Is this Taylor Swift’s BIGGEST fan? Rapper ‘King Swiftie’ wears her friendship bracelets, believes she is one of the most influential artists of our time… and now he’s ready to collaborate with her
Taylor Swift could enter her ‘hype man’ era if her biggest fan has anything to do with it.
Flavor Flav – also known as ‘King Swiftie’ – has spent years gushing about the Love Story hitmaker and showing his endless support by attending her concerts and wearing her merch – and now he’s ready to collaborate.
The 64-year-old rapper and hype man, real name William Jonathan Drayton Jr, said he would drop everything to work on a song with the Grammy winner.
F**k yeah! I would be in the studio in a second,’ he told DailyMail.com exclusively. ‘I would love to work with her. I would lay a track down at any time.’
He continued: ‘If she called me at 3:30 in the morning I would roll up at a quarter to four. It’s all love.’
Flav has slowly cemented himself as one of Taylor’s biggest fans, or ‘Swifties,’ having been vocal about his admiration for her, including brandishing her friendship bracelets and merchandise at countless events.
Speaking to Billboard while dressed in an Eras tour-inspired hoodie, he enthused: ‘She’s one of the most important and influential artists of our time.’
The New York native first met Taylor at the iHeartRadio Music last March where he managed to take a selfie with the singer.
He then went on to attend multiple shows on her Eras Tour, starting with her Detroit concert in early June, before singing along at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles in August.
And unlike some fans, Flav was lucky enough to attend her Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour premiere in Los Angeles back in October.
At the time, Flav revealed that he ran into Taylor’s father Scott Swift in the lobby of the AMC theater at The Grove, which was using all 14 of its screens to play her film simultaneously.
The rapper and hype man shook hands with Taylor’s dad before they swapped friendship bracelets, with Scott giving him a colorful bracelet, while Flav traded him an edgier all-black design that matched his outfit.
‘FLAVOR FLAV::: Made the Friendship Bracelets and traded them with #PapaSwift,,, ya can just call him Flavor Flav now,!!!’ he joked in a caption on social media. ‘Congratulationz on changing the entertainment industry #TaylorSwift #tstheerastourfilm.’
During an interview with HOT 97’s Ebro in the Morning back in January, he made his first declaration that it is he who has been deemed ‘King Swiftie.’
‘Yes, I am a Swiftie,’ he said. ‘Not only that, but I got a new name now: “King Swiftie.”‘
The Harder Than You Think MC has even gone as far as to reveal that his favorite song is Bad Blood.
‘I mean, that’s [about] everybody’s relationships, or everybody’s families, or everybody’s friendships, it’s like, you know, “I used to be good friends, now you did something to me, now we got bad blood, look what you’ve done,”’ he explained.
Flav shared how he had ‘always been a big fan of her music’ following his initial meeting with the Shake It Off singer-songwriter.
Speaking to People at the event, Flav said ‘every lyric that she spits out relates to life.’
More recently, Flav and Taylor ran into each other at the Grammys – and even posed for a few photos together.
‘The discussion [at the Grammys] was about me congratulating her on all her success,’ he told People.
‘And me being a big fan of hers, a big supporter of hers. Having her acknowledge that her fan base “Swifties” gave me a name, “King Swiftie”.
‘I said, “You know they call me King Switfie?” She said, “I know!” Yo, when I heard her say that, that was huge for me.’