Rap Name:
Flava Flav (Sometimes spelled Flavor Flav)
Birth Name:
William Drayton Jr.
Place of Birth/ Birthdate:
Roosevelt, Long Island -- March 16, 1959
Reality TV Gigs:
- One of the celebrities featured on The Surreal Life 3.
- Starred on Strange Love with former love interest Brigitte Nielson.
- Stars on Flavor of Love, his reality TV search for Ms. Right.
Did You Know?:
- Flava Flav as trained as a classical pianist when he was a child.
- Flava Flav rapped under the alias MC DJ Flavor
- Flava Flav joined Chuck D to form the legendary hip hop group Public Enemy in 1982. Their controversial hits included "Fight the Power."
- Flava Flav has seven children.
- Flava Flav says he started wearing a clock around his neck because he wanted people to know what time it is.
