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A hype man, typically in hip-hop music, is a backing vocalist who supports the primary performer with exclamations, interjections, or ad-libs in an attempt to increase an audience's excitement or enga
Hype man Flavor Flav (left) exciting the crowd while lead rapper Chuck D performs.
House of Pain's hype man Danny Boy O'Connor doing the call-and-response technique
Flavor Flav
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William Jonathan Drayton Jr., better known by his stage name Flavor Flav, is an American rapper, hype man, and television personality. Known for his catchphrase "Yeah, boyeee!" when performing, he is
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Flav performing at New Orleans Jazz Fest in 2014
Flavor Flav and helicopter pilot Ray McCort on an MTV shoot in New York City, September 2016
Flav performing at "The Slaughterhouse" in Malmö, Sweden, 1991
Flav performing at Riverstage in Brisbane, Australia, January 2009