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Rap legend Flavor Flav says he used to spend $2,600 a day on crack cocaine

Flavor Flav attends "Whitney Houston: I Want To Dance With Somebody" World Premiere at AMC Lincoln Square Theater on December 13, 2022 in New York City.
Flavor Flav was a member of the legendary rap group Public Enemy.Getty/Jamie McCarthy
  • Rap legend Flavor Flav has said he used to spend $2,600 a day on crack cocaine.

  • He told DJ Akademiks he also used to sell the drug, but that he was his own "best customer."

  • Flav, who was a member of Public Enemy, celebrated two years sober in October.

Flavor Flav has said he used to spend $2,600 a day on crack cocaine during the height of his drug addiction.

The legendary rapper and hype man, who was a member of the rap group Public Enemy, made the admission while speaking last week on the "Off the Record" podcast with DJ Akademiks.

"There was a time that I was spending $2,400 to $2,600 a day, for six years straight... you do the math," he said. "That's how much I spent on drugs."

$2,600 per day equates to just over $915,000 each year.

"I ain't gonna lie, I sold a lot. But I was my best customer," he added. "I had a lot of money at the time too. I was just doing the wrong things with my money."

George Clinton, Chuck D, and Flavor Flav pose for a portrait in October 1989 in Los Angeles, California.
Public Enemy's Flavor Flav (L) and Chuck D (R) with George Clinton (M) in 1989.Getty/Aaron Rapoport

Flav, whose real name is William Jonathan Drayton Jr., celebrated two years sober in October.

He said in an Instagram clip at the time that he was "very proud."

"Guess what? I am two years no cigarettes, two years no alcohol," he said. "You know what? I feel real good, y'all, just to let you know.

"And you know what? I'm gonna do this another maybe 22 more years. I don't know. But right now, I'm working on one year at a time, folks."

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