Bruce Springsteen meets Flavor Fav in Las Vegas: Thank you for 'good music, leadership'
Bruce Springsteen knows what time it is.
Springsteen met Flavor Flav, member of the legendary hip-hop group Public Enemy, backstage in the T-Mobile Arena at the E Street Band's Friday, March 22, Las Vegas show.
Flav, aka William Drayton Jr. of Roosevelt, New York, was brought in by E Street Band member Little Steven Van Zandt. Flav bowed to Springsteen and then the Boss bowed and saluted, according to a video shared on Flav's social media.
“Ahhhhh!” said Flav upon meeting Springsteen. “What's up Bruce! This is such an honor, man! This is such an honor, bro! Man, man, man, many, many, many good blessings to you, bro. Thank you for all of the years of good music, leadership.”
Flav shared a second video of him dancing at the show, and shaking Springsteen's hand while the Boss sang “Tenth Avenue Freeze-out.”
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Both Flav and Springsteen are members of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Flav and Springsteen also have a musical connection: auxiliary E Street Band guitarist Tom Morello is a member of the Prophets of Rage supergroup with Public Enemy frontman Chuck D.
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Flav, star of the reality TV series “Flavor of Love,” has historically, and rhetorically, asked fans what the time was. A clock he used to wear around his neck in concert is now part of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C.
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The Springsteen and E Street Band show on Friday featured two Vegas-themed songs in the setlist: “Roll of the Dice,” from Springsteen's 1992 solo album “Human Touch,” and a cover of the Elvis Presley classic, “Viva Las Vegas.”
Up next is the Pechanga Arena in San Diego on Monday, March 25.
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Chris Jordan, a Jersey Shore native, covers entertainment and features for the USA Today Network New Jersey. Contact him at @chrisfhjordan; [email protected]
This article originally appeared on Asbury Park Press: Bruce Springsteen meets hip-hop legend Flavor Fav in Las Vegas
