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 ...

Given the single-hungry, compilation-friendly, attention-span-impaired climate of popular music, it's not surprising that mix-tape-style compilations from notable DJs are bigger and more popular than ...

If you could be sure of anything in this world, it was that Funkmaster Flex would be on Hot 97, dropping “bombs” and new music, just as he has for decades. Now that long tenure is over. At least ...

The tragic demise is not abrupt, but rather the one marked by a slow, unnoticed decay. One day you wake up, wondering where the years went; you stare at the mirror, the scale, your high school ...

8/29 6:10 AM PT -- The new lineup has been updated ... beginning of an era, next week! Continue reading original story below. TMZ Hip Hop confirmed with multiple sources that Funk Flex will operate on ...

If you have any Gen X or Millennial friends who grew up listening to hip-hop, you might want to check on them this weekend. That’s because legendary DJ Funkmaster Flex just dropped a bomb that shook ...

Funkmaster Flex has been slowly prepping a hilariously titled mixtape Who You Mad At? Me Or Yourself?, which you’ll have a chance to hear in full Wednesday, April 17. The project was spearheaded by ...

So why are people acting like the king of bomb drops just announced his own funeral? “He was a good ol wily DJ!” Folks are spinning this into a full-blown retirement story, like Flex is about to flee ...

Funk Master Flex’s debut morning show turned chaotic when he confused DaBaby with Birdman while discussing Kimora Lee Simmons. Funk Master Flex turned his debut morning show into a public relations ...

Sign Up to get access to the latest drops, exclusive products and insider updates. Funk Flex Says Kimora Lee Simmons Had Sexual Relationship With Birdman After DaBaby ...