Flavor Flav Arrested in Las Vegas With Four Outstanding Warrants

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Rapper Flavor Flav was arrested in Las Vegas over the weekend for a string of alleged traffic violations, TMZ reported Monday.

The former Public Enemy member, whose real name is William Drayton, Jr., was pulled over by police at 10:57pm local time Friday.

The officer who stopped him ran his name through police records and saw there were warrants for his arrest for four automobile-related charges, including driving without insurance and two instances of driving without a license.

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Flavor Flav was arrested and taken to a local jail, where he was held for a short time and eventually released, TMZ said.