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Flavor Flav sings the national anthem at the NBA's Hawks-Bucks game

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FLAVOR FLAV: (Singing) Oh, say...

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

Good morning, I'm Leila Fadel. A number of artists, like Whitney Houston and Jimi Hendrix, have performed iconic renditions of the national anthem. Is it time to add Flavor Flav to that list?

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FLAVOR FLAV: (Singing) Early light...

FADEL: Not sure. The Public Enemy rapper surprised fans by singing the anthem at last night's game between the NBA's Milwaukee Bucks and Atlanta Hawks. Flav later posted on X saying that singing the anthem was an item on his bucket list.

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