Rap legend pays visit to Harvard University

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — A legend in the rap music industry took some time to weigh in on the work of 19th-century poet Emily Dickinson alongside a panel at Harvard University earlier this week.

Flavor Flav, the founding member and hype man of the rap group Public Enemy, made an appearance at “Poetry in America,” which is a course where students discuss American literature, The Harvard Gazette reported.

Flav, also known as William Jonathan Drayton Jr., read Dickinson’s “A Clock Stopped — Not The Mantel’s,” “Publication — is the Auction,” and “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” with songwriter Sam Hollander and Professor Elisa New.

Throughout his career, Flav became known for dangling a large clock from his neck during performances. Before departing the university, Flav donated one of his iconic clocks to Harvard’s Hiphop Archive.

“The reason why I wear this clock is because every single second that the minute hand goes around — we have to use each second to the best value,” Flav said via the Gazette.

Flav also said that he was honored to get a chance to visit Harvard.

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