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 ...

Fivio Foreign is now a free man after being locked up for several months. He has only been out a couple of days and is already aiming to perform at the iconic HOT97 Summer Jam.

Industry insiders mull over the history of "experimental" as a label for hip-hop and whether the term is functional, redundant or useless.

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, ...