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Funkmaster Flex was recently a guest on Highly Questionable show with Dan Le Batard and Bomani Jones on ESPN2 where he answered some tough questions but all quite honestly.

He spoke on his crush on Kirstie Alley, whether J.R. Smith parties too much and Carmelo’s form. The trickiest of them came when the hosts asked Flex about the rapper who has been the worst in freestyling on his show. After some deliberation, Flex said it was 2 Chainz (this is what he’s talking about) but defended him by saying that he wasn’t up to it that particular day.

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Earlier today, 50 Cent called into DJ Semtex’s show on BBC 1xtra. The rapper revealed that he’s prepping for a mini tour for Animal Ambition plus spoke on concept behind the album, why he thinks he invested in wrong people in the past, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo being his brothers, Macklemore’s success, Hip-Hop’s competitive nature and why it is important, why he won’t be able to sell the same way he did with first two albums and more.

Since Semtex was running a G.O.O.D. Friday mix consisting of songs from Kanye’s weekly G.O.O.D. Friday releases, he asked 50 what his favorite Kanye songs were. He mentioned ‘Flashing Lights’ and ‘Gold Digger’.

UPDATE: He also called in Manny Norte on Capital Xtra. He spoke on working on his spot date tour, why he makes his biggest songs with Dr. Dre, fact that Dre went back to mixing ‘Smoke’ again just prior to its release, relationship & working chemistry with Timbaland, world tour after Street King Immortal and more.

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The latest guest on Elliott Wilson’s The Truth interview series is Freddie Gibbs. He talks about working with Madlib on Piñata, why it’s not easy to rap on his beats, why he’s one of the best lyricists in the game, growing up in Gary, Indiana, issues with Young Jeezy, learning from his mistakes, settling down in L.A. and much more.

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Summer Jam 2014 artist 50 Cent stopped by Hot 97 Morning show today.

During the interview he argues against the notion that he’s responsible for harming New York Rap scene, Lloyd Banks and Tony Yayo supporting Troy Ave (calls them Troy’s hypemen & explains why + says he likes Troy’s music), beef with Rick Ross & whether he will win the war in the end, sharing flight with Ja Rule, Summer Jam concert & what we can expect from him, having license to produce special SMS Audio products for Disney, new single ‘Smoke’ which is doing well on radio and more.

UPDATE: Now with video of full interview!

“Don’t be surprised if they announce later I own Worldstar.”

Wow.

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August Alsina’s debut album Testimony is in stores now and he stopped by The Breakfast club in its celebration.

August talks about why he doesn’t like eating random boxes, girls posting pictures by photoshopping themselves with him, crazy fan experience when a girl forced her way into his hotel room, having his debut album in stores, his issues with Trey Songz, relationship with his nieces, growing up with a father, relationship with his mother and much more.

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Rico Love returned to The Breakfast Club today morning. He speaks on putting out an EP rather than an album, writing hits for other artists, getting his artist role on, signing his imprint Division 1 with Interscope, signing Tiara Thomas, working with Usher, Trey Songz & Keri Hilson recently, new single ‘B**ches Be like’ and much more.

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