Flavor Flav’s iconic clock he sports as part of his look has been widely imitated and recognizable. Now, the rapper has taken time to explain how the look came about and who inspired him to sport the clock.
While on SiriusXM, the artist said the situation started as a joke. “So one day, as a joke, as a joke, you know, this crackhead came through my projects, you know what I’m saying? Selling these shower clocks that she stole from a place called Fortunoff,” said Flav.
He continued saying, “Well, she went to Fortunoff, stole this big bag, big box of shower clocks came through our projects selling them. So my boy, Son of Berserk, you know what I’m saying? He took the stopwatch off my neck and put the clock around my neck and everybody was laughing. It was a big joke and all of that.”
From there, Flav noted he got dared to wear the clock while on-stage, saying, “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, in 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.” Listen above.
Since then, Flav has addressed headlines that surfaced saying his clock look was inspired by a crackhead. Via Instagram, the rapper said, "FROM FLAVOR FLAV HIMSELF. Whoever wrote this headline is a complete A-HOLE!!! 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 where the inspiration came From. NOT THE CRACKHEAD you knucklehead writers GET IT RIGHT."
source: YouTube
