Public Enemy star Flavor Flav reveals how Taylor Swift played a part in his reunion with Public Enemy bandmate Chuck D
Flavor Flav is counting down the days until his new single comes out.
The 64-year-old rapper, who went viral after singing the national anthem at a basketball game, has been hop-scotching the US promoting Every Where Man, which is set for release January 10.
The new track features his Public Enemy partner Chuck D, 63, and the artist tried to clear the air about any supposed rift between the two.
In an interview with TMZ, the Fight the Power artist sought to clear the air.
'A lot of people have been asking me, "Hey, why don't you and Chuck going to reunite," but my answer is this, "We never broke up to reunite," he declared.
Flavor Flav, 64, is counting down the days until his new single comes out January 10
'We just took a long break.'
Even though the two didn't see each other for several years, Flav said there were no hard feelings between them.
'There wasn't no beef because I love my partner, man, and I know he loves me too,' he told the outlet.
'Sometimes,' he added, 'you know, you don't see eye to eye on everything... but one thing about me and Chuck, we always manage to pull it back together to see eye to eye and keep moving forward.
When the cover art for Every Where Man didn't quite hit the mark, the hitmaker reached out on social media for some help to find a new design.
It was Taylor's fans, the Swifties, to the rescue, after Flav spent an an evening of trading friendship bracelets at a Taylor Swift concert in Detroit earlier this year.
'It's not that I didn't like the original cover art,' the Hip Hop artist contended, 'but I felt the original cover art could have been more better.'
The word of mouth recommendations lead him to Aimee Johnson, who by the looks of her Instagram account is a huge Swiftie herself.
Flav's new single features his Public Enemy partner Chuck D, 63, and the artist tried to clear the air about any supposed rift between the two. 'There wasn't no beef because I love my partner, man, and I know he loves me too,' he told TMZ
There's a Taylor Swift connection to the cover art for Every Where Man
Flav attended Taylor's concert in Detroit and exchanged friendship bracelets with a lot of her fans, who in turn, pointed him in the direction of an artist to provide the cover art for his new single. 'Swifties is the gifties,' he said
Every Where Man will be released January 10
The artist was tagged by Flav in a social media post for the new single, and Johnson shared it on her one social media page.
'I had the INCREDIBLE opportunity to design cover art for @flavorflavofficial and @mrchuckd_pe recently,' she wrote.
'I cannot begin to explain what an honor it has been to work with them on this project. Can’t wait for everyone to hear the song!'
The rapper said he's more than pleased with the outcome. 'I like what I got right now, and you know, the Swifties is the gifties.'
