Funkmaster Flex Responds To Jay Z/Hot 97 Purchase Rumor: “They Not Buying S**t!!!!”

Written By Cyrus Langhorne

Hot 97's Funkmaster Flex has put a quick end to widespread rumors about music mogul Jay Z having an interest in purchasing his radio station.

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Flex addressed the big rumor about Hov buying Hot 97 on Instagram this week.

Check out the wild Jay Z/Hot 97 rumor right here…

Controversial gossip blog Media Take Out claimed Jay had an interest in the mega station.

According to a ROCK SOLID SOURCE – Shawn “Jay Z” Carter along with a group of investors that includes NY Knicks star Carmelo Anthony are currently NEGOTIATING TO BUY Hot 97 radio station. Talks are still early, but we’re told that both sides have HIRED LAWYERS and INVESTMENT BANKERS – and are serious in getting a deal done. (The Source)

Funk Flex posted up a picture of what looked like a text message from Jay Z on Instagram last Friday (January 16).

Last week, Flex went off on Jay Z’s popular Life + Times lifestyle website.

“A couple years ago, dropped that DJ Funk Flex app. I get an email from a writer at Life + Times, the website. They want to talk to me about my digital involvement and write a story. First of all, I salute the young man who wrote the story. I appreciate the love, but bruh I’mma tell you something. I peeped back then when they was using a writer outside that did not work for the website. And that website is trash by the way. And I figured I’d say that trash so you take me serious on where I’m going. They do this interview after I drop my app. Asking me a lot of key questions about apps, building apps, how, why, how’d you launch it. But all of that didn’t get put in the story though. A lot of that information got put into that new Jay Z app.” (Hot 97)

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Written by Cyrus Langhorne

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  1. This dude is 50 yrs old using a trash gossip site to flame a twitter war, drop a bomb on yourself flex

  2. JZ look’n kinda shook…I expected some pictures to float by now… streets are watching…

  3. Flex gone get his self canned! Talking crazy!! The white folks that own that station would ditch him so fast in effort to do business with Jigga.. One phone call like “no JZ or Beyoncé or any roc nation artists on 97” we taking our business exclusively to 105.1 and it’s a done deal on flex..

    • not really that would hurt them more than it would hurt hot 97.. hot 97 is always gonna be hot 97… all flex has to do is start playing other artist hot shit and pushing there albums and jay fucked up in the game musically. they already dont play his shit or ny shit in the south so if its not playing in ny than whats left?

      • My man so if they not playing his shit, and his album sales is heads above the rest of the artist that getting that shit played. That goes to show you. Radio aint shit. But what if he said, I will headline a hot 97 concert for the next 3 years but that bomb dropping bastard cant be a part of hot 97. guess what. Flex is done.

        • if hot 97 wants to remain credibile and be able to hire real djs they would tell jay to go fuck himself. they would be playing themselfs out. they dont need jay to headline they shit they got young artist that will do it and get more fans there. its 2015 young niggaz not thumpin jay

      • They would still play on other station 105.1 dog.. Beyoncé, Rihanna and Kanye hold enough weight to get flex tossed bro.. If they went on a Anti hot 97 campaign it would be over.. We talking j.cole, meek mill (managed by roc).. No j.cole, wale and meek don’t hold no weight.. But we talking if the go anti we talking about JZ, Beyoncé, Rihanna etc.. Do you know how many artist and people would follow suit? They already corny at hot 97 and already losing there base 105.1.. That would flat line them. Almost like putting sanctions on that station JZ hold a lot weight.. We talking atheletes would follow suit, no more ace of spades at any hot 97 parties etc.. They would tank.. I’m a JZ fan before the corporate cat come into play.. But that guy is powerful.. I don’t care who he meeting with and where. If Beyoncé show up it’s a wrap.. The execs be star struck or something.. Flex need to be easy..

  4. Flex kill me talking like he got some “control” or “say so” in the sell of a company he WORKS FOR, not OWNS. I bet this nigga ain’t got NO stock options. You ain’t on the board of directors. If Jay had the money to it and Emmis Communications wants to sell it, it would be sold!!! It. Period. End of story.

  5. Remember how this thang, meaning hiphop, got started, through the “DJ” MC’s need DJ’s because the great ones have a following. He can get fired and move to Miami and people will subscribe to sirius radio to hear him. There ain’t nothing Jay can do but talk it out.

    • Funk flex has no real radio talent. I doubt he succeeds anywhere else. All this dude has is history. He was at the right place at the right time. His interview skills are trash at best. Ppl just go cuz he’s from the era of big and nas etc

  6. At least the dude is showing some heart! Just because Jay has a lot of money does not mean an individual has to sell his soul to him… Man up busters!

    • Some heart? Showing heart is fighting for a cause. This dude is fighting over an app.

      • Dude this app could be worth millions in the near future and you don’t need samsung to buy or purchase crap!!! Did you ever hear about the open market? Ask Kim Kardashian and her silly a– app but little girls downloaded that crap by the millions. Why do you think Jay is going after that crap homie? He is a businessman!!! I love Jay and that is my Nukka but hey he would not like anyone to do this to him. On Flex, age does not have anything to do with getting money little homie! Everyone is trying to eat out here and all you need sometimes is that little break!!! Ask Jay Z!

        • Dude Jay ain’t doing shit with that app. The app was designed to sell the phone. Samsung wanted to tap into the black market. By linking themselves to a jay z album, and telling u that u get the album free and first if u download the app, ppl that were looking to get a new phone, would get Samsung just to get the album through the app. I’m sure Samsung developed the app and I’m sure they weren’t looking for help from Funk Master flex.

  7. It’s funny how Flex and Ebro acting like they own/control shot 97…. “we’re good over here”, they are just workers like everyone else!

  8. Man F*ck Jay Z….. and all those other clowns who think they control shit cause they got a little bread…
    I dont know whats up with people now a days. so im supposed to be scared of you cause you got money?

    Jay Z, Beyonce, Kanye are hood rich… Everybody running around talking like Jay owned the entire Net team… lol He would need investors (Melo and other people) to buy Hot 97… so his bread at that long….

  9. Just wondering how many times Flex dropped a bomb in the bathroom thinking about Beyonce

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