This undated booking photo provided by the Clark County Detention Center shows William Drayton Jr. aka Flavor Flav after his arrest in Las Vegas. Authorities say they arrested the entertainer shortly after midnight on Thursday, May 21, 2015, in Las Vegas for driving under the influence, speeding, possessing less than an ounce of marijuana and having an open container of alcohol in the 2005 black BMW he was driving. (Clark County Detention Center via AP)
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Rapper Flavor Flav has been charged with DUI and other counts after being arrested in May near the Las Vegas airport.
Clark County prosecutors charged the reality television star on July 16 with driving under the influence involving cocaine, speeding and having an open container of alcohol.
The performer’s legal name is William Jonathan Drayton.
The Nevada Highway Patrol said he was pulled over on a freeway on-ramp on May 21 near McCarran International Airport for traveling 87 mph in a 65 mph zone.
Drayton’s lawyer could not immediately be reached for comment.
