Today, we'll be breaking down eleven of the best Funkmaster Flex freestyles of the 2020's. While this freestyle show has been popular for over a decade, the past few years have been a special time for ...

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 ...

Kendrick Lamar may have earned the win on “Control (HOF),” but Big Sean also got busy with the bars. In fact, the Detroit rapper has been in a zone lyrically since his 2012 mixtape Detroit. He brought ...

On Funkmaster Flex’s famed show, Joyner Lucas performed a backwards freestyle over the beat from “Nas Is Like” and the instrumental from “Realest N****s.” After Flex challenged Joyner to perform 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Funkmaster Flex appeared on Hot 97 Saturday night to address Drake’s comments he made during night one of his “Summer Sixteen” tour at Madison Square Garden. Drake spit a freestyle that many ...