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Flava Flav Goes Back to School on New Reality Show

Just when you thought it was safe to turn on your TV, walking timepiece Flavor Flav is trying to make a comeback.The pint-sized Lothario is shopping a new reality series in which he returns to high school to get his diploma, according to Hollywoodreporter.com. Apparently, the 50-year-old jester, who immortalized the phrase "yeahhhhhh boyyyyeeee" during his stint as hype man for the seminal hip-hop group Public Enemy and became best known for tongue-ing down women more than half his age for three seasons of VH1's "The Flavor of Love," only has a 10th grade education. Who knew?--Jeannine Amber
By Essence · Updated October 29, 2020
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Just when you thought it was safe to turn on your TV, walking timepiece Flavor Flav is trying to make a comeback.

The pint-sized Lothario is shopping a new reality series in which he returns to high school to get his diploma, according to Hollywoodreporter.com. Apparently, the 50-year-old jester, who immortalized the phrase “yeahhhhhh boyyyyeeee” during his stint as hype man for the seminal hip-hop group Public Enemy and became best known for tongue-ing down women more than half his age for three seasons of VH1’s “The Flavor of Love,” only has a 10th grade education. Who knew?–Jeannine Amber