Flavor Flav Net Worth: How Rich Is the Rapper in 2022?

Flavor Flav is an American rapper known for being a founding member of the rap group, Public Enemy alongside Chuck D. The Flavor Flav net worth figure is roughly $2 million as of 2022.

Early Life and Bio

William Jonathan Drayton Jr. was born in March of 1959 in Roosevelt, New York to parents Anna and William Sr. Notably, he is cousins with rappers Ol’ Dirty Bastard, RZA, and GZA.

Meanwhile, Flav taught himself how to play piano at the age of five. Rapper Chuck D claims that Flav can play 15 different instruments.

Flav dropped out of Freeport High School, but he did attend culinary school in 1978. After that, he enrolled at Adelphi University, where he met Chuck D.

Interestingly, the rapper picked his stage name “Flavor Flav” because it was his graffiti tag.

Flavor Flav Net Worth and Career

In 1985, Flavor Flav and Chuck D co-founded Public Enemy. The group’s debut album titled Yo! Bum Rush the Show was released two years later to both critical and commercial success.

Furthermore, Public Enemy’s sophomore effort, It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back, propelled them to widespread fame. The single Fight the Power helped the tape go double platinum.

In 2006, Flav dropped his solo debut self-titled album. The tape, which was released during the second season of the reality TV dating show Flavor of Love, was largely unsuccessful.

Flavor of Love aired for three fairly popular seasons on VH1. Actually, the series led to spin-offs titled I Love New York and I Love Money.

Lastly, the rapper partnered with Nick Cimino to open Flav’s Fried Chicken in 2011. Then, he opened Flavor Flav’s House of Flavor in Las Vegas a year later. However, the restaurants have since closed as a result of Flav failing to pay rent.

flavor Flav Instagram and Twitter

Currently, the entertainer possesses about 270 thousand Instagram followers. To accompany that, Flav has roughly 98 thousand followers on his Twitter account as of June 2022.

Personal Life

Flav had his first three children with Karen Ross. Then, three more with Angie Parker, a son with Elizabeth Trujillo, and another child with Kate Gammell.

Sadly, Flav’s mother passed away in December 2013. The rapper was charged with possession of marijuana and unlicensed operation of a vehicle on the way to her funeral.

Flavor Flav Net Worth

The Flavor Flav net worth figure of $2 million has been amassed since co-founding Public Enemy in the mid-1980s. Over that span, the rapper has profited from album sales, touring, and reality television. Nowadays, he is living a more private life away from the media.

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Flavor Flav News

• Rob and Beth Talk to Museum of Ice Cream Co-Founder Manish Vora a.k.a Flavor Flav – 95.9 WATD-FM
• Flavor Flav walks back his controversial comments on Chappell Roan: “Good for her” – MSN
• Flavor Flav Says NBC Made Him Leave Backstreet Boys' Dressing Room at Tree Lighting – PEOPLE
• Flavor Flav: Unofficial Hype Man for Bluesky – Hollywood Reporter
• How Being a Hypeman Earned Flavor Flav an Impressive Net Worth – Blavity News