Lee Brown/Splash NewsIt looks like Flavor Flav misses the spotlight.
The 55-year-old rapper (real name William J. Drayton Jr.) appeared in a Nassau County courtroom earlier today, where he pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from a traffic stop last year while he was driving to his mother's funeral.
Dressed in his usual garb, Flav wore a black tracksuit, fur jacket, snapback and his signature clock necklace, and admitted to a group of reporters and fans waiting outside the courthouse, "I don't like the circumstances, but I like the attention."
Flavor Flav likes attention?! We were shocked, too.
The former reality star was arraigned on a felony charge of driving with a suspended license. and also faces a speeding violation and two misdemeanors. He was released without bail, but if convicted of the top charge, he could face a maximum of four years in prison.
According to reports, prosecutors say Flav had his license suspended 15 times before being stopped on the Meadowbrook Parkway while speeding to his mother's funeral, but they declined to comment on why a plea agreement never materialized.
His next court date on the New York charges is Feb. 3.