Flavor Flav
Biography
Flavor Flav is an American rapper and television personality who grew up in Freeport, New York and taught himself to play piano as a child. He met Chuck D at Adelphi University, and in 1985 the two co-founded Public Enemy; he served as the group's hype man and comic foil to Chuck D, standing out by wearing a large clock around his neck. The group's 1987 debut Yo! Bum Rush the Show and the 1988 album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, a double platinum success, brought wide fame. His solo hit 911 Is a Joke came in 1990, and his album Hollywood followed in 2006. Public Enemy earned six Grammy nominations, and he is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee. Later he starred in VH1 reality shows such as The Surreal Life and Flavor of Love and appeared in the animated film Hitpig! (2024).
67years old
Turns 68 on March 16in 126 days
- Born Roosevelt
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
- William Jonathan Drayton Jr. (birth name)Also credited as William Drayton
Movie Career
- Films
- 4
- Career span
- 34 years1990 to 2024
Every film, newest first
- 2024Hitpig!IMDb rating 5.2
- 2009Burning Down the House: The Story of CBGBIMDb rating 7.5
- 2005Confessions of a Pit FighterIMDb rating 4.2
- 1990Mo' Better BluesIMDb rating 6.7
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About the name
Drayton's stage name is Flavor Flav, and it started out as his graffiti tag before he used it as his professional name.
Flavor Flav movies on Netflix
Worked with
Flavor Flav made one film with each of them. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Samuel L. Jackson's page
John Turturro's page
Giancarlo Esposito's page
Denzel Washington's page
John Savage's page
James Russo's page
All films by Spike Lee
Cinzia AngeliniDirector, 1 film, 2024
All films by Cinzia Angelini
David FeissDirector, 1 film, 2024
All films by David Feiss
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