Flavor Flav Denies Daughter Assault Reports

Flav tells TMZ ... he tried to stop police from arresting Dazayna Drayton -- but cops said they had no choice because Nevada law required police to hook anyone up who allegedly strikes a family member.

Flav tells TMZ, "The whole thing was a big misunderstanding that shouldn't have happened. No one in my family called the cops on my daughter and she did not beat me up."