Public Enemy emcee Flavor Flav is the latest Hip Hop star to venture into memoir. Since Jay-Z’s Decoded released last month, memoirs have been announced by Q-Tip, Prodigy, Benzino and a new work by Ice-T. According to Amazon, Flav’s work, titled Icon, will release on March 1, 2011 through Farrah Gray Books.
Although known in the last decade for his role in Vh1 “Celebreality” shows such as Flavor of Love and The Surreal Life, the 51 year-old is known for his hype-man and rapping role in Public Enemy. In 2006, Flav released his solo debut, also called Flavor of Love.
Public Enemy’s leader, Chuck D, has released a book of his own, 1998’s Fight The Power.
(December 27, 2010)
UPDATE: Amazon.com has announced that Flavor Flavor’s Icon will now be released June 1.
(February 12, 2011)
UPDATE #2:
Available since earlier this month, Flavor Flav recently releaseda statement about his memoir, Icon, and its subject matters. “I’ve been down some pretty dark holes – but somehow I always found the strength to climb back out of them,” said the rapper, born William Drayton, Jr in a press statement.
“I get asked about regrets but I have no regrets in my life and I would change nothing. The reason is because it took the past to bring the future, and if I was to change something in my past then today I might not be able to teach what I’ve learned,” said the Public Enemy member.
autobiography my ass. this crusty ass mothafucka cant even string two consonants a vowel and another consonant together to make a word. his whole book gonna be in three letter words. a nice 27 page paperback half pictures to wipe ass wit.
and benzino got a book comin out. is that even worth mentioning ever? remember when he had commercials for his album every month for like at least three years after that shit came out? lol
“this crusty ass mothafucka” LMFAO
this is a clown he made black people look bad with his coonery……..make it even worse was the fact that he was apart of PUBLIC ENEMY!!!
Griff has done more damage to PE with his wild ass conspiracy tales than Flav could ever do.
HiphopDX made a mistake. The actual title of the book is “Icoon”….
But seriously, I hope he could at least show some intellect in this autobiography so that we can at least learn something from him. After all, he is a part of PUBLIC ENEMY and as I write this I’m realizing that I’m asking for too much. Smh
Ok, so Flav has not really presented himself in the best possible light over the last few years (to put it politely) but he will always be a founding member of Public Enemy and for that reason he remains a living legend.
I disagree he sold out
pleeeeease chuck d is more respectable than this guy
We can not judge you because we do not know you but hopefully that Public Enemy is going to resurface as you continue to get wiser. Thanks for introducing us to the real you in “Icon”.
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WTF… this fool isnt an icon of anykind!
How can a grown man expect anyone to respect him with that crown on his head? Looks like something a child might get from Bennigans for their birthday.
“Bennigans” lol no way
I’M A BIG PUBLIC ENEMY FAN…BUT FLAVOR SOLD HIS S.O.U.L.~~ A LONG TIME AGO…REMEMBER “BURN HOLLYWOOD BURN”
THEN HE DOES “FLAVOR OF LOVE”~~HE IZ A FUCKIN’ FOOL!…I DON’T NEED 2 READ ABOUT HIS CRACK ADDICTION OR FUCKIN’ HOES FROM THAT BULLSHIT SHOW…HE NEEDS 2 STEP THA FUCK OFF~~~STR8 CLOWN!!!
NO ONE WILL BUT FLAV BOOK,TRUST ME ON THAT
hahaha….i don’t see anyone looking to buy flovor flav book you right
Chek out mah debut single “Runaway†(produced by me). swag
Im mo talented den yo fav rappa. lmao
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fuck that no regret shit if I ever smoked crack I’d regret the fuck out of that shit if not just for me my family
his dark side???
motherfucker already looks so fuckin black he like dark blue.. looks like i’m lookin at a picture of a fuckin mail box with a crown on it or some shti!!!!
Wow. (shaking my head laughing)…
lmao this whole comments section is jokes hahaha.