The Flavor of Love Quadrupled: Women and Reality TV

It all started with a then-new VH-1 show called "The Surreal Life" where different entertainers whom at their prime, were B or C-list celebrities, usually with a limited body of work and mediocre talent live together in one house for so many days. In the original cast was Brigitte Nielsen, the 6'2 Danish actress better known for starring in the 1985 flick "Red Sonya" and being married to Sylvester Stallone; and William Drayton, known to the world as Flava Flav - the hype man for New York-based rap act Public Enemy. At their peak, the group known for hits like "Fight the Power" and "911 is a Joke" was controversial (this was a few years before the West Coast rap scene emerged as we know it) for their image and lyrics which promoted empowerment and justice in the Black community.

Though in the nineties, Nielsen was known best for being Stallone's ex and the only news Flav made was as a repeat offender with charges ranging from domestic violence to possession of narcotics to unpaid parking tickets