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Flavor Flav, who rose to fame in the 1980s as a rapper with
the politically oriented group Public Enemy, was traveling 73
miles per hour (117 kph) in a 45-mile-per-hour (72-kph) zone on
Interstate 15 when he was stopped shortly after midnight, said
Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman Trooper Loy Hixson.
The 56-year-old rapper, who was born William Drayton Jr., was
arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence, marijuana
possession, having an open container of alcohol in a vehicle,
driving with a suspended vehicle registration and operating a
motor vehicle with a suspended license, Hixson said.
He posted bail of $7,000 to be released from jail later on
Thursday, Hixson said.
A spokesman for the Long Island, New York-born Flavor Flav
declined to immediately comment on the arrest.
Results are pending on a blood alcohol test to determine how
intoxicated Flavor Flav might have been, Hixson said.
Flavor Flav's attention-grabbing wardrobe features a giant clock
that he wears around his neck and a Viking helmet.
The rapper in the last decade has starred on cable television in
a number of reality shows and comedies.
Public Enemy, which also features Chuck D, most recently
released a studio album in 2012 with "The Evil Empire of
Everything." Its biggest-selling albums include "Fear of a Black
Planet" and "It Takes a Nation of Millions To Hold Us Back."
(Reporting by Alex Dobuzinskis in Los Angeles; Editing by Eric
Walsh)
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