Taste Flav got here out to have a good time excellence on the Recording Academy Honors offered by the Black Music Collective on Thursday, the place Mariah Carey and Lenny Kravitz every acquired the Recording Academy International Impression Award.
Taste Flav walked the carpet on the star-studded occasion, and spoke with ET’s Denny Directo about being part of the massive gala.
“It feels real great to be here tonight man,” Taste Flav, 64, shared. “I’m honored to see a whole bunch of my favorite celebs.”
Trying again at one of many evening’s main honorees — Kravitz — Taste Flav shared a heartwarming reminiscence of getting an opportunity to satisfy the “Fly Away” singer for the primary time this previous September on the iHeartRadio Music Competition, and the way a lot they have been each moved by the second.
“Let me tell you something, I went absolutely crazy when I met Lenny,” he recalled. “And when Lenny met me, he cried.”
“He was like, ‘Wow, Flavor Flav, this is amazing, bro!'” the continued. “But, yo man, it made me shed a tear too, man.”
The second was captured on video, which Taste Flav shared to TikTok on the time. The hip hop icon captioned the put up, “Its LIKE THAT with LENNY KRAVITZ.”
“I was happy to meet my brother, man. You know what I’m saying?” Taste Flav shared. “I’ve always been [a fan]. Love me some Lenny Kravitz, man.”
Thursday’s gala is a part of the annual week-long lead-up to the 2024 GRAMMYs, and when requested to look again at a GRAMMYs second that stood out for him, Taste Flav recalled a time “way back in the day” when Younger MC received the GRAMMY for Greatest Rap Efficiency for “Bust a Move,” and Taste Flav crashed his acceptance speech.
“He had won a GRAMMY, and I ran up on stage and interrupted his acceptance speech and the crowd went crazy. You know what I’m saying?” Taste Flav mirrored. “I think that’s where Kanye got it from. I was the first to do it.”
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