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 ...

Funkmaster Flex made news this week after exchanging harsh words with Conway The Machine, and it doesn’t look like that rift is going away anytime soon. The Hot 97 personality then turned his ...

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, ...

Funkmaster Flex stopped by the Complex office last week and blessed us with some sounds from his upcoming mixtape, Who You Mad At? Me Or Yourself? Flex is always advocating a return to hip-hop's ...

Burgeoning Bay Area rapper Symba is having a bit of a moment right now as his profile climbs in the wake of his signing to Atlantic Records. After sharing the tracklist and release date of his ...

The spotlight will shine on American muscle at Mecum Kissimmee 2026, where three Chevrolets from the Funkmaster Flex ...

In the aftermath of Sean “Diddy” Combs’ partial conviction, you would think the collective conversation would land somewhere between accountability and reflection. Instead, we’re getting loud, dusty ...

In what is now seemingly a weekly occurrence, Twitter again refused to let us live our lives tonight. This time the tweets were watching Funkmaster Flex, the long-time Hot 97 DJ who many might know ...