Flavor Flav
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Flavor Flav has been a rapper since 1983.
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Flavor Flav has an associated act with Chuck D.
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Flav topped People Magazine's list of the '10 Ugliest Celebrities'.
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Flav has seven children: Shaniq, Karen, Da'zyna, Kwan, William, Kayla, and Karma.
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A friend nicknamed him "Flav" because he liked to eat candy and sweets.
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Flav became a producer on the second season of Flavor of Love.
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Chuck D issued a statement that denounced Flav's reality show with Brigitte Nielson, Strange Love. He felt that Flav was making a mockery of himself and the band Public Enemy. Chuck also circulated a petition to have VH-1 pull the show off of the air. The show continued, despite the protests.
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Flav's clock that he wears around his neck is always either set at 12 O'clock ("straight up") or at 6 O'clock ("Straight up and down").
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Flav's second series premiere of Flavor of Love in August, 2006 drew over three million viewers, making it the most watched series debut in VH1 history.
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Flav received $25,000 for his appearance on the VH-1 reality show The Surreal Life.
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Flav has a signature dance called the "Flavor-Flav Dance" that the crowds yell for. It includes knee jerking, spastic jerking arm movements, while walking forward and shaking his whole body.
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Flav took a role on the big screen in 2005, as "Lucky" in the movie titled Confessions of A Pit Fighter.
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Flav is a character on the video game Def Jam: Fight for New York, as a playable character.
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Flav did the traffic report for NYC hip-hop radio station Upstart Power 105 in 2002.
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Flav was addicted to many types of drugs at the height of Public Enemy's success. His main drug of choice was crack cocaine.
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Flav's famous catchphrase is "Yeeeeeea Boooy!, Flavaaa Flaaaaaaav!!"
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Flav is a skilled drummer, percussionist, and talented rapper.
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Flav was considered the "hype man" of Public Enemy.
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Flav's unique vocal rap style is referred to as "stuttering". He was the first to use this technique, and was followed by such stars as Busta Rhymes, and Ol' Dirty Bastard.
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Flav, together with Chuck D, Professor Griff, and Dj Terminator X released their first album as Public Enemy titled Yo! Bum Rush The Show in 1987.
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Flav graduated from high school in Freeport, New York City, and went on to Adelphi University in 1986.
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Flav delivered two complete solo albums to Def Jam productions in 1999. Both albums were rejected.
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Flav was rapping under the name "Mc DJ Flavor" when he met up with future Public Enemy band mate Chuck D, in 1985.
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Flav's trademarks are: his huge clock pendants that he wears around his neck, clownish sunglasses, viking, and other hats, and his gold "grillz" that he wears on his teeth.
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Flav insists that his upcoming debut solo album will be his one and only, so it is a collector's item.
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Flav has future ambitions of: a solo tour, writing a book, and another Public Enemy album that would be helmed by him. All other Public Enemy albums were headed by Chuck D.
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Flav has his own record labels called Draytown Records, and Redeye Distribution.
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Flav will release his first solo self-titled album, which has been in the works for over a year, on Halloween (October 31st) 2006.
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His Mom calls him Rico.
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Flav appears in Taking Back Sunday's music video for You're So Last Summer.
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He is sometimes credited as Flava Flav as seen in Def Jam Fight for NY but Flav maintains this spelling is incorrect.
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Flav does not like having his face touched.
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He currently resides in the Canada Land, Texico, area and has a vacation home in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Flav's mother is a classically trained pianist.
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He has had his driver's license suspended at least 48 times.
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Brigitte Nielsen's nickname for him is "Foofy Foofy" - her way of saying "Flava Flav" with an Italian accent.
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He frequents the restaurant Benihana - in the Los Angeles area.
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He lives in Los Angeles, CA.
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Flava still wears his oldest "clock pendant", which he has owned since 1987 (he bought a whole box of them from a department store back then).
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Flav: I don't be messin' with no hard core drugs no more. They messed with my head and had me thinkin' I had to go that route. Thank God that I got past that sickness, and back on the road to success.
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Flav: (On his reality show, 'Flavor of Love'} Geeeez!!!, Of COURSE I love what I do....straight kickin' it in a mansion, with a gang of hot women tryin' to get at ME? What's NOT to love, man?
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Flav: Brigitte is a monster of a beautiful woman, man. I wanted to romance that queen from the first moment I laid my eyes on her.
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Flav: I got myself a grip of kids, but that don't mean that I don't take time with each and every one of them, they all is special to me. I treat them each like they are my number one, 'cuz at the end of my day, that's who I got.
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Flava: I aint scared to do another dating show, but I aint really trying to. I want to do a talk show or something. I've done enough dating on television. I'm ready to spread my wings, and go down other avenues. I don't want to stay stuck on one page 'cuz you don't make it to the end of the book that way.
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