XXL celebrates 50 years of hip-hop with this moment: Feb. 11, 1997: Legendary Hot 97 radio personality Funkmaster Flex aka Funk Flex took the mixtape game to a new level by making mixtapes a ...

Joey Badass made his name with multisyllabic, throwback rhymes over ’90s rap instrumentals, so it’s only right that he utilizes one in a new freestyle for Funkmaster Flex. Stopping by the Hot 97 ...

The radio staple hosted the first hip-hop show at the station in 1992. By Michael Saponara They say all good things come to an end. After hosting the first hip-hop show ever at Hot 97 in 1992, ...

Hot off the release of his sophomore album Come Home the Kids Miss You, Jack Harlow returned to Hot 97 to drop a three-minute freestyle for Funkmaster Flex over Pharrell’s Gwen Stefani-featuring 2015 ...

Lil Baby’s third studio album It’s Only Me is out tomorrow, October 14. Ahead of the release, the Atlanta rapper wanted to remind listeners that he can drop hard-hitting verses on the fly. The rapper ...

On Thursday, Funkmaster Flex dropped a bomb on the internet, when the child of Jamaican immigrants turned broadcasting legend and hip-hop kingmaker announced, with his characteristic flair for the ...

Following the release of his latest album, The Course of the Inevitable 2, former G-Unit rapper Lloyd Banks stopped by Funkmaster Flex’s studio for a new freestyle. “For the heaters for whatever it’s ...

Ahead of his upcoming third album, It’s Only Me, Lil Baby paid a visit to the Hot 97 studios in New York City to deliver a freestyle on Funk Flex’s show. Baby delivered flashy bars over a glimmery ...

Prepare for the “bombs” to drop on the turntables as Jersey City’s 4th of July Festival returns this year with Hot 97′s Funkmaster Flex set to deejay. Mayor Steve Fulop announced Wednesday the city’s ...

Nicki Minaj is not apologizing to Hot 97 for not performing at the station’s annual Summer Jam concert on Sunday. Instead, Minaj called the New York radio station last night to tell DJ Funkmaster Flex ...