Hip-Hop radio station Hot 97 representatives have stepped in to deny claims made by DJ Funkmaster Flex that he would no longer play records released from Interscope Records, home to rappers such as Eminem, 50 Cent, Dr. Dre, Soulja Boy and artists such as Lady Ga Ga and Akon.
On Flex’s show on the 21st April 2009, Funk Flex blasted executive Nino Cuccinello at Interscope Records/A&M/Geffen.
“New York I am talking to a person who makes decisions who does things up there, moving funny style,” Funkmaster Flex fumed. “Nino is moving so bad. If you are anywhere in the tri-state area, I’m talking about people New York that control the music business and they control certain artists that they do not want you to see, but they want the pop stations to have. This is where I come in.”
Flex went on to apologise to Interscope executive Step Johnson, and then stated that he would no longer be playing music from Eminem or Dr. Dre.
Hot 97’s Program Director E-Bro Darden stated in the New York Daily News, that Flex’s statements were entertaining radio that had simply gone too far.
“We’ve never held back on a whole label’s music,” Darden told The New York Daily News. “And we won’t.”
Darden also stated that Hot 97 maintained good relationships with a number of labels and joked, “we had to muzzle Flex, … people know a lot of what he says is showmanship, but that went too far.”
From HIP-HOPKINGS.COM
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