upon the announcement, Flav revealed that it was only Chuck D that would be performing.
Flav then presented a cease and desist letter (obtained by Spin), accusing the Sanders campaign of using the Public Enemy name and “likeness, image and trademarked clock in promotional materials” without his permission.
Chuck D has now responded to the claims, giving his bandmate an ultimatum. “Flavor chooses to dance for his money and not do benevolent work like this,” Chuck said in a statement to HipHopDX. “He has a year to get his act together and get himself straight or he’s out.”
Chuck’s lawyer added: “From a legal standpoint, Chuck could perform as Public Enemy if he ever wanted to; he is the sole owner of the Public Enemy trademark. He originally drew the logo himself in the mid-80’s, is also the creative visionary and the group’s primary songwriter, having written Flavor’s most memorable lines.”
In Flavor Flav’s cease and desist letter, he added that the Sanders campaign created “a false narrative” in stating that Public Enemy would be supporting the senator.
“Sanders has promised to ‘Fight the Power’ with hip hop icons Public Enemy – but this Rap Icon will not be performing at the Sanders Rally,” the letter reads. “To be clear Flav and, by extension, the Hall of Fame hip hop act Public Enemy with which his likeness and name have become synonymous has not endorsed any political candidate in this election cycle and any suggestion to the contrary is plainly untrue. The continued publicizing of this grossly misleading narrative is, at a minimum, careless and irresponsible if not intentionally misleading.”
Source: NME
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