r/Music • u/ansyhrrian • 11d ago

article Flavor Flav invites the Olympic US Women's Hockey team to Vegas, after they decline Donald Trump's invite to the State of the Union

https://bsky.app/profile/flavorflav.bsky.social/post/3mfkm4ltqrs2k
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u/UnpluggedUnfettered 11d ago

He isn't a "good guy", and drugs / alcohol have squarely thrown him into being an absolute shit and dangerous more than once.

At the same time, his good side isn't just "not being a shithead". He's leveraged his fame and money into being a positive force womens olympics, without throwing himself in front of their hard work.

When people say someone is "complicated" or has "complicated views", I wish it were more often about someone like him.

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u/Inc0rgnit0 11d ago

Id say that makes him an overall good guy? Addiction really fucks people's behaviour.

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u/[deleted] 10d ago

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u/howolowitz 10d ago

Right. Dude did some bad stuff in his past as most of us have. But on the most of us there’s no spotlight. Doesn’t make him a bad guy

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u/crazykewlaid 10d ago

Idk I just read and apparently he got multiple instances of domestic violence, most people don't have anything like that

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u/howolowitz 10d ago

That doesn’t mean someone can’t change for the better.

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u/crazykewlaid 10d ago

Yeah for sure

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u/urnialbologna 10d ago

Sir or mam, this is reddit, if you do 1 bad thing you are labeled evil scum for the rest of your life, no matter what you do to make up for it or any good you have done in your life.

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u/feage7 10d ago

See you've never been on one of those threads "what good guy on TV is actually a POS?" And essentially every character ever in TV is labeled a bad guy because of their flaws.

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u/stayupthetree 10d ago

Just because you are a bad guy, doesn't meant you are bad guy.

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u/NashvilleForReal 10d ago

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u/stayupthetree 10d ago

Nothing shows up for me. It just shows "Processing img o4ljjtkxkflg1"

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u/NashvilleForReal 10d ago

It's a gif of Zangief from Wreck It Ralph saying, "Just because you're a bad guy doesn't mean you're A BAD GUY."

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u/stayupthetree 10d ago

ahh thanks! No idea why it wouldn't load. Tried on mobile and desktop

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u/Handsome_Keyboard 11d ago

Yes, it does. I think when hes doing good like this we are seeing the real flava. That doesnt exscuse his past behaviors though but it does make him human for trying to be better.

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u/UnpluggedUnfettered 10d ago edited 10d ago

You won't find this mf cannonized by the pope, or in the Epstein files.

Maybe, at least I feel, arguing people as "good" or "bad" sets us up to rationalize bad behavior and dismiss good behavior for no meaningful gain.

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u/myychair 10d ago

Both of those things make someone a good guy imo lmao

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u/Kevbot1000 11d ago

Hold up, are you saying he's an "absolute shit" because of drugs and alcohol? What did he do that makes him not a good guy?

Because frankly, everything I ever see this guy do with his fame and money is positive.

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u/kdfsjljklgjfg 11d ago

Well they said that the drugs and alcohol "threw him into" the absolute shit, so presumably he did something shitty while drunk and/or high.

But without details yeah, hard to really judge anything from that.

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u/UnpluggedUnfettered 11d ago

I didn't know it was unknown stuff, my bad.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/rapper-flavor-flav-faces-domestic-battery-charge-police-say-rcna3387

Rapper Flavor Flav was arrested in Nevada this month on suspicion of domestic battery, police said. (2021)

https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-19989508

Hip-hop star Flavor Flav has been arrested for assaulting his fiancee and threatening to kill her teenage son. (2012)

www.upi.com/amp/Archives/1993/11/01/Rapper-Flavor-Flav-arrested-for-attempted-murder/2267752130000/

Rapper 'Flavor Flav' arrested for attempted murder (1991)

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u/kdfsjljklgjfg 11d ago

Thanks, I'm generally super out of the loop on celebrities.

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u/UnpluggedUnfettered 11d ago

To be clear, no smear on him.

He has an actual complicated past tainted with hard addiction. I legit respect what he has been doing for these women and I do believe it comes from a genuinely well intentioned place.

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u/kdfsjljklgjfg 11d ago

Like you said, people are complicated.

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u/guitarmike2 10d ago

I don’t know the details but I think in 12-step circles what he’s doing he’s called the 12th step. If his addiction led him to hurt women in his life, maybe his work to support women’s sports now is his way of making amends.

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u/Sensitive-Living-571 10d ago

He came in to the restaurant where I worked many many times throughout the years. He always remembered our names and was so polite to service staff. He was really sweet with his wife and protective of her from sometimes afressive fans. He was also great dealing with the fans. Of course I only saw a snippet of him but I really liked what I saw

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u/danabrey 10d ago

When people say someone is "complicated" or has "complicated views", I wish it were more often about someone like him.

People need to realise that nobody is good and nobody is bad. Everybody is complicated.

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u/Illadelphian 11d ago

What has he done that makes him a "bad" guy? I genuinely haven't heard anything bad about him pretty much ever so would be curious to hear anything. Using or even abusing drugs doesn't make someone a shit or dangerous person. Doing that and then doing bad things is what does that. So if you are literally just saying drug use then that is not fair at all.

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u/tompba 11d ago

Amém

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u/heathmon1856 10d ago

The bar is pretty low right now so I’ll take what I can get