Flavor Flav is hyping up a women's sports celebration in Vegas. Here's what we know
Hip-hop legend Flavor Flav announcing he’s hosting a four-day event celebrating America’s female Olympians and Paralympic medalists this summer in Las Vegas.The idea appears to have taken root after President Trump made a dismissive comment about the gold medal-winning U.S.women’s hockey team while congratulating the men’s team on its gold medal at the Milan-Cortina Olympics.Here’s what we know.Flav, born William Jonathan Drayton Jr., is a founding member of the pioneering rap group Public Enemy, which was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2013 and presented with the Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award in 2020.
He is known, among other things, for his flamboyant personality and the oversized clocks he wears around his neck — and, in recent years, as a staunch supporter of women’s sports.In 2024, Flav signed a five-year deal as the official hype man for the U.S.
men’s and women’s water polo teams that included an undisclosed financial contribution to the women’s team.Olympics Maggie Steffens, arguably the greatest women’s water polo star of all time, isn’t afraid to ask for help showcasing one of Team USA’s top squads.
His support for Team USA at the 2024 Paris Games went beyond water polo.When track and field athlete Veronica Fraley posted on social media that she couldn’t pay her rent back home, Flav and Reddit founder Alexis Ohanian covered it for her.
When gymnast Jordan Chiles was stripped of her bronze medal by the International Olympic Committee, Flav gifted her a bronze, oversized clock necklace as a replacement.Olympics Veronica Fraley, a U.S.
discus thrower at the Paris Olympics, was having financial trouble back home.Flavor Flav and Alexis Ohanian helped pay off her rent for the year.
Last year, Flav was named the official hype man for the U.S.bobsled and skeleton teams.
Again, his support for Team USA at the Milan-Cortina Games went beyond those teams.On Feb.19, the U.S.
women defeated Canada 2-1 in overtime...