Editing Funkmaster Flex (section)

{{Short description|American DJ and radio host (born 1968)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians -->
| name              = Funkmaster Flex
| image             = Funkmaster Flex, 2018.png
| caption           = Funkmaster Flex in 2018
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| birth_name        = Aston George Taylor Jr.
| alias             = {{hlist|Flex|Funk Flex}}
| birth_date        = {{Birth date and age|mf=yes|1967|8|5}}
| birth_place       = [[The Bronx]], [[New York City]], U.S.
| origin            = 
| instrument        = {{hlist|[[Turntablism|Turntable]]|[[Sampler (musical instrument)|sampler]]|[[Rapping|vocals]]}}
| genre             = [[Hip hop music|Hip hop]]
| occupation        = {{hlist|DJ|rapper|record producer|radio host}}
| years_active      = 1987–present
| label             = {{hlist|[[Loud Records|Loud]]|[[RCA Records|RCA]]|[[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG]]|[[Def Jam Recordings|Def Jam]]|[[Island Def Jam Music Group|Island]]|[[Universal Music Group|Universal]]|[[E1 Entertainment|E1]]|[[Koch Records|Koch]]|Franchise Records}}
| past_member_of    = {{hlist|[[The Flip Squad]]}}
| website           = {{URL|inflexwetrust.com}}
}}
'''Aston George Taylor Jr.'''<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |author=Jason Birchmeier |url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/funkmaster-flex-mn0000156010/biography |title=Funkmaster Flex &#124; Biography & History |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |date=1968-08-05 |access-date=2016-02-26 |archive-date=March 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160314234642/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/funkmaster-flex-mn0000156010/biography |url-status=live }}</ref> (born August 5, 1967),<ref name="allmusic"/> professionally known as '''Funkmaster Flex''', is an American DJ, rapper, record producer, and host on New York City's [[WQHT|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 pop radio station at the time.<ref name="PayBack"/>