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NBA Fans React to Flavor Flav Singing National Anthem at Hawks-Bucks Game

Flavor Flav certainly brought his own flavor to his rendition of the national anthem.

Tyler Lauletta

NBA Fans React to Flavor Flav Singing National Anthem at Hawks-Bucks Game
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The Milwaukee Bucks invited rapper Flavor Flav to sing the national anthem ahead of Sunday night's game against the Atlanta Hawks, and he put on quite a show.

There have been plenty of big swings in the history of the national anthem being played at sporting events.

On one side of the scale, there is Marvin Gaye at the 1983 NBA All-Star Game, at the other end is Fergie's rendition at the 2018 NBA All-Star Game.

Flavor Flav sings the national anthem before the Hawks-Bucks game in Milwaukee on Sunday night. .
Flavor Flav sings the national anthem before the Hawks-Bucks game in Milwaukee on Sunday night.  :: @Bucks / X

Where Flavor Flav falls on that spectrum is up to the listener, but there is little doubt that he gave it his all with the lights on and the mic in his hand.

Fan reviews of Flav's performance were split.

The NBA season will consist of 1,230 games, meaning that basketball fans across the league will likely hear 1,230 different renditions of "The Star-Spangled Banner" between now and June.

Of those 1,230 renditions, this was certainly one of them.

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