--- description: He was arrested for similar charges last year title: Rapper Flavor Flav Arrested for DUI and Marijuana Possession image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt774e00c2c2b821df/69885148e53aba71234ddd4a/flavor-flav.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [celebrities](/tag/celebrities/) ## celebrities Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Rapper Flavor Flav Arrested for DUI and Marijuana Possession by [Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 21, 2015 10:12 PM CUT  Flavor Flav attends the Centric Celebrates Selma event on March 8, 2015 in Selma, Alabama. Flavor Flav attends the Centric Celebrates Selma event on March 8, 2015 in Selma, Alabama.Johnny Nunez—Getty Images by [Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly](/author/entertainment-weekly/) ## Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 21, 2015 10:12 PM CUT Flavor Flav was arrested Thursday morning for DUI and possession of marijuana, Nevada Highway Patrol confirmed to _EW_. The entertainer was also booked for open container of alcohol in a vehicle, speeding, suspended registration, and driving on a suspended license. All charges are misdemeanors. He was booked into the Clark County Detention Center. The total bail for the 56-year-old was set at $7,000, according to [the center’s website](http://www.clarkcountynv.gov/depts/ccdc/Pages/ContactUs.aspx "undefined"). This isn’t the first traffic-related incident for the Public Enemy rapper in the last couple years. He was arrested for speeding, driving on a suspended license, and possession of marijuana [in 2014](http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/people/2014/01/09/flavor-flav-stopped-for-speeding-pot-in-ny/4395595/ "undefined"). _This_ [_article_](http://www.ew.com/article/2015/05/21/flavor-flav-arrested-dui-marijuana-possesion-speeding "undefined") _originally appeared on_ [_EW.com_](http://www.ew.com "undefined")_._ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3893283/flavor-flav-arrest-dui-marijuana/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3893283/flavor-flav-arrest-dui-marijuana/"},"headline":"Rapper Flavor Flav Arrested for DUI and Marijuana Possession","datePublished":"2015-05-21T22:12:51.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T07:33:07.214Z","description":"He was arrested for similar charges last year","url":"https://time.com/3893283/flavor-flav-arrest-dui-marijuana/","keywords":["celebrities","Crime"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt774e00c2c2b821df/69885148e53aba71234ddd4a/flavor-flav.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Will Robinson / Entertainment Weekly"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt774e00c2c2b821df/69885148e53aba71234ddd4a/flavor-flav.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Flavor Flav attends the Centric Celebrates Selma event on March 8, 2015 in Selma, Alabama.","caption":"Flavor Flav attends the Centric Celebrates Selma event on March 8, 2015 in Selma, Alabama.","creditText":"Johnny Nunez—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/celebrities/","name":"celebrities"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3893283/flavor-flav-arrest-dui-marijuana/","name":"Rapper Flavor Flav Arrested for DUI and Marijuana Possession"}}]}] ```