*Chuck D is speaking out about the lawsuit filed against him, as well as Public Enemy, by group member Flavor Flav.
As previously reported, Flav is suing for unpaid royalties and the use of his likeness on Public Enemy’s July album, “Nothing is Quick Like the Desert.” He also alleged the group’s management and related companies “have for years attempted to minimize his role in the Public Enemy business,” and that he hasn’t been getting regular songwriting royalty statements for several years, even though he’s penned more than 50 of Public Enemy’s songs.
Chuck D, whose real name is, Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, told TMZ of the lawsuit, “Flav has his rights, but took a wrong road on this.” He explained that Flav is angry with the way a third party merchandiser is handling their items.
“We will be [TOGETHER]on a future stage,” he continued, adding that Flav “will again be embarrassed admitting on stage about the way it spun out. It’s always this way with him.”
Chuck spoke to the gossip site after having tweeted that he is beneath “TMZ drama.”
“Flav will be OK. TMZ Drama is beneath me considering our age,” he wrote. “It’s low entertainment, but I definitely like to find those 50 he songs he wrote.”
Flav will be ok. @tmz Drama is beneath me considering our Age. It’s low entertainment but I definitely like to find those 50 songs he wrote pic.twitter.com/VMZWkk67aL
— Chuck D (@MrChuckD) August 31, 2017
Flav also addressed his lawsuit on social media, suggesting that his relationship with Chuck will be fine despite the legal drama:
“#ATTENTION EVERYONE!! this is Flavor Flav speaking himself,,,I love my partner Chuck D everyone so don’t get it twisted,,we will fix it,!!,” he wrote on Instagram.
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