Flavor Flav Spent $5.7 Million on Drugs in 6 Years?

Flavor Flav holds nothing back in his memoir, dubbed
'Flavor Flav: Icon,' in which he takes readers on a journey from being the court jester of rap to the court jester of Reality TV. In between there were years of wall-to-wall cocaine addiction and it's a wonder the New York native can remember any of it (he's amazed as well). Public Enemy's ebullient hype man spoke openly to
PopEater about how he got clean, the "difficult" experience of starring in a dating show even though he had a girlfriend the whole time, his plans to get married "real soon" and talks about a debt owed to MC Hammer.
You're very honest in the book about your drug use. It got really crazy.
Yeah I was spending $2,600 a day, for six years, every single day. I don't know how much that is but if you did the math, wow, I went through a lot of money. If I did the math I'd probably be shocked on how much money I spent, I'd probably punch myself in the face.
(Editor's Note: 2,191 days -- one leap year day included -- at $2,600 a piece equals $5,696,600.)
When you recounted your life, can you believe everything you've done?
I've done a lot. I didn't really think about it like that. I thought more, damn how can I remember everything I've done!
How did you get clean?
I went out to California in the middle of 2003 and I changed my people, places and things. My also wanting to pursue a TV and movie career, I knew that in order for me to do that and be successful, I had to leave all of that behind me. I had to because me being a major celebrity, everything that I do, word will travel. I didn't want to build a bad reputation in other states. I wanted to leave all that stuff in New York. That's what really helped me get clean by me not wanting to build up a reputation of me going through neighborhoods buying drugs.
Didn't MC Hammer help your TV career?
Yeah I asked him for his advice on whether I should do 'The Surreal Life' or not. I wasn't going to do it, I figured it was for has-beens, at that time I didn't consider myself a has-been, I considered myself still hot. I asked MC Hammer for his advice and he said I should do it because if I do it then great things could happen afterwards like it did for him and he was right.
And America fell in love with you.
That's because I fell in love with America! You only get back what you give off Nicki!
You lost your virginity when you were very young.
I was six years old. I lost my virginity by experimenting. The girl was the same age as me. We kind of felt a little something funny. We knew it was kind of wrong yet we felt it was kind of natural.
How is that even possible?
I mean I call it a lost virginity when the penis penetrates the vagina, I do consider that a cherry pop.
Ever get tired of schlepping that big clock around?
Never. The clock is American Express. I don't leave home without it. My neck is used to it after all of these years. My neck has developed certain muscles, I forget the clock is around me.
You did a dating show and yet you had a girl friend the whole time.
Yes I did. Well I'm an entertainer, my job is to bring America good TV. In my book I had to write about me being an entertainer but yet after I finished entertaining I go home to my family. Yeah that was kind of difficult but I had to do it. I'm still with my girlfriend, we've been together now going on eight years and we have a kid together.
So when are you going to marry her?
Real soon. I just got to put myself in a much more comfortable state for me to get married. I'm still not in a comfortable state. There are certain things I want to do within myself. I just really want to be in the right financial position before I say 'I do.'
You have seven kids.
Yeah from 25 to 4 and I'm going for three more so I can have my personal 10. I want a starting five and some substitutes. I also have four grand-children and my grand-kids call me grand-daddy. I spoil them as much as I can.
You also had 62 traffic violations.
Over 62. I don't have a license right now but there's just a couple more things that I have to do here in New York to clear that up and once we do that, we are good to go.
You're an avid bowler.
Oh yes, I get down. I'm Flavor Flav Twinkle Toes Flintstone. My average is like 150, 160, stuff like that. Every now and then I get up to 170, 180.
Was your relationship with Brigitte Neilsen real?
That was definitely really, really real. She's married now, she's over in Italy with her husband and children. She's doing good. We speak from time to time.
Hey thanks for speaking to me Flav.
(To the tune of Toni Basil's hit 'Mickey') Oh Nicki you're so fine, you're so fine you blow my mind!
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 01: Flavor Flav performs onstage during An Evening With Flavor Flav at The GRAMMY Museum on June 1, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Sullivan/WireImage)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 01: Flavor Flav performs onstage during An Evening With Flavor Flav at The GRAMMY Museum on June 1, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Sullivan/WireImage)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 01: Flavor Flav gestures onstage during An Evening With Flavor Flav at The GRAMMY Museum on June 1, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Sullivan/WireImage)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 01: Flavor Flav and GRAMMY Foundation vice president Scott Goldman onstage during An Evening With Flavor Flav at The GRAMMY Museum on June 1, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Sullivan/WireImage)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 01: Flavor Flav (L) signs the neck of a fan in the GRAMMY Museum after An Evening With Flavor Flav at The GRAMMY Museum on June 1, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Sullivan/WireImage)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 01: Flavor Flav (L) poses with a fan in the GRAMMY Museum after An Evening With Flavor Flav at The GRAMMY Museum on June 1, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Sullivan/WireImage)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 01: Flavor Flav gestures onstage during An Evening With Flavor Flav at The GRAMMY Museum on June 1, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Sullivan/WireImage)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 01: Flavor Flav gestures onstage during An Evening With Flavor Flav at The GRAMMY Museum on June 1, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Sullivan/WireImage)
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LOS ANGELES, CA - JUNE 01: Flavor Flav gestures onstage during An Evening With Flavor Flav at The GRAMMY Museum on June 1, 2011 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Mark Sullivan/WireImage)
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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 28: Flavor Flav promotes the new book "Flavor Flav: The Icon the Memoir" at Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe on May 28, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by T Roth/WireImage)
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NEW YORK, NY - MAY 28: Musican Flavor Flav promotes the new book "Flavor Flav: The Icon the Memoir" at Hue-Man Bookstore & Cafe on May 28, 2011 in New York City. (Photo by Marc Stamas/Getty Images)
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what a nasty lowlife spook. send his azz to africa to live with his own species.
Flavor who? In five years he won't even be a footnote. Why are you giving screen space to this outlandish druggieI love this , So does My boyfriend .he is almost 11year older than me .i met him via agegapsin gles.c'om a nice place for seeking age le ss love.which gives you a chance to make your life better and open opportunities for you to meet the attractive young girls and treat you like a king. Maybe you wanna check it out or tell your friends.. Just love it
Oh my God, 1 million a year for 6 years, spent on drugs. Some of us are hurting really bad right now, and then I hear this and all my frustration turns to hatred. We try to put food on the table for our children, take maybe a week off in the summer and try to do something and we can't and then I hear this and cry myself to sleep.
frankly, i'm shocked! i can't believe this guy ever used drugs! he seems like such an intelligent, articulate guy that i never would have suspected him, of all people, of drug use. and in the rap world, i know that such thing are strictly frowned upon, so he must have been one of the very few doing it!
Hey fgjnbrtyuh: Why are we giving screenspace to YOU? You are a pathetic troll who goes on all of these forums and advertise your piece of crap scam websites. Please. You are actually worse because you try to take advantage of people. Get a freaking life.
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He must be doing something right, he had his own TV show! Those who have done the right thing, cannot say the same thing. Crime Does PAY! Just look around and you will see, those who obey the laws of the land get S IT, while those who break the law get rewarded, in this country!!I love this , So does My boyfriend .he is almost 11year older than me .i met him via agegapsin gles.c'om a nice place for seeking age le ss love.which gives you a chance to make your life better and open opportunities for you to meet the attractive young girls and treat you like a king. Maybe you wanna check it out or tell your friends.. Just love it
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why do the media and the t v stations pay these guy's so much money ,,so they can spend it on drugs ,,,bunch of crack heads
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Icon??? How about a no talent clown with bad teeth and the speech of a 3 year old.
Yeah, just like Heath Ledger...hmm, lets see white crackheads...Charlie Sheen, Lady GaGa, Britney Spears, That coburn fella, and his crackhead wife. ANY white child actor/actress! The list is endless.
yes you are right, so they can turn all this around and do it again and a new crop of unsuspecting kids will fall for it again and again. yep old flava flave you are just what i want my kids to aspire to be. you peice of sht fk. you need to be shot like a fkn dog and put us out of misery
Dude, if you have an extra hundred grand you'd like to give me instead of some drug dealer contact me immediately. I need to finish paying for 4 college educations.
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The problem is you have nothing to offer him.He gives away money for drugs,not for hands out.
He must be doing something right, he had his own TV show! Those who have done the right thing, cannot say the same thing. Crime Does PAY! Just look around and you will see, those who obey the laws of the land get S IT, while those who break the law get rewarded, in this country!!
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Thats the American way. Sad isn`t it.
Just another POS toad.
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If I looked like this guy...I'd do drugs too!
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To Mary:
U don't feel that way bout Charlie sheen huh"
Racist b**** send your a** back to the sea where u came from
all races have VERY BAD PEOPLE"