Flavor Flav joins Jason Sudeikis to perform ‘Bring The Noise’
It’s not every day you get to see the legendary Flavor Flav perform one of his classic songs with one of the biggest actors on television. The Public Enemy co-founder recently hit the stage with Ted Lasso star Jason Sudeikis at a private karaoke event to perform the group’s hit 1987 single ‘Bring the Noise’.
The charity auction, which raised over $820,000, took place over the weekend in support of Thundergong, an organisation co-founded by Sudeikis. The performance between Flav and Sudeikis served as a prize, but it’s unknown how much was spent on making it happen.
Footage was posted on Flavor Flav and Public Enemy‘s Instagram pages, showing Jason Sudeikis doing a Chuck D impression on the mic alongside Flav.
Flav wrote in the caption, “FLAVOR FLAV: TURN IT UP, cuz we BROUGHT THE NOISE!!! WOOWWW, Jason Sudeikis got down like that and was absolutely incredible!! #ThunderGong can Bring the Noise.” Not only that, but Flav also performed his own version of the Backstreet Boys ‘I Want It That Way’.
Flavor Flav and Jason Sudeikis appear to have formed an unlikely friendship, going as far as attending an NFL game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Denver Broncos. The Public Enemy member posted a video of him celebrating alongside Sudeikis, who was visibly hyped.
“FLAVOR FLAV: WOW THIS THIS THIS man, it’s what sports is all about!!!” Flav wrote. “WOW, congratulations to the Chiefs on their win today. The Chiefs ain’t never lost a game when I go. Thanks to Jason Sudeikis for the invite and especially thanks to the Chiefs and the Hunt family and Mark Donovan and Laura for having all of us!”
‘Bring the Noise’ appeared on Public Enemy’s It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back album, as well as the soundtrack for Less than Zero. Speaking to SPIN magazine about the single, Chuck D said, “I’d like to blame radio stations and that’s what ‘Bring the Noise’ is about. If they’re calling my music ‘noise,’ if they’re saying that I’m really getting out of character being a black person in America, then fine—I’m bringing more noise.”
He added, “The message is aimed at black youth and at the same time, it’s aimed at the black bourgeoisie because basically, they really don’t give a damn about the black youth—whether they say so or not.”