Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Flea Slaps Bass on ‘Family Guy’

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Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea made an appearance on Family Guy this past weekend. The episode, “Peter’s Def Jam,” aired February 12. Family Guy is now in its 15th season.

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