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Flavor Flav Attacked At South Point, Report Says

Public Enemy rapper suffered minor injuries in altercation; only went down in the first place because he pulled his groin, he told police.

LAS VEGAS, NV - Hip-hop icon "Flavor Flav" was involved in an altercation at the South Point Casino Tuesday, according to TMZ. According to the report, the rapper "was on the receiving end of a brutal beatdown in Vegas."

According to the TMZ report:

...the attack happened Tuesday at the South Point Casino. Flav told cops the suspect, Ugandi Howard, accused him of somehow disrespecting his mother, and then started swinging. Flav says Howard punched him in the face, and kicked him while he was on the ground.

Casino security took the man who punched Flavor Flav into custody, according to the report. Flavor Flav only suffered minor injuries and told officers the only reason he was on the ground in the first place was because he pulled his groin.

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