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.
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.
YEAH BOY.
— Milwaukee Bucks (@Bucks) October 29, 2023
S/O @FlavorFlav for the flavorful anthem! pic.twitter.com/O1UT9sYTZG
Fan reviews of Flav's performance were split.
Milwaukee is out of control for this 😂😂😂 I love it here https://t.co/4viMFlJIwI
— B (@bkrobinson_) October 29, 2023
If life is a simulation then it’s being scripted by Mad Libs. https://t.co/eXVKF79xqj
— Adam Ghostvetta (@ADrovetta) October 29, 2023
theres no way I could stand there with a straight face https://t.co/S4NO3KPpqC
— smo (@smoostrowski) October 29, 2023
Who thought this was a good idea? https://t.co/Vyuw5HJmmC
— Chris Benzine (@Crispy272002) October 30, 2023
Props to him.
— BT (@btdew) October 30, 2023
Tough song to sing.
He did better than I expected.
Maybe next time, take off the hat.
Good job @FlavorFlav https://t.co/nxJYAa5TPn
Not gone hold you he kinda went crazy 😂 https://t.co/Libe9bIpfw
— Luke (@Luke_Worldwide) October 30, 2023
A Legend!!! https://t.co/l5XjpeHpVG
— AG (@AG_NBA_X) October 29, 2023
https://t.co/6G6rJp4Ap2 pic.twitter.com/qi90tOsZq1
— Jim Russell (@JimRussellSD) October 29, 2023
NO BOY🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️🤦🏾♂️ https://t.co/P4AUR0b4jd
— shannon sharpe (@ShannonSharpe) October 30, 2023
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.
