41 Facts About Flavor Flav

1.

Flavor Flav is a cousin of rappers Ol' Dirty Bastard, RZA, and GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan.

2.

Flavor Flav taught himself piano and began playing at the age of five.

3.

Flavor Flav sang in the youth choir at his church and mastered the piano, drums and guitar at an early age.

4.

Drayton's stage name Flavor Flav was originally his graffiti tag.

5.

Rubin initially did not understand Flav's role in the act and wanted to sign Chuck D as a solo act; however, Chuck D insisted that Flav be signed with them and the two were signed to Def Jam.

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Flavor Flav served as the comic foil to Chuck D's serious, politically charged style.

7.

The first released track on which Flavor Flav rapped solo was "Life of a Nigerian" on Goat Ju JU, although the first hit on which he rapped solo would not come until the 1990 single "911 Is a Joke".

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On March 1,2020, Public Enemy released a statement saying that the group would be "moving forward without Flavor Flav," following a disagreement over the group's decision to endorse Bernie Sanders and perform at his Los Angeles rally.

9.

Flavor Flav denounced the firing, maintaining that he was Chuck D's partner in Public Enemy and could therefore not be fired from it.

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Flavor Flav stated shortly thereafter that he was not a part of the hoax and disapproved of the stunt.

11.

Flavor of Love, which aired for three seasons, is a reality show where Flavor Flav looks for love.

12.

The Comedy Central roast of Flavor Flav aired on August 12,2007.

13.

Flavor Flav played Calvester Hill on the MyNetworkTV comedy series Under One Roof, starring alongside Kelly Perine.

14.

In 2011, Flavor Flav partnered with Nick Cimino to open Flavor Flav's Fried Chicken in Cimino's hometown of Clinton, Iowa.

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Flavor Flav was not involved in the restaurant's day-to-day operations; Nick Cimino simply paid for Flavor Flav's license.

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The business was not affiliated with the previous two ventures Flavor Flav has had in the restaurant business.

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In 2002, Flavor Flav appeared in Taking Back Sunday's music video for their song You're So Last Summer.

18.

Flavor Flav has appeared as a playable fighter in the 2004 fighting game; Def Jam: Fight for NY.

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In May 2005, Flavor Flav took part in the UK reality TV show The Farm on Channel 5.

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Also in 2005, Flavor Flav made a guest appearance in the MTV2 surreal black comedy show Wonder Showzen as himself, in the debut episode "Birth".

21.

On November 18,2009, Flavor Flav became a downloadable character in the PlayStation Network's video game Pain.

22.

On May 10,2010, Flavor Flav guest hosted the wrestling show WWE Raw.

23.

On January 10,2012, Flavor Flav appeared with his longtime fiancee Liz on ABC's Celebrity Wife Swap.

24.

Flavor Flav's fiancee traded places with Suzette, the wife of Twisted Sister front-man Dee Snider.

25.

On February 5,2012, Flavor Flav appeared along with Elton John in a Pepsi Co.

26.

From June to September 2012, Flavor Flav co-starred and rapped in the web series Dr Fubalous.

27.

Flavor Flav had his first three children with Karen Ross, three more with Angie Parker, a son with Elizabeth Trujillo, and another child with Kate Gammell.

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In 1991, Flavor Flav pleaded guilty to assaulting his then-girlfriend Karen Ross and served 30 days in jail, lost custody of his children, and fell deeper into addiction.

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In 1993, Flavor Flav was charged with attempted murder and imprisoned for 90 days for shooting at his neighbor.

30.

Later that year, Flavor Flav was charged with domestic violence, and cocaine and marijuana charges.

31.

Flavor Flav's family performed an intervention, and he checked into the Betty Ford Center for an addiction to crack cocaine.

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Flavor Flav dated Beverly Johnson, and by 2000, he lived in a small apartment in the Bronx with her and her two children from a previous marriage, while making money scalping baseball tickets.

33.

In 2002, Flavor Flav spent nine weeks in Rikers Island jail for driving with a suspended license, numerous parking tickets, and tardiness for probation appointments.

34.

Chuck D became concerned about his friend's well-being and, toward the end of 2003, suggested Flavor Flav move to Los Angeles.

35.

Flavor Flav moved into his friend Princess' apartment, and within months met Cris Abrego and Mark Cronin, the creators and executive producers of the reality television series The Surreal Life.

36.

Flavor Flav was eventually convinced to join by previous participant MC Hammer.

37.

On May 2,2011, Flavor Flav was arrested on four outstanding misdemeanor warrants for various driving offenses.

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In June 2011, Flavor Flav said on the Australian radio show The Kyle and Jackie O Show that when his drug problem was at its worst, he would spend up to US$2,600 a day on crack cocaine.

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On October 17,2012, Flavor Flav was jailed in Las Vegas on felony charges stemming from a domestic argument with Trujillo and his threats to attack her teenage son, Gibran, with a knife.

40.

On July 21,2019, Flavor Flav had his youngest son Jordan with Kate Gammell.

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Flavor Flav has a penchant for speaking about himself in the third person.