Flavor Flav on MC Hammer Convincing Him to Do VH1's "The Surreal Life" (Part 9)

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Flavor Flav opened up to VladTV about being approached to be on Vh1's The Surreal Life in 2003, and he revealed that MC Hammer convinced him to do the show after telling him that it brought him new opportunities. Flav went on to speak about setting out with a goal to make a TV career out of his time on the show, which ended up happening with a spin-off with his co-star, Brigitte Nielsen. He also spoke about doing Flavor of Love, which still has the record for most viewers on any Vh1 show.

[@ubabyab]

Flavor just seems like a real cool dude. I love his personality.

[@prototype8137]

Lol. Dumb comment.

[@squireboi318]

Until he gets full of that shit, snaps on u and hit u across the head with a blunt object!😂

[@lr2286]

Yeah boyyy!!! Lol

[@happismilez8223]

Remember Brigitte callin Flav Foofy Foofy 😁 LOL

[@reekocarson]

Flav really changed the whole reality TV game. I ain’t seen no reality tv as raw as Flavor of love since it came out 😂🙏🏾

[@BlueAlien1313]

Agreed!

[@jeremiahdavis3398]

Glad he off them drugs and still here too tell his story 🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@geraldjohnson3216]

The most high got his hand on him

[@RandomBlackGamer]

Flav is literally the godfather of ratchet reality tv. Without Flavor of Love there would be no Love & Hip Hop or other Black reality shows.

[@gaiauniversity5882]

Facts,😂 love him.

[@talesfromthelotuspodcast]

No i love new york lmao

[@henrybiggs8001]

& look @ the "blacks" psychologies in general public because of it...💯💯💯 Agenda served...👍👍👍

[@BrickCity_101]

FACTS nigga FACTS!!!!

[@msbeautyboss3784]

@@talesfromthelotuspodcast I love New York was a spin off of Flava of Love.

[@Kalvin5]

These Flava Flav interviews are HILARIOUS!! This guy is such a multi-next-level icon, its amazing how he has kept in composure, his humor, and his sensibilities. This guy is HELLA famous for a reason. He's got that magnetism.

[@LafemmeDLux]

All things considered, Flav looks great for his age!

[@lonewolf261000]

LaFemme D Lux Not one wrinkle it’s amazing 😊😊

[@nitelite745]

Jello pudding.

[@CiaobellaAmour]

Yup

[@corrydonaldson5227]

Lafemme and your pretty for your age too😀

[@djwalkerfemaledj]

LaFemme D Lux He’s just turned 60 in March

[@journalism101]

Flavor Flav used that show and ran with it. Kudos to him.

[@cksdobber]

He definitely was the reason for me to watch the show

[@hopsonfamily8181]

Dobba Check out my music please I appreciate you🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@artkid9279]

Yeah I remember my uncles tuning in saying to each other flav from plublic enemy going to be on it .

[@triciaparker6304]

Thank you MC Hammer for convincing Flav to do Surreal Life....we got the best reality show years later...(Flavor of Love). And hearing him and Uncle Joey being cool makes me happy!

[@sydewayzsn9562]

Mc hammer a real niga. South Tracy Ca boy

[@rayrodrigo3999]

@Stonewall Jackson i saw a vlad interviewing too short and he said it was hammers brother and his crew

[@cjhepburn7406]

Cept' when he's threatening Serch...Hammer needs 2 apologize.

[@Lifxzvb]

Sydewayz Sn95 209 baby

[@rayray7906]

Seen him in the grocery store. Humble guy!!

[@trustme3886]

If it wasnt for Flavor of Love success there wouldn't be any bachelor or bachelorette shows

[@ertfgghhhh]

They were first

[@DanielLopez-ir9mr]

Yeah they were first but i get what you're saying. A lot of reality shows today owe it to flavor of love

[@candymiller3304]

Flavor of Love was the ratched version of those shows. That's why iit was hilarious and possibly racist. Thankfully they realized that and started clowning low down funky whites with that old hair band loser on Rock of Love to get a little balance. They were all guilty pleasures and fall of Rome type stuff.

[@MisterUrbanWorld]

If i had to choose between meeting "Flavor Flav" and "Eminem" I'd go with "Flavor Flav" without having to think about it.

[@702pow]

Who remembers mc hammer on surreal life??!! 😂😂 who was that Corey Feldman? Hammer asked why he wasn't doing movies no more and asked if he can't read the scripts if not he would read the lines of the script for him😂😭 ahh that shit had me dying!! Imma go find that clip and watch it again

[@kweenk7208]

Ready for this Flavor of Love discussion.

[@BatmanPops]

Flavor Flav look like he could be the cousin of Booker T from WWE 🤼 lol

[@VOAxInsanity]

You watch waaaaay too much wrestling

[@BatmanPops]

@@VOAxInsanity you must be like 14 to 20 because how the hell you get I watch way too much wrestling from just saying he look like he could be Booker T cousin 😧🤔😄

[@curlywurly70]

He does.

[@jboogieee337]

No.... Yo tell me him and Tego Calderon don't look like brothers

[@colossus112785]

More like R-Truth

[@kimjones3351]

"I told Hammer to tell Flav to Go ahead and get on Surreal Life" - TK Kirkland

[@JermelTaylor]

Kim Jones 😩

[@terrywest5417]

Call me

[@pdigi3179]

Kim Jones omg even the women making TK comments now 🤦‍♂️ lol

[@get2danews925]

that T.K shit is getting tired😅

[@TaraGeorge711]

😂

[@ShantiForever]

Can't wait to watch the entire interview! 💕

[@joannanderson8444]

He looks just like his mom. God Bless her soul.

[@TheCinComedy]

At :29 he was about to do his hype man "YEEEEEAY BOOOOOY" but he caught himself lol

[@hopsonfamily8181]

The C in Comedy Check out my music please I appreciate you🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@InternetSenation]

Ain't nobody was checking for Vanilla Ice and MC Hammer in 2003. lol

[@kloudtv8710]

Rite!!..I fw flav,but I was wondering wat he was talking bout "dey was still popping"😩😩😂😂😂😂

[@harrymuhammad9835]

Those two could always hit the road and get money.

[@charlieparker7159]

@@harrymuhammad9835 exactly. 90s shows always draw crowds

[@JusRed48]

Let Flav be nice lmao

[@itinavarait]

Chuck Taylor 😩😂😂

[@Sneakerveli]

I remember watching surreal life when it was on basic cable. When flav got on it, it got popping! Flav is the reason why we got so much Reality TV good or bad facts!

[@SeanK1684]

He did exactly what he set out to do 💪🏾💯💯💯

[@laurencefishburnt8866]

"I got a friend her name is sherry" sounds like the start of some 80s hip hop

[@CiaobellaAmour]

Reality show king 👑 Him & New York are pioneers 🔥🏆

[@terrywest5417]

Relocate to Flint Michigan so we can be together

[@ThiccSteakFurl]

Yo *Vlad* you should interview _Gerald "Slink" Johnson_

[@jayay107]

Matthew CutsMeat after pastor Troy 😉

[@ThiccSteakFurl]

@DJ Akademiks Supreme Hoodie ol smart ass community college ass nigga like that.

[@mikea.yardin6360]

Matthew CutsMeat damn ..... Good one.

[@rm4213]

VLAD your Killin me with these short videos

[@ProspectNY11211]

The birth of foofie foofie.

[@exus2sky]

Yooo my nigga!!!! Lmfaoooooooo classical comedy

[@ProspectNY11211]

@@exus2sky 🤣🤣

[@kimishere]

😂😂😂

[@ProspectNY11211]

@Tony P He was the alpha male in that house. 😁

[@harryh3203]

Flavour Flav getting financial advice from MC Hammer. Theres a sentence I never thought Id type.

[@harrypool71]

“Flav took my Surreal Life spot. I gave it to him. I don’t like to brag Vlad.” TK Kirkland

[@bryansmith1555]

"Actually Vlad, I invented the cubicle." -TK Kirkland

[@keevinperry3413]

😉Interviewing FLAVOR FLAV Got Be Of MOST Funny Thing Cuz FLAV Got Many Stores he Can Tell from BACK in the DAY he Live A CRAZY Life👍🏿💯

[@jaypny]

Flavor Flav one of the og’s of reality tv, plus Hip-Hop💯”Legend in 2 games like Peewee Kirkland”💯salute

[@novalove4790]

Now I feel like Binge watching the first 2 seasons of Flavor of Love.

[@dennisking3638]

Detroit vs everybody... I love this shirt because I'm from Detroit🤷😁

[@davidedwards4088]

The reason why Flavor Flav got so salty when he talked about that one girl that was kicked off American Idol when he jumped in the pool she got out of the pool LOL. The Brigitte Nielsen was cool she got in the pool and then afterwards Flavor Flav said to her you know "Bridget you're my cup of tea."

[@adriannieves1495]

Awesome yo

[@mc365mc]

I hope Flav has a book deal, because he tells his experiences like an audio book on tape.

[@seanfrank32]

Flav is a legend. One of my favorite personalities ever. lol

[@wilhelmhesse1348]

Best story teller ever... Flavour very respectful to everybody... Cool dude.

[@robertholguin4707]

Flave banging all them oooo's hahahaha. I remember that show

[@DJMarkflexx81]

Being on TV was the best move for Flava Flav for real . Dude had my dying laughing on every show he was on from surreal life to flavor of love . BTW what ever happened to the chic . New York ??????

[@chicaocrips4830]

that's why *I rather be rich than famous, cause you can be famous & still broke!!* (and that has to be embarrassing)

[@omiisasnitch8797]

I don't think you're going anywhere in life anytime soon? So you'll be good !

[@chicaocrips4830]

@@omiisasnitch8797 You're the one who aint going nowhere, if your car goes "BROOM BROOM" you stupid idiot!! ...what are you a witch?? it's _VROOM VROOM🏎_ you dumb dufus

[@chicaocrips4830]

@B T actually I'm already rich #LMAO thanks for biting the bait you little clown fish

[@chicaocrips4830]

@B T *BOOOORINNG 💤😔* surly you can comment better than that dick!!!...You need to try again

[@chicaocrips4830]

if yall gonna jump in the TROLLING Game ..yall need to come wit competition / imma professional

[@BatmanPops]

He should have sung his hit song Flavor Graham for Vlad out loud from his show Flavor of Love lol 😂

[@mandthere2258]

I remember that season like it was yesterday. Thats when flavor flav rebuild his name with America

[@raleighburner1589]

Met him at a after party in cork city in Ireland when they played the Savoy in 2006 he's very small but the biggest person in the room Stevie g organised it

[@adudefromharlem2011]

I remember seeing flava flav on grand central coming off the 4 train back in 2004

[@mrgoodvibes1995]

He was smacking Bridget Nelson lol

[@pigmentrich224]

Yo Vlad how ya face feel after that Rozay interview 😆🤣😭😩

[@619STREETCA]

🗣️ FLAVOR FLAV!!! 😂😂

[@hopsonfamily8181]

619STREETCA Check out my music please I appreciate you🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@Scott-px6mi]

FLAV wearing that Detroit VS Everybody ..... Thats whats up.

[@andreamilliou1661]

Nice guy in person, the kitchen clock he was wearing didn't have batteries in it though.

[@averagejae4677]

Geter and Foofy Foofy Loooooooool!!!!!!

[@justmisterp]

I remember meeting Flav at JFK airport in 2001 before he became lit again with reality tv. He wasn't so nice but it was all good. I know not all celebs aren't gonna be nice when you meet em.

[@takealeftatthelight5284]

I like what he said about the word ghetto on Flavor of Love. People use that term like a joke and it wasn't a joke to him. He said he gets a lot of love from the ghetto and shut that sh** down.

[@hermanstill8705]

When Flav is done with the snapback he puts it back on the rack.

[@mrrilz11]

I met Flav during the shooting of the Fight the Power video when I was a kid. He got out of a Powder Blue Cherokee sport. The cops tried to offer security. Flav said, "yo f**ck you police... I'm with my peoples here." During a really violent time in Brooklyn, not one person was harmed during the shoot. Nobody had beef that day. I will always remember, love, and value Public Enemy. Flav got a friend for life that day and he didn't even know... ONE...

[@ibervillezee9142]

He has an excellent memory.

[@mischa2903]

I grew up on public enemy and without flav and chuck rap music as we know it wouldn't be the same. Chuck D and flav juxtapose each other brilliantly. Favorite PE song, Black Steel in the hour of chaos...that was a movie made into a rap song.

[@rahel9353]

Flavor of Love is Legendary

[@Mr2KOOL4LYFE]

Surreal life is where it all started & the rest is TV history 😂

[@YNDTV1]

Interview Mr.380 from Houston

[@AuthorRahsaanAli]

I met FLAV inside the colosseum at SHIRT KINGS when they was located in the basement. I was short on money and he pulled 5 dollars out of his own pocket so I could take a pic with hm. At the time his uncle was manager of THE SLIM BOYS. (Jamaica, Queens memories)

[@Nevadrama1]

That was the best season of the surreal life

[@gaiauniversity5882]

Facts, yes!! Funny as hell.

[@mikemonroe7990]

Its Flav and Dave!!!!!

[@roskisway]

FLAVAAAAA FFFFLLLLLLLAAAAAAAVVVVVVVVVVV LOL GOTTA LOVE HIM MAN.

[@UGOBOSS]

FLAVOR FLAAAAAAV

[@beaniespades905]

Yo! Flava Flav looks like Teddy Bruckshot from the "Shottas" movie.. No cap!

[@HeyItzDanny46]

FLAVOR - FLAV!

[@Rocknsoulmusic]

VH1 highschool throwback

[@DJMarkflexx81]

Flav did you really get busy with Bridget Nielsen ????? Ya’ll was calling each other cute lil pet names , all snuggled up in the hot tub ....... lol 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@seanfrank32]

Yeah, didn't they date and get their own show?

[@Qoreay]

I wrote the script for the "Surreal Life" I was ready for Flav. ~TK Kirkland

[@tybeentrill3748]

Flav looking like that one old head who be hustling hats from out of his backpack.

[@jayjordan833]

FLAVOR FLAV!!!!

[@luplewis9837]

"Operation no doubt in progress "🤣.

[@marcus.6487]

👑kang of reality showz -- waznt tha 1st, but after surreal life came flavor of lov -- changed reality showz 4eva as we damn kno it

[@raphgwapiano7387]

Coochie coochie should be da title.

[@sweetwaterwilliams5861]

We would've never had flavor of love, OR strange love if it wasn't for the surreal life & Hammer convincing him to do the show.

[@smittybenzo4693]

Flav is the realest

[@russelljennings4065]

Yeeeeeeaaaaaaa boooooooooyyyyyyy it’s ya boy flaaaaaavvvvvvvaaaaaa fllllllllaaaaaaavvvvvvvvv

[@journalism101]

Bring back The Surreal Life. This generation needs it.

[@benjaminfelton112]

Nooooooo you tripping have you seen this generation

[@journalism101]

@@benjaminfelton112 Yep. They go irrelevant within a month. They need it. There's no history.

[@925_antioch_ca_rap]

My favorite reality tv show of all time is strange love with flav and bridget Nielsen

[@gaiauniversity5882]

Facts,That intro to strange Love has me crying😂. Hilarious Masterpiece.

[@925_antioch_ca_rap]

@@gaiauniversity5882 best show ever

[@925_antioch_ca_rap]

@@gaiauniversity5882 I'm watching the season right now I googled it they got all 11 episodes

[@gaiauniversity5882]

Word, gotta catch that, thanks!

[@jaywayne1000]

Back and Red Sonja came out Brigitte Nielsen was fine as hell

[@77MC]

I'd prefer if Vlad would ask the guest to explain their story instead of him telling their story and they just expand on it.

[@nlee4566]

We know whats coming after this!

[@bboydreaded]

Hes not even saying that much. But it’s the way he says it. He should narrate every tv show. He is so hype. Man I would pay big bucks for an audio self help book or something like that narrated by Flave. Could listen to him all day.

[@falseteeth9106]

Said "I didn't know anybody in the house" Then said to everyone "I know you" Gotta love Flav

[@Sploshification]

He knew who they were, but didn't personally have a relationship with them. There's a difference.

[@hermanstill8705]

"I taught Flava how to tell time" TK Kirkland

[@Osirus116]

fun fact: Flavor Flav is blood related to RZA and Ol' Dirty Bastard

[@kingjmansa7027]

"Ya know what I'm saying and the whole 9"

[@miapdx503]

I remember Flavor of Love. You couldn't look away...you told yourself it was trash...but they were doing shit that had never been done on television...fascinating. 😮😜

[@jolyettefrye6365]

Flavor has had an interesting life. 👍

[@BeachChairz]

0:37 "I got a friend, her name is Sheri" Why did he sound like a Nigerian when he pronounced "Sheri"? lol

[@savagelychill2858]

Yo Vlad how you let my man rock with that peice of plastic on his hat? Cmon V lad!🤣

[@blaqchickenhawk9218]

dope hat

[@castolano]

Flav, Bushwick bill and dap from group home should have had a group

[@RockerT1000]

He might as well bring the flavor of love back.

[@lr2286]

I believe I will watch it too💯

[@jw8863]

I wanna see mc hammer and flav in a dance off

[@QBee240]

It’s crazy how things are entangled..if Hammer didn’t talk Flav into Surreal Life..he wouldn’t have done his show that spawned it New York for us.

[@vincentwilliams71]

Book flavor flag..i bet he got hundreds of stories...good ones too