This winter ushers in an avalanche of new music, from the debut of jazz-funk artist Emma Blanc to the return of The Grownup ...

Few are able to command the realms of sound and steel quite like DJ Funkmaster Flex. A crossfader between generations, he ...

James Jamerson was the unsung hero of Motown, and his work on "Ain’t No Mountain High Enough" is pure magic. While the ...

There's a special vibe about funk. It's often not considered as virtuosic as rock, as emotive as blues or as intimate as folk. Rather, its selling point is all about the groove. Core to this is the ...

Homegrown hip-hop mogul Percy “Master P” Miller’s “farewell” performance at the 2025 Essence Festival of Culture in the Caesars Superdome was a big production with many guest stars. But it wasn’t his ...

He works in mysterious ways.

Hip-hop mogul Sean “Diddy” Combs’ federal trial concluded on July 2, 2025, with a mixed verdict that has left the music mogul facing a significant legal crossroads. The jury acquitted him of the most ...

Last week DJ Enuff raised many eyebrows when he implied that DJ Funk Master Flex played a role in having him unceremoniously fired from his job at Hot 97. But now Funk Flex is responding to the ...

The New York radio landscape has been the talk of the town over the past few days. DJ Funkmaster Flex (Flex), born Aston Taylor Jr., one of New York City and hip-hop’s loudest and most influential DJs ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- DJ Funkmaster Flex recently announced that he is leaving radio station Hot 97 after 33 years. Funkmaster Flex, whose legal name is Aston George Taylor Jr., noted that his last ...

Legendary New York radio DJ and car enthusiast Funkmaster Flex dropped a bomb on his fans in an Aug. 28 social media post saying he would host his final show at 7 p.m. on New York's Hot 97 radio ...