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 ...

If you could be sure of anything in this world, it was that Funkmaster Flex would be on Hot 97, dropping “bombs” and new music, just as he has for decades. Now that long tenure is over. At least ...