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Jay Z, Drake & Kendrick Lamar Don’t Make True Hip-Hop, Says Former Reality TV Star

Carl Williott | July 31, 2013 5:15 pm
Carl Williott | July 31, 2013 5:15 pm

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X. Alexander | September 24, 2012 5:00 am
X. Alexander | September 24, 2012 5:00 am

“Guitar Hero” Manufacturers Pandering To Gen X Outrage, Or Something

noah | September 2, 2009 12:00 pm
noah | September 2, 2009 12:00 pm

kurtcobainguitarThe memory of deceased Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain has seen quite a few licensing-related blows over the past couple of years. There were the shoes. And the ash-smoking. And the Cold Case episode. But can any of those things compare to the spectre of America’s No. 1 Raincoats Fan miming Bon Jovi’s monster hit “You Give Love A Bad Name”? The makers of Guitar Hero 5 are apparently hoping that they don’t, and that you’ll channel your outrage over Kurt playing frontman for New Jersey’s favorite hair-shakers, neo-grunge pretenders Bush, and other bands that would never talk shit about corporate magazines into a “curiosity purchase” of their game. A clip of some of his finer moments, after the jump. More »



Flavor Flav’s Fifth TV Show Sounds Like The Awesomest One Yet

Christopher R. Weingarten | January 27, 2009 12:30 pm
Christopher R. Weingarten | January 27, 2009 12:30 pm

From the “get the morgue and embalm the goner” department: World’s greatest hypeman and reality TV superstar Flavor Flav has just signed on to host a scary half-hour of TV called Nite Tales, which creator Deon Taylor describes as: “Tales From the Crypt meets The Twilight Zone, with Flav playing a role similar to Crypt’s Cryptkeeper.” Wait, can I start that post over again as if I was the Cryptkeeper? Ahem… World’s gravest hypeman and reality TV superscare Flavor Flav has just signed on to ghost a scary half-hour of TV… that was harder than it looks.

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noah | April 15, 2008 12:45 pm
noah | April 15, 2008 12:45 pm

Dr Pepper has switched pitchmen, leaving Internet sensation Tay Zonday behind and contracting Flavor Flav to lay down a track where his voice comes out of a soda can. “Dr Pepper is flavorlicious like me. More »


Flavor Flav To Star In “Fresh Prince Of Bel-Air” Ripoff, Complete With Faux Carlton

anthonyjmiccio | April 7, 2008 1:45 am
anthonyjmiccio | April 7, 2008 1:45 am

Flavor Of Love, the spinoff of a spinoff of The Surreal Life, now with its own spinoff with a spinoff, may not have done much for the legacy of Public Enemy, but it does seem to have given Flavor Flav’s thespian career a boost. Flav will star in MyNetworkTV’s Under One Roof, premiering April 16. More »



noah | February 21, 2008 12:10 pm
noah | February 21, 2008 12:10 pm

Do you want to be Flavor Flav’s new DJ, or at least get the chance to ask him why he’s styling himself in the manner of Slim Jim? Well, if you have a spare beat hanging around, you can submit it to his TV show’s social-networking site and if he likes it enough it’ll be the basis for his next single. More »


Flavor Flav To Expand His IMDB Resume

noah | February 6, 2008 9:15 am
noah | February 6, 2008 9:15 am

The UPN spinoff network MyNetworkTV, which was previously most well-known for trying to drag English-speaking Americans into the world of telenovelas, has ordered 13 episodes of the sitcom Under One Roof, which is currently in production in Toronto and which features Flavor Flav as an ex-con who… More »


In Which I Get Kind Of Bummed Out About The Looming Flavor Flav Roast

noah | July 26, 2007 2:26 am
noah | July 26, 2007 2:26 am

flav.jpgA clip of Snoop Dogg performing on Flavor Flav’s Comedy Central roast–which airs in a couple of weeks, and has on its bill both Carrot Top and Jimmy Kimmel–has been floating around today, and it makes reference to sleeping with Brigitte Nielsen and Flav’s resemblance to a blunt.

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jharv | July 23, 2007 10:48 am
jharv | July 23, 2007 10:48 am

Rich Juzwiak literally live blogs the Comedy Central roast of Flavor Flav, which doesn’t even air until Aug. 12. That has to be the blogging equivalent of taking a load of shrapnel in the ass to protect the rest of your platoon. More »


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