William Jonathan Drayton Jr. (born March 16, 1959)[1], professionally known as Flavor Flav, is an American rap artist and television star. He is a founding member of the influential, politically conscious hip hop group Public Enemy. After falling from the public eye, he has recently regained fame as a star of American reality television. He has starred in a series of highly-rated VH-1 programs, most recently the Flavor of Love series.