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 ...

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 ...

Jay Critch continues to prove that he is one of the top rap contenders on the rise, as he spits a new freestyle for Funkmaster Flex. While visiting the veteran DJ at Hot 97 in New York City this week, ...

Let the debate start on whether or not Black Thought still has the best HOT97 freestyle. Royce 5’9″ paid a recent visit and shut it down. With the release of their sophomore album a week out the Royce ...

Lil Baby was a guest on Funkmaster Flex's Hot 97 show, and the Atlanta rapper dropped an infant-sized freestyle. Check it out above. After Flex slates with a promo for his Facebook page, Baby goes in.

J.I.D has been generating a ton of buzz over the last several months, and during a recent stop by Hot 97, he proved why he's been praised when he absolutely destroyed a Funkmaster Flex freestyle.