Authorities in Las Vegas say entertainer Flavor Flav has been arrested on allegations of driving under the influence, speeding and drug possession.
Nevada Highway Patrol spokesman Loy Hixson said that the 56-year-old rapper was pulled over as he entered Interstate 15 southwest of McCarran International Airport at around 12.30am on Thursday May 21 for going 73 mph in a 45 mph zone.
Flavor now faces charges for possessing less than an ounce of marijuana and having an open container of alcohol in his black BMW.
Hixson says Flavor Flav also had a suspended driver’s license and registration. He faces several misdemeanor charges.
Flavor Flav’s real name is William Jonathan Drayton Jr. His Las Vegas lawyer said she would call back later with a comment after The Associated Press informed her of her client’s arrest.
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