The 65-year-old American rapper, hypeman, and reality star, Flavor Flav’s children are eight in number. Looking at how celebrities live a very active love life, his children have four different mothers. Flavor Flav who was born William Jonathan Drayton Jr. had his children over the period of more than thirty years with the youngest being Jordan Drayton(5).
While having a hoard of children shows an admirable part of the rapper’s life, he has been accused of neglecting them over the years and even had lawsuits filed against him. However, he seems to have a rethink as he is now more involved in their lives.
Let’s Meet Flavor Flav’s 8 Children
His Three Children with Karren Ross
He fathered three children with Karren Ross named, Shaniq Drayton, Karren Drayton, and Kayla Drayton. When they were still little, their father was absent from their lives as he was dealing with personal issues ranging from drug use to many clashes with the law.
In 1991, he was involved in a domestic violence case against Ross which he pled guilty. Following this, he served 30 days in custody. The relationship never reached the marriage stage and they parted ways.
Since it ended, both have kept the details away from the media light. Also, their three children live quietly. Nonetheless, we gathered that Kayla started her educational pursuit at Albany Leadership Charter High School for Girls and welcomed her child in 2023. With regards to Karren, she is married to long-time boyfriend Michael R. Derosa whom she shares a child with.
William Drayton
William Drayton was born on March 26, 1987, to Flavor Flav and Angie Parker. He is a music producer and reality star who has featured on Growing Up Hip Hop” New York alongside his younger siblings and their father.
Focusing on his career, the New York native has honed playing more than 12 musical instruments over the years. Regarding how he became passionate about his work, William revealed that he started following his father on tour from a young age.
Through his behind the scene work on the music of many artists, he won the Simper Fidelis National Scholar Medal award for his outstanding contribution to music-making.
Da’Zyna Drayton
She was born on February 23, 1992, to the Public Enemy rapper and then-girlfriend, Angie Parker. Like her father, Da’Zyna is a rapper and reality star who shared the screen with her popular father on Growing Up Hip Hop: New York. At the time producers of the show approached her to join the cast, they wanted only her but due to the cordial relationship between her and her siblings, she insisted on having them on the show.
While on the show, she acted as Quanah’s manager. Aside from this, she gave snippets into what it means to be the child of a popular parent, and in her case, it was her father. It turns out that it was not all glamor for the 32-year-old as she had a troubled childhood. Her father neglected her and her siblings by refusing to pay child support as well as being a consistent parent in her life. It is not surprising that she was involved in fights to defend herself against bullies. Things got so difficult that she became homeless at some point.
She confronted her father for neglect during the first season of the reality show. Thankfully, both have since made up and can be seen flaunting their thriving relationship on social media.
Pertaining to her rap career, Da’Zyna goes by the name Kushy or Kushy Symone and has since released I Don’t Care on her Youtube channel in December 2022.
Regarding her love life, she has openly identified as bisexual, yet, not much is known about the man or woman in her life as of this writing.
Quanah Drayton
He shares the same mother as Da’Zyna and Williams. Like his older ones, his childhood was filled with many challenges. Quanah was diagnosed with autism, yet, this did not stop him from following his passion.
According to his Instagram bio, he is an artist. His online activities reveal that he launched a career as a rapper just like his father.
Karma Drayton
He is the 7th child of the Don’t Believe the Hype rapper and Elizabeth ‘Liz’ Trujillo. Karma Drayton was born in 2007, a year before his father proposed marriage to his mother.
Karma has an older brother named Gibran Trujillo from his mother’s previous relationship.
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Jordan Drayton
Born on July 21, 2019, to the Public Enemy co-founder and his former manager, Kate Gammel, Jordan is the youngest child among his eight children.
Apparently, the rapper refused to accept the child as his. This forced Gammel to file a paternity suit against the Flavor of Love Star at a Los Angeles court. According to Gammell, she filed for a paternity test at a Los Angeles Court because she needed money for Jordan’s everyday needs which he was not getting from his father.
In October, the result of the test conducted at LabCorp came back positive indicating that the rapper is the father.
Following this, TMZ reported that a plan and custody agreement had been put in place. After he accepted that Jordan is his son, he was said to owe over $70 thousand in child support which had accumulated within the first two years of his son’s life. While the child is still 5 years old, the rapper has started teaching him how to play drums.
Who is the Rapper’s Wife?
As you would easily find, the Public Enemy hypeman had appeared on Flavor of Love, yet, when it came time to marry, he chose his 7th child’s mother, Trujillo, over other women that appeared on the show.
A closer look at her life shows that she is also a reality star who likes to maintain a quiet life making it hard to know the details about her background. As it is, even her birth year is not verified by the celebrity wife leading to the speculation that she was born in 1975.
During their marriage, the Hall of Famer had a close call with the law in 2012. Reportedly, he was arrested for assaulting Trujillo and her son, Gibran Trujillo from another relationship. He allegedly threatened to kill Gibran when he took a kitchen knife and went after him. Yet after his arrest, he refuted any claims that he tried to kill Trujillo’s son.
Despite this, they tried to make the relationship work by going to therapy. They appeared on Couples Therapy, a reality series that showcases couples receiving therapy sessions. Their session proved quite vital as their marriage withstood the challenges and they forged ahead.
Moving forward, Trujillo collapsed during the shooting of Couples Therapy in April 2013. This led to speculations that it was a result of drug use and overdose of painkillers. However, it was later reported and linked to stress and an accidental overdose of painkillers. It would be recalled that he had his last child with another woman while still married to her, yet nothing has been heard about their parting ways.
At the moment the status of their marriage is unclear. The last time the rapper mentioned her was in 2016 when he celebrated their 12th year of being together.
