Flavor Flav finds himself clarifying a viral misunderstanding surrounding his famous clock necklace. The iconic Public Enemy figure shared a screenshot displaying a misleading headline that stated, “Flavor Flav Claims Inspiration for Iconic Clock Necklace from a ‘Crackhead.'” He sternly criticized the source of the misinformation and promptly set the record straight.
In his caption, he emphatically expressed, “Flavor Flav Says Iconic Clock Necklace Was Inspired By A ‘Crackhead.’” He laid into the person behind the misinformation and quickly corrected it. “FROM FLAVOR FLAV HIMSELF. Whoever wrote this headline is a complete A*****!!! If you read the story, I never said the crackhead inspired the clock. I said THAT MY BOY BAZERK PUT THE CLOCK AROUND MY NECK AS A JOKE,!! that’s were the inspiration came From::NOT THE CRACKHEAD you a**** writer GET IT RIGHT.”
Flavor Flav has previously shared a similar account. During this specific interview, he engaged in a conversation with Roxanne Shanté at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame from the SiriusXM studio in Cleveland as part of her show “Have a Nice Day.” They discussed the 50-year anniversary of Hip-Hop and Flavor Flav’s career, which encompassed the story behind his iconic clock chain.
He reminisced, “So one day, as a joke, this crackhead came through my projects, you know what I’m saying, selling these shower clocks that she stole from a place called Fortunoff. She went to Fortunoff, stole this big box of shower clocks, and came through our projects selling them. So my boy, Son of Berserk, took the stopwatch off my neck and put the clock around my neck. Everybody was laughing. It was a big joke.”
“So they dared me to wear that clock on stage but during the show. So when we went to open up for the Beastie Boys in Passaic, New Jersey, 1986, I wore the clock, Roxanne. And then the next day on the front page of Newsday, New York Times, New York Post, the look of the clock was dope.”
