Matthew Drayton, grandson of Flavor Flav, has eyes on pro lacrosse career while ‘making my own legacy’

Flavor Flav’s grandson goes to his own beat. Freeport’s Matthew Drayton is shining on the lacrosse field without a need for any family name-dropping, but he shares similar larger-than-life dreams that his Long Island-born grandpa achieved while rapping with Public Enemy and beyond. “He does wear a clock — and I’m fortunate for him to be my grandfather,” the midfielder for Hampton University told The Post. “But I’m making my own legacy…and I want to play professionally,” Drayton added before flying to Las Vegas to party with Flavor Flav and the gold medal-winning U.S. women’s Olympic hockey team. Matthew Drayton is pictured on July 15, 2026. Heather Khalifa for the NY Post The 20-year-old honed his gift for lax in high school, setting a single-season points record for the Red Devils with 74