You can debate all day about who has the best pen or greatest verse, but when it comes to freestyles, one of the most respected proving grounds is still Funkmaster Flex’s HOT 97 show. Especially when ...

For over 15 years, Funkmaster Flex’s Hot 97 freestyle segment has and continues to be a hip hop tradition. Sometimes used as a proving ground for new artists or as a platform to air grievance, but ...

Conway The Machine criticized Funkmaster Flex for being a gatekeeper when the two exchanged insults on social media. Conway the Machine and Funkmaster Flex connected for a new freestyle to put an end ...

Grammy-nominated rapper GloRilla is one of the most charismatic new artists to burst onto the scene. As her debut major label EP, Anyways, Life’s Great, continues to gain steam online, the Memphis ...

Last week, Black Thought showed rap classicism is alive and well when he delivered an immediately acclaimed 10-minute freestyle on Funkmaster Flex's Hot 97 radio show. In the hours and days following ...

Bodega Bamz isn't holding back in 2018. After releasing his lauded P.A.P.I. album last month, today (May 18), the Harlem spitter delivers a new freestyle called "My Flex (Freestyle)," which finds him ...

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 ...

Even when Funkmaster Flex freestyles are bad, they're still pretty good. It's just fun to watch rappers doing their best while Flex, the New York rap-radio legend, sits next to them and makes ...

Fresh off the rollout of his new album Come Home the Kids Miss You, Jack Harlow appeared alongside DJ Drama on Hot 97, where he spoke about the LP and his upcoming appearance in the movie White Men ...

There is no meeting of the minds more necessary to the good of the collective culture than Tyler, The Creator and Funkmaster Flex. The two men, both prominent figures in hip-hop for very different ...

Freestyles aren’t known for being bastions of vulnerability. Traditionally, the form is a mixture of technical skill, improvisation, showmanship, and hyperbolic boasts. In July, Tyler, The Creator’s ...