Rapper Flavor Flav visits Harvard University, volunteers at homeless shelter
CAMBRIDGE - Harvard University students received a special visit this week from music legend Flavor Flav.
Flavor Flav was seen Wednesday evening arriving at the Ivy League campus in Cambridge before co-hosting a special conversation about sobriety.
"I love Boston, and I always love coming here, all the time," Flavor Flav told WBZ-TV.
The rapper has been busy sharing his flavors of love across Cambridge, volunteering his time to the community.
"We want to be able to share with people what this means to us," explained Kody Christiansen, Harvard Undergrad and President of the Harvard Extension Student Association.
He and Flavor Flav spoke about their experiences getting sober in the Parlor Room at the Phillips Brooks House in Harvard Yard.
"Flav is very cool, really down to earth," said Christiansen. Just Tuesday the pair spent the day making grilled cheeses while volunteering at the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter.
"I asked him what his favorite thing to have with grilled cheese is, and he said peanut butter and jelly. I was a little curious, but it was actually delicious," he said.
Christiansen shared with WBZ Flavor Flav's secret to making the sandwich extra good. "Flav says it has to be jelly, not jam," he explained.
Flavor Flav has made an effort during his visit to Harvard University to help the community. Christiansen said his time volunteering at the Harvard Square Homeless Shelter meant so much to him, as he was once homeless himself.
"When he came in with like 10 bags of bread some of the volunteers were screaming because we're always out of bread!"
The purpose of the famed rapper's visit on-campus was to participate in a lecture for students as part of the Poetry in America extension class.
The Harvard Summer School shared a photo from the lecture saying Flavor Flav explained to students how to navigate the creative process.
"It means a lot to me too, to put smiles on people's faces. It's golden," said Flavor Flav.
"He didn't just cook with me out here. He hugged people. He talked to people," Christiansen said. "It means the world really."
The Harvard Square Homeless Shelter is looking for volunteers and accepting donations.
For more information visit: www.pbha.org/programs/harvard-square-homeless-shelter
