I had the pleasure this past weekend to attend a milestone party! Flavor Flav aka William Drayton aka Fooie Fooie aka Mr. Flavor of Love himself turned 50. He celebrated in grand fashion Sunday night with a star-studded celebration at BB King's nightclub in New York City. I would personally like to thank my husband who is an active member of Public Enemy for that opportunity!
As you can see guests included Ice-T and Coco. Also I met boxing trainer/commentator Emmanuelle Stewart, Kangol from UTFO,sharply dressed Melle Mel of Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame inductees Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five, who duetted with Flav on a verse of the legendary 1982 single “The Message.” of course Public Enemy front man Chuck D was there and some of the FOL girls, DJ Kool Herc, Easy Mo Bee, Eric B and so many more it would take up the whole article. Also it was quite the family affair too, as Flavor took several opportunities during the night to French kiss his very pregnant girlfriend Liz onstage,(which I was standing next to),and send shoutouts to his daughter and other family members in the audience.
In a P.E. performance, Chuck D took Flav's role as hype man during their performance of tracks from their album It Takes A Nation Of Million To Hold Us Back which they performed in its entirety.
Also, Flav played drums for Ice-T during his performance of "Six In The Morning." Flav told Ice, "Thank you for not beating me the f**k up for when I crashed your Ferrari." Ice-T revealed the incident happened in 1987 and Flav stated that he still had the tail light from the vehicle.
After pumping the crowd up through Nation of Millions, (Number 48 on Rolling Stone’s list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time) PE’s set concluded with classics such as “Shut ‘Em Down,” “Public Enemy No.1"and “Fight The Power” (which my husband pulled me onstage and I admitted it was quite overwhelming) before Flav rounded off the thoroughly entertaining two-and-a-half-hour show with a list of thank yous that had me very sleepy and "read to go" like Medea says. No offense Flav!!
Public Enemy then appeared Monday night on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon where they played “Bring the Noise” with house band the Roots. The hot Philly hip-hop group are also set to back PE later in the year when they perform the entirety of It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back, on other U.S dates including The Roots' June 6th picnic.
I admit it was a wonderful opportunity to not only visit New York City but to be in the presence of legendary hip hop artists!
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