For much of its brief history, hip-hop has been fueled by a back-to-the-future paradigm. This relentlessly evolving, increasingly lucrative art form proudly pays heed to its humble, pre-commercial ...

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 ...

Someone has started a petition to have legendary DJ Funkmaster Flex removed from Hot 97. There has always been word that DJ Funkmaster Flex was not someone who was willing to give up his position at ...

Given the single-hungry, compilation-friendly, attention-span-impaired climate of popular music, it's not surprising that mix-tape-style compilations from notable DJs are bigger and more popular than ...