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William Jonathan Drayton Jr. (born March 16, 1959), aka Flavor Flav
Estimated net worth 2024, US$2 million
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By the time he dropped out of Freeport High School in the 11th grade, he had been in and out of jail for robbery and burglary.
Drayton's stage name Flavor Flav was originally his graffiti tag.
In 2011, Flav partnered with Nick Cimino to open Flav's Fried Chicken in Cimino's hometown of Clinton, Iowa. A mix of squabbling owners, bounced checks, and bad business decisions led to Flavor Flav's Chicken shutting down barely four months after it opened.
Flavor Flav's House of Flavor in Las Vegas opened on the rapper's birthday in March 2012. Flavor Flav's Chicken & Ribs closed in July 2013 after being evicted by its landlord for failure to pay rent.
In 1991, Flav pleaded guilty to assaulting his then-girlfriend Karen Ross and served 30 days in jail, lost custody of his children, and fell deeper into addiction. In 1993, Flav was charged with attempted murder and imprisoned for 90 days for shooting at his neighbor.
Later that year, Flav was charged with domestic violence, and cocaine and marijuana charges. His family performed an intervention, and he checked into the Betty Ford Center for an addiction to crack cocaine.
After Flav's father died of complications from diabetes in 1997, Flav decided to re-enter rehabilitation, this time at the Long Island Center for Recovery.
At one point, he broke both arms in a motorcycle crash.
Flavor Flav dated Beverly Johnson, and by 2000, he lived in a small apartment in the Bronx with her and her two children from a previous marriage, while making money scalping baseball tickets.
In 2002, Flav spent nine weeks in Rikers Island jail for driving with a suspended license, numerous parking tickets, and tardiness for probation appointments.
On May 2, 2011, Flav was arrested on four outstanding misdemeanor warrants for various driving offenses. Police said the rapper had two outstanding arrest warrants for driving without a license, one for driving without insurance, and one related to a parking citation.
In June 2011, Flav said on the Australian radio show The Kyle and Jackie O Show that when his drug problem was at its worst, he would spend up to US$2,600 a day on crack cocaine.
On October 17, 2012, Flav was jailed in Las Vegas on felony charges stemming from a domestic argument with Elizabeth Trujillo, the mother of Flav's son and his threats to attack her teenage son, Gibran, with a knife.
On January 9, 2014, Flav was pulled over on Long Island's Meadowbrook Parkway for driving 79 miles per hour (127 km/h) in a 55 mph (89 km/h) zone, and was additionally charged with possession of marijuana and unlicensed operation of a vehicle. Authorities discovered Flav had 16 suspensions on his license.
Flav was arrested near Las Vegas on May 21, 2015. The charges included speeding and driving under the influence.
The response of the United States women's national water polo team when Flav committed to personally sponsoring the entire team for five years for a yet to be determined amount?
"Yeah, boyeeeeee!"
Georgina Hope Rinehart AO (born 9 February 1954), aka Gina
Estimated net worth 13/07/2024, US$31.5 billion
c/o Hancock Prospecting- "The most successful private company ever in Australia’s history, and one of the most successful private mining companies in the world."
Rinehart was born in Perth, Western Australia, and spent her early years in the Pilbara region. She boarded at St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls and then briefly studied at the University of Sydney, dropping out to work with her father Lang Hancock at Hancock Prospecting, succeeding him as executive chairwoman on his death. Rinehart turned a company with severe financial difficulties into the largest private company in Australia and one of the largest mining houses in the world. (Creating thousands of jobs)
In a 2006 Business Review Weekly article reviewing the way Australia's rich support philanthropy, it was noted that Rinehart prefers to keep a low profile, partly to avoid being "harassed by other charities" and partly for reasons of privacy.
Rinehart is publicly known for visiting girls' orphanages in Cambodia and is on the expert advisory board of SISHA, a Cambodian non-profit organisation campaigning against human trafficking, in particular by rescuing and assisting sexually exploited women and children.
In 2012 Swimming Australia announced a $10 million funding arrangement over 4 years with the Georgina Hope Foundation in conjunction with Hancock Prospecting. The deal supports the Australian Swim Team through direct payments to elite and targeted development swimmers, as well supporting lesser known sports such as synchronised swimming. The arrangement was renewed for a further 2 years in August 2015 and includes naming rights to various Swimming Australia events, including the Australian Swimming Championships. As recently as 2019, the sporting group described Rinehart as “part of [the] team” and “part of the swimming family.".
Information (c/o Wikipedia)
The Rienhart Family was reported to have funded an entire Cancer Ward of the Fiona Stabley Hospital.
The response of the Australian women's national netball team when Rinehart agreed to a $15m sponsorship deal over four years?
(To continue the Rap theme, albeit not Flav…)
"Stop! Hammer time!"
(Yes, I know Gina has a couple of inherited skeleton's in her closet and some of her children might paint her in a poor light, but seriously, compare the two individuals!)
"Bloody oath we did!"
Nathan Sharpe, Legend.