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 ...

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 ...

Ahead of the release of his album 2000 next month, Joey Badass made his return to Funkmaster Flex’s Hot 97 studio to deliver another freestyle. Sticking firmly to the New York sound he thrives over, ...

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 ...