Flavor Flav

Flavor Flav: Biography in Details

Who is Flavor Flav?

Flavor Flav is an American musician, rapper, comedian, and television personality.

He was a member of the hip-hop group Public Enemy. Additionally, he has appeared in ‘The Surreal Life’, ‘Strange Love’, and ‘Flavor of Love.

Early Life, Childhood, and Education

William was born in Roosevelt, New York on March 16, 1959, to parents Anna Drayton and William Sr.

Throughout his early life, he grew up in nearby Freeport within the Town of Hempstead, New York.

He became interested in the world of music in his childhood years and he learned to play the piano when he was five years old.

Flavor Flav is of American nationality. Furthermore, he belongs to an African-American ethnic background.

Education

Talking about his education, William dropped out of high school.

Later, he attended Adelphi University on Long Island. Additionally, he went to culinary school in 1978.

Career, Salary, and Net Worth

William’s band Public Enemy released a track in 1984 titled ‘Public Enemy #1’.

Additionally, later, they released ‘It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back.

The album went double platinum. He released his first solo album in 2006.

He has since then gone on to appear in numerous movies and television series throughout his career.

William has appeared in movies and TV series including ‘The Labyrinth’, ‘Body High’, ‘Stupid Hype’, ‘Dr. Fubalous’, ‘YooHoo and Friends’, ‘Nite Tales: The Series, ‘Under One Roof’, ‘Cain and Abel’, ‘Confessions of a Pit Fighter’, ‘Death of a Dynasty’ and ‘New Jack City’ among others.

Additionally, he has 1 credit as a producer, 2 credits as a writer, and two credits as a composer. Furthermore, William is also a restaurateur.

William garnered the Teen Choice Award nomination in 2006 for ‘Flavor of Love’ in the category of TV – Choice Reality Star.

In addition, Flavor Flav also garnered a nomination for the same award in 2007 in the category of Choice TV: Male Reality/Variety Star.

William had a salary of $25,000 for ‘The Surreal Life’, $50,000 for Strange Love’, and $100,000 for ‘Flavor of Love’.

As of 2022, Flavor Flav has an estimated net worth of around $9 million.

Flavor Flav’s Rumors and Controversy

Flavor Flav has been part of several controversies in his career.

He has been in and out of jail several times for robbery and burglary.

Additionally, he pleaded guilty to assaulting his past girlfriend Karen Ross.

Furthermore, he has also been charged with domestic violence, cocaine and marijuana charges, and attempted murder.

He was also arrested for various driving offenses on May 2, 2011.

At present, there are no rumors concerning his life and career.

Flavor Flav’s Body Measurements

Talking about his body measurement, William has a height of 5 feet 7 inches (1.7 m).

Furthermore, his hair color is black and his eye color is dark brown.

Social Media Profile

Flavor Flav is active on social media. He has a huge number of followers on social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter as well as Instagram.

He has more than 95.8k followers on Twitter.

In addition, he has more than 100k followers on Instagram. Similarly, his Facebook page has more than 197k followers.

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