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 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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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 ...