# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/funkmaster-flex
# Generated: 2026-08-12T17:03:44.395Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/funkmaster-flex"
name: "Funkmaster Flex"
slug: "funkmaster-flex"
description: "Aston George Taylor Jr., professionally known as Funkmaster \"Funk\" Flex, is an American DJ, rapper, record producer, and host on New York City's Hot 97 radio station. In 1992, he became host of the first hip hop radio show on Hot 97 in New York, which was a dance radio station at the time."
tagline: "American DJ"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Funkmaster_Flex%2C_2018.png?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1967-08-05"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           70.22
  momentum:             2.876833362784944
  historical:           9.462332
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     95
  profileCompleteness:  90
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
totalFollowers: 262000
platforms:
  - platform:  "X"
    url:       "https://x.com/funkflex"
    handle:    "funkflex"
  - platform:  "INSTAGRAM"
    url:       "https://www.instagram.com/funkflex/"
    handle:    "funkflex"
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/funkflex"
    handle:    "funkflex"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1148702/"
    handle:    "nm1148702"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/34ABXKUj0gzq7R8vXjCaNj"
    handle:    "34ABXKUj0gzq7R8vXjCaNj"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.funkmasterflex.com/"
  - platform:  "YOUTUBE"
    url:       "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXNRIMKkkYxYrfSVuII6PQA"
    handle:    "@funkflex"
    followers: 262000
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funkmaster_Flex"
    title: "Funkmaster Flex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funkmaster_Flex"
    title: "Funkmaster Flex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funkmaster_Flex"
    title: "Funkmaster Flex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funkmaster_Flex"
    title: "Funkmaster Flex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funkmaster_Flex"
    title: "Funkmaster Flex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funkmaster_Flex"
    title: "Funkmaster Flex"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aston_George_Taylor_Jr."
    title: "Aston George Taylor Jr."
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%86%DA%A9_%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%B9%D8%B1_%D9%81%D9%84%DB%8C%DA%A9%D8%B3"
    title: "فنک ماسٹر فلیکس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/de9e1687-377f-4559-8133-6fe5986dd95c"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1269271"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/93607"
    title: "Funkmaster Flex"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump