The Notorious B.I.G. Visits popular New York DJ Funkmaster Flex and spits a freestyle on his radio show.
Is currently riding the wave of his recently released Championshipsalbum, which many are hailing as the best work of his career to date. Stopping by Hot 97 to chop it up with Funkmaster Flex, the Philadelphia rhyme slinger dropped a blistering freestyle over a former rival’s track. Before Meek Milly went into his bar thing, he and Flex chopped it up over squashed beefs, namely the one Meek and with Drake which was famously patched up recently during a concert. Meek then spoke briefly on the settled issues with, and also Oschino from his hometown of Philly.
However, Meek was quick to say that it’s still very much a combat sport when it comes to the lyrics, and he proved so during the freestyle portion of the interview. Rapping over Drake’s “Back To Back,” Meek delivered a relentless performance that, for him, was subdued but still full of vigor as Flex’s mean mug can attest to. But it was Meek’s freestyle over Raekwon’s “Incarcerated Scarfaces” that seemed to really make the room go up.
In all, Meek, as he’s done before on the show, proved that he’s one of the top high-level spitters, at least if one considers that he’s signed to a major label. Check out Meek Mill on Hot 97 with Funkmaster Flex in the clip below.
Contents. Early life Aston Taylor Jr. Was born in the Bronx borough of New York City to immigrant parents. His father, DJ Aston George Taylor Sr., was a sound system professional.
He was raised in a strict, religious household. At the age of 16, he began DJing at local nightclubs. Radio career By the age of 19, he began working with fellow Bronx native for 98.7 Kiss-FM in New York. He later left KISS, and spent a brief period at 107.5 -FM. In the early 1990s, Flex made club appearances at many of Vito Bruno's operated nightclubs. Bruno later convinced Joel Salkowitz, a regional vice president of Hot 97, to begin airing live broadcasts from clubs where he was performing. When they realized the resurgence of Hip Hop was coming fast from its fallout in the eighties, they increased the hours of this urban radio programming.
Due to the success of that programming, in the spring of 1992 Funkmaster Flex began mixing and hosting his own show, a specialized rap program on Hot 97. With this, Hot 97 became the first pop station in New York to showcase rap. Flex has been with Hot 97 ever since, and currently airs nationally through syndication during weeknights and weekends. He is well known for his signature 'bomb drop' sound effect over records.
Website On August 3, 2010, Flex launched his news website InFlexWeTrust.com. He makes the audio, video and mp3's of artist freestyles from his show 'exclusively' available on the site.
The site also posts entertainment news, music, cars, models, sports and technology. It joined the Complex media network in September 2012, and has been mentioned in songs, including ' 'So NY.' Controversy In 2011, Flex was arrested for allegedly pushing his wife Monica Joseph-Taylor and sending her threatening texts. As of 2014, Flex is battling his ex-girlfriend Haydee Diaz in court over child support for their son Dante. In 2012, Flex had a feud with rival NYC hip-hop radio station and their radio personalities, including. In 2015, a petition was started online to get Funkmaster Flex to step down from hosting his radio program on NYC's. Flex promised through a series of social media posts that he would air an exclusive premiere of 's answer track to rapper 's 'Charged Up' in the midst of their feud.
During the actual broadcast on Monday, July 27, Flex told listeners that he had reference tracks that would 'expose' Drake's usage of a ghostwriter. However, after many spins of 's ', 's ', and songs off of 's, listeners started to become enraged, inciting that they felt duped. Music production By the mid-1990s, Flex was signed by a major record label, Loud Records, for a series of mixtapes entitled 60 Minutes of Funk. All four were certified gold by the in the US. In 1995 he formed along with seven of New York City's most respected disc jockeys, including, 'BounceMasta' Doo Wop, DJ Riz,. Their self-titled debut LP was released on in late 1998. In 1999, he released with Def Jam, which included songs by artists,.
Other acts he has worked with include, Television Funkmaster Flex first appeared on television in the early nineties on hosted by, DJ Myth,. He later did various hip-hop and automobile spots for MTV. In 2003, Flex debuted his first television series, on the Spike cable network. The show documented the subculture of cars popular in hip hop culture. Noteworthy moments in the series included a look into private jet and a visit to 's studio. Flex later developed a one-off Spike TV show race event – The Funkmaster Flex Super Series Invitational. The race featured 60 late-model stock car drivers at The in Connecticut.
Celebrities like, and were brought out to watch the event. ESPN noticed Ride with Funkmaster Flex and decided to create a show with Flex focusing on custom cars and interviewing athletes from the,. Guests included,. The show was called All Muscle with Funkmaster Flex and began airing early 2007. Later in 2007, a second show called Car Wars with Funkmaster Flex premiered on. Car Wars asked different car customizers to modify existing vehicles for cash prizes. If featured automotive designers such as, former Ford North American Truck & SUV Design Director and currently Vice President of Design at, Ford Explorer Exterior Design Manager Melvin Betancourt and Louis D'erasmo of Valanca Auto Concepts.
For Fast Machines with Funkmaster Flex, Flex returned to Spike TV to focus on making muscle and modern car customization for celebrities. Examples included a 1955 for, a 1966 for Pontiac Enthusiast Magazine and a 1970 for the. It also featured an interview with Royal Purple race driver Kathryn Minter. In 2010, Flex returned to with a new show –.
The show featured Flex interviewing hip-hop artists and customizing cars; either on location at, the or in his garage. Full Throttle also integrated reality elements as Flex directed his team of car customizers at various builds and allowed viewers inside the lifestyle of Hip-Hop stars. In 2014, Funkmaster Flex appeared on as part of the reality show.
Car Show Tour Taylor developed and promotes an annual eight-city Funkmaster Flex Custom Car & Bike Show Tour. It has had featured artists such as,. Each stop showcases customized cars in competition for cash prizes and model and recording talent search. In 2010, he added the Funkmaster Flex Lifestyle Expo which included sneaker and DJ battles, video game competitions, demos. He also displays some of his personal collection of roughly 40 at each stop of the tour.
Auto design. An FMF tenth-generation. In 2005, Ford Motor Company opened its Dearborn design studio doors to Taylor to look at how to customize its product line-up and add exposure to the brand.
He has since customized several models for Ford. Video games Flex is a featured DJ on The Beat 102.7 in.
He is a celebrity adversary and an unlockable free agent fullback in season mode of. He also has an unlockable team, the Baurtwell Funkmasters. Flex was an unlockable character and in-game narrator in. Flex is also mentioned in the prelude of when talking to ATM (cpu character) Discography. ^ Jason Birchmeier (1967-08-05). Retrieved 2016-02-26.
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