From the studio to the community and stages around the World, DJ Flava embodies everything in a personality. Flava spent the majority of his childhood in foster care at age 12 he discovered a passion for music and began DJing for his peers and at 14 he formulated an elevator pitch that landed him an internship with WKYS. Flava has multiple businesses in Marketing, Real Estate and a non-profit that focuses on entrepreneurship and financial literacy. With desires to finish and further his education, Flava earned his G.E.D. he studied computer networking and moved on to Cornell University where he earned Certificates in Social Work and Marketing.  As a single father, he encourages other fathers to be active in their children’s lives. Flava is a motivational speaker and philanthropist; he ensures that the community, his radio audience and his clients in marketing and sales consistently receive a positive quality performance or experience.  With a very humbling beginning Flava lives by the moto Plan Focus and Faith for when you believe anything is possible.