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Flavor Flav was born on March 16, 1959 and is 65 years old now.
Birthday: March 16, 1959
How Old - Age: 65
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Flavor Flav - Biography
William Jonathan Drayton Jr. (born March 16, 1959), better known by his stage name Flavor Flav, is an American musician, rapper, actor, television personality, and comedian who rose to prominence as a member of the hip-hop group Public Enemy. He is also known for popularizing the role of the hype man and for yelling "Yeah boy!" and "Flavor Flav!" during performances.
Drayton was born in Roosevelt, New York and grew up in nearby Freeport, two black communities each within the Town of Hempstead, New York. He taught himself to play the piano, and began playing at the age of five years old. A musical prodigy, he sang in the youth choir at his church and mastered the piano, drums, and guitar at an early age. According to Chuck D, he is proficient in fifteen instruments. He set a house on fire as a small child while playing with a lighter; by the time he dropped out of high school in the eleventh grade, he had been in and out of jail for robbery and burglary.
Flavor dated Beverly Johnson (not the model of that name), and by 2000, he lived in a small apartment in The Bronx with her and her two children from a previous marriage, while making money scalping baseball tickets. Following his release from jail, Flav broke up with Johnson and moved in with his mother in Long Island. Chuck D became concerned about his friend's well-being and, towards the end of 2003, suggested Flav move to Los Angeles. He moved into his friend Princess' apartment and within months met Cris Abrego and Mark Cronin, the creators and executive producers of the reality television series The Surreal Life. The pair sought him as soon as they heard he had moved to Los Angeles. Seeing that he had indeed remained free from his previous addictions, they wanted to cast him. Initially Flav refused, feeling the show was for celebrities past their fame. He was eventually convinced to join by previous participant MC Hammer.
Flav had his first three children with Karen Ross, and three with Angie Parker. As of at least October 2012, Elizabeth Trujillo, mother of their youngest son, Karma, lived with him in Las Vegas and had been his fiancée for eight years. Flav's mother, Anna Drayton, died on December 31, 2013. Flav is the cousin of former Penn State basketball player Shep Garner.
