| Celebrated Name: | Flavor Flav |
|---|---|
| Real Name/Full Name: | William Jonathan Drayton, Jr. |
| Gender: | Male |
| Age: | 65 years old |
| Birth Date: | 16 March 1959 |
| Birth Place: | Roosevelt, New York, United States |
| Nationality: | American |
| Height: | 1.7 m |
| Weight: | 68 kg |
| Sexual Orientation: | Straight |
| Marital Status: | Single |
| Wife/Spouse (Name): | N/A |
| Children: | Yes (Dazyna Drayton, Karma Drayton, Shaniq Drayton, Quanah Drayton, Kayla Drayton, Jasmine Drayton, William Drayton) |
| Dating/Girlfriend (Name): |
N/A |
| Profession: | American musician, rapper, actor, television personality, and comedian |
| Net Worth in 2024: | $4 million |
| Last Updated: | April 2024 |
Flavor Flav is an American rapper and musician who is probably famous as the member of the hip-hop group ‘Public Enemy.’ He is also a television personality and comedian.
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Early Life
William Jonathan Drayton Jr., popularly known by his stage name “Flavor Flav,” was born on March 16, 1959, in Roosevelt, New York. He was born to his father, William Sr. and his mother, Anna Drayton.
Right from childhood, Flavor loved music. But his family was not rich enough to put him to music classes, so at the age of five, he taught himself to play the piano. His interest in music kept on escalating, and he started taking part in the church choirs. At a very early age, he mastered piano, drums, and guitar.
Drayton was an average student in high school and was not interested in studies at all. He did take part in high school’s extra circular activities. He dropped out of high school when he was in the eleventh grade. The flavor was always involved on the wrong side of the law.
Once, when he was a kid, by accident, he set a house on fire while playing with a matchstick. After dropping out of high school, he was involved in several robberies and had been in and out of jail on quite frequent occasions. After going through a rough patch, he decided to go back to the studies and joined Adelphi University on Long Island. He also went to culinary school.
Personal Life
Flavor Flav dated many girls in his prime time. He was dating Beverly Johnson, but the couple couldn’t work it out and broke up. In total, he has seven kids; his first three children are with his ex-girlfriend, Karen Ross. Flavor Flav assaulted her, so she put him behind bars for domestic violence. He was also dating Angie Parker and had three kids with her.
Currently, Flav is living with his girlfriend, Elizabeth Trujillo, and the couple has one child together. The couple is engaged for the last eight years and is living in Las Vegas.
Age, Height, and Weight
Being born on 16 March 1959, Flavor Flav is 65 years old as of today’s date 16th April 2024. His height is 1.7 m tall, and his weight is 68 kg.
Career
Flav started his career with his friend from Adelphi University, Chuck D. Together; they collaborated on the former’s college radio hip-hop show. Soon, Chuck D and Flavor with other artists formed a hip-hop group called ‘Public Enemy.’ Their first album gained the attention of a lot of audiences.
Public Enemy’s second album was a mega-hit and did excellent commercially selling a lot of copies across the country. The album also got platinum status. Flavor’s drumming was the hallmark of its single, ‘Rebel Without a Pause.’
After releasing numerous single with the group, Flavor decided to go solo. He was then invited to the Vh1’s reality show ‘The Surreal Life’ in which several celebrities live together. Here he developed a relationship with actress Brigitte Nielsson. They also got their separate show called ‘Strange Love.’ It was rumored that the relationship was just a publicity stunt, as after the show got over, Brigitte returned to her fiancé.
Flavor also appeared in ‘Comedy Central Roast of Flavor Flav.’ Flavor had a restaurant called ‘Flav’s Fried Chicken,’ but the restaurant closed within a few months. Flavor has also appeared in ‘Celebrity Wife Swap.’
Awards & Achievements
Flavor Flav is one of the talented musicians of his time. Flavor has never won any major awards by himself but was nominated on two occasions for the ‘Teen Choice Awards.’
Net Worth & Salary of Flavor Flav in 2024
As of April 2024, The estimated net worth of Flavor is approximately $4 million. His main source of income has been his earnings from his rap music and appearances in numerous television series.
Flavor Flav is one of the most talented musicians out there; not only can he rap, but he is also an excellent drummer and a piano player. When he was a teenager, he had been involved on the wrong side of the law, but now he is clean. Currently, he is living with his beautiful fiancé and a son in Las Vegas.