Taste Flav is thought for lots of issues: sporting that big clock for the previous 38 years, serving as Public Enemy rapper Chuck D’s colourful on-stage foil and an unencumbered enthusiasm that helped propel the group into the Rock and Roll Corridor of Fame.
However on Sunday (Oct. 29), the Milwaukee Bucks gave Flav a job he mentioned was on his all-time bucket checklist: performing the Nationwide Anthem earlier than the house staff’s gam towards the Atlanta Hawks. “The anthem was a very long time bucket checklist merchandise,,, that was enjoyable!,” Flav wrote on X (previously often known as Twitter). “I can’t reside my life apprehensive about what individuals may say about me. I received’t let that cease me from making an attempt new issues and doing issues I wanna do. Some individuals may not like that. However a certain failure is should you cease making an attempt.”
Sporting a inexperienced No. 59 jersey (in honor of the yr he was born), sideways white baseball hat, white shades and, after all, his signature massive clock, Flav, 64, got here out of the gate a bit shaky, however quickly overcame his nerves and crooned the notoriously difficult-to-sing anthem in his personal inimitable vogue. He wasn’t at all times close to pitch, however Flav stretched out some notes in his nasal croon to the delight of the house crowd and smiling gamers. And by the point he hit the “dwelling of the courageous” line — which he repeated 3 times — the world burst out into loud cheers for a job properly accomplished.
Try Flav’s assertion and his “Star-Spangled” efficiency beneath.
