On Wednesday’s episode of The Masked Singer, the contestant often called Area Ranger was eradicated —however their unmasking was met with pure jubilation. Beneath the masks was Public Enemy’s very personal Taste Flav. Watch the reveal under.
Throughout this Ghostbusters-themed episode, the masked contestants carried out songs from the movie collection. Public Enemy’s founding hype man took on The BusBoys’ “Cleansing Up the City.” After his efficiency, a lot of the judging panel—Robin Thicke, Jenny McCarthy-Wahlberg, and Rita Ora—appropriately guessed Taste Flav was behind the alien masks, whereas Ken Jeong, the lone outlier, guessed DJ Jazzy Jeff.
His reveal was met with a roar of applause with host Nick Cannon barely containing his pleasure. “[This is] actually my favourite individual ever… the one and solely legend, Taste Flaavvvv!” Cannon roared within the rapper’s signature inflection.
“I’m my greatest fan. I like me some me. I had enjoyable doing the present,” Flav stated in his post-reveal speech. The primary week of season 13, the rapper carried out Taylor Swift’s 1989 monitor “Unhealthy Blood,” of whom he has expressed excessive adoration for.
As of late, Taste Flav is in his charitable period (nicely, and in addition his Swiftie period). To avoid wasting Crimson Lobster from submitting for chapter, he purchased the complete menu for a meal (together with these Cheddar Bay Biscuits) and later starred in a number of commercials for the seafood chain. In the course of the 2024 Paris Summer time Olympics, he sponsored the US ladies’s water polo workforce offering the workforce monetary help to the gold medal profitable workforce. Going ahead, he signed a contract to sponsor each the women and men’s water polo groups for the subsequent 5 years. He later boosted and fundraised for each Olympians and Paralympians so their households might see them compete and repay month-to-month bills like lease.
Subsequent week, The Masked Singer heads into Group B Finals, the place they’re anticipated to carry out iconic nation songs. The Masked Singer airs each Wednesday on Fox at 8:00 p.m. ET.