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Flavor Flav
American hip hop artist (born 1959)
This article is about the New York musician. For the musician's self-titled album, see Flavor Flav (album). For the Bay Area rapper named Flav, see Armani Depaul.
Musical artist
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After spending several years out of the limelight, Flav starred in multiple VH1 reality series, including The Surreal Life, Strange Love, and Flavor of Love.
Early life and education
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A musical prodigy who is proficient in fifteen instruments, Flavor Flav first burst onto the scen in the late '80s, where he emerged as a rapper, hype man, and co-founder of the legendary hip-hop group Public Enemy. Possessing the most sampled voice in the history of hip-hop, Flavor Flav (along with his group) was inducted into the Rock and Roll ingång of Fame in 2013 and received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 62nd Annual GRAMMY Awards in 2020.
In addition to his culture-shifting career in hip-hop, Flavor Flav furthered his mark on the world with his foray into reality television, where he displayed an unparalleled penchant for breaking records. His reality television series, Flavor of Love (2006), still stands as the most viewed and highly rated non-sports TV program of all time, having achieved a record-shattering 7.5 million viewers during its Season 2 Finale.
As he continues to perform with Public Enemy on the global stage, Flavor Flav has, in recent years, also exp
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Flavor Flav
(1959-)
Who Is Flavor Flav?
Flavor Flav is an American hip-hop artist who joined forces with Carlton Ridenhour (Chuck D), Norman Rogers (Terminator X) and Richard Griffin (Professor Griff) in the 1980s to launch the highly influential group Public Enemy. Later, he became known for his work on multiple reality television series, including The Surreal Life, Strange Love and Flavor of Love.
Early Life
Flavor Flav was born William Jonathan Drayton Jr. on March 16, 1959, in Roosevelt, Long Island, New York. Flav was raised in the working-class town of Freeport, Long Island, where his father owned a small restaurant called the Soul Diner.
At an early age, Flav demonstrated that he was an intelligent but troubled child. Music came easy to him, and he taught himself how to play piano, drums and guitar. He also sang in the youth choir at his church.
However, Flav struggled to keep himself out of trouble. He got into petty theft, and as a young child, he accident