On April Fools’ Day, Public Enemy reveals Flavor Flav’s firing was a hoax

It turns out Public Enemy, Enemy Radio, Chuck D and Flavor Flav never had a falling out, and hypeman Flav was never fired. That’s in contrast to messages the band was putting out at the beginning of March, when the longtime collaborators were fighting it out in public on social media, against the background of who was or wasn’t endorsing Sen. Bernie Sanders for president. The news comes from Chuck D on — surprise — April Fools’ Day, along with the release of “Loud Is Not Enough,” the debut album from Enemy Radio, the DJ+MC auxiliary unit of Public Enemy. “So it’s April 1, 2020 and as we hoard food and empty store shelves, Chuck D and Flavor Flav hijack it as April ‘FlavChuck’ Day to end the...