Flavor Flav goes viral as official ‘hype man’ for USA water polo team at Paris Olympics
nme.comFlavor Flav, who has become the US water polo team’s official hype man.The Public Enemy co-founder has been making waves in France, giving motivational speeches to the US team and bringing the attention of the outside world to one of the Olympics’ lesser-known sports.“This is quite an experience for me right now, you know, because the only time I’ve ever seen the Olympics was on TV,” Flav said about his new role. “You know what I’m saying?
But I always wanted to see what it felt like being there.”Flav got on board with the water polo team in May when team captain Maggie Steffens put out a call for financial support.
The hip-hop icon responded, writing: “As a girl dad and supporter of all women’s sports – imma personally sponsor you my girl, whatever you need.
And imma sponsor the whole team.”He then signed a five-year sponsorship deal with the US women’s and men’s water polo teams, vowing to “elevate the visibility and excitement surrounding water polo in the United States”.See some of Flavor Flav’s antics, including with Spike Lee and Dr.
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