How Old Is
Flava Flav the Rapper
How Old Is Flava Flav the
Rapper
- Birth
Name: William Jonathan Drayton
Jr.
- Birth
Place: Roosevelt, NY
- Date of Birth
/ Zodiac Sign: 03/16/1959, Pisces
- Profession:
Rapper; actor;
music producer
Flavor Flav came to prominence
as a founding member of the rap group Public Enemy. In 1984,
the group released a track, Public Enemy #1, which brought them
to the attention of Def Jam Records executive Rick Rubin. Rubin
signed the group to Def Jam in 1985, leading to the group's
first album, Yo! Bum Rush the Show, in 1987. The group gained
much wider fame with their following release, 1988's It Takes a
Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, which went double
platinum.
By the time the political
single, "Fight the Power", was issued in 1989, the group had
become mainstream superstars. Along with Chuck D, the showman
of the group and its promotional voice, Flav stood out among
the members of Public Enemy as he often got the fans hyped,
appearing on stage and in public wearing big hats and glasses
and a large clock dangling from his neck.
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