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Flavor Flav Hopes to Get High School Diploma on New Show

Posted Feb 15th 2011 2:45PM by Carter Maness
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In recent years, Flavor Flav has turned himself into an accomplished reality television star, and the famed Public Enemy member is apparently eyeing his next television deal as we speak. After a move to Iowa in order to open up his first chicken restaurant, Flav has decided that he finally wants to legitimately earn a high school diploma and is now targeting a deal to make a show out of his journey.

Flav, real name William Drayton Jr., grew up in Freeport, N.Y., but has clearly taken a shining to Clinton, Iowa, after opening his restaurant there. According to multiple sources, he would like the new show to be called 'Flavor Flav Goes Back to High School' and has already met with the local school superintendent and a member of the school board. Flav will approach the full school board in the next couple weeks.

"I want this show to be able to influence people my age, that if you dropped out of high school when you were young it's never too late to go back to get your diploma," he said in an interview.

Not surprisingly, the Clinton school district is not quite on board yet. The superintendent, Deb Olson, has already spoken out against the show, calling the concept "a substantial disruption to the school day" and adding that Flav could get involved in the school in other ways that don't have "an adverse effect on students."

Either way, Flav will still release his anticipated memoir, 'Icon,' next month.

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Sparkman

The funny thing is it will last about six seasons without him graduating this idiot can't even tell time.

February 15 2011 at 9:20 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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RED

ROFLMAO.

February 16 2011 at 5:15 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Tiana

I doubt he is truly worried about influencing people his age. Another show just means more money for him. I'm glad he wants to go back to school, but he isn't any more special the people who have done it before him.

February 15 2011 at 9:13 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

LAURA

You have got to be joking? We have Teen Mom,that flaunts teenage pregnancy,gangland that promotes gangs and violence,locked up that makes wanna be stars of criminals. We need more of the Beyond Scared Straight. You put Flav in school for a reality show, what is that gonna say? I'm making more money. Let him go to adult education like the others that had to get a ged. Is Hollywood so out of ideas that they have to scrape the bottom of the mud hole for shows and movies and ideas?

February 15 2011 at 8:29 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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