In "I'm tired of you taking jabs at me" news, my good friend Funkmaster Flex recently responded to The Source magazines allegations that he accepts payola from time to time. For those of you that have been living under a rock the last few months, The Source accused Flex of accepting payola in it's November G-Unot issue. They even claim they have a witness that saw the Hot 97 flagship DJ accepting accept large sums of money ranging from $500,000 to $1 million to play certain records.
In an interview with SOHH.com, Flex aired out The Source and called the accusations stupid. "People always wanna accuse me of payola-taking money for records," Flex told SOHH.com. "What do people pay for records? People have thrown around the figure of $2,500... $5,000. I work for Ford, Turtle Wax, yahoo.com, Castro Oil. I do marketing, they sponsor my tours. I'm a face for Castro Oil, the first African American to do that. Ford, I customize vehicles for them, they sponsor my tours. I do marketing for them. They sponsor my tour shows, my racing dates. Yahoo.com plays my videos, my TV shows. I get $100,000 to customize cars for people like Castro. What am I doing with $2,500? I don't jeopardize what I do to do stuff like that." Good point Flex, touché.
Flex goes on to say to tell SOHH.com that, "None of these record companies or rappers even have half of $100,000, let alone to give it to me," said Flex. "Incredible! What I do isn't worth that. I'm on the radio in New York City at nighttime. I can't make other DJ's across the country play a record. I play a record and people hear it. It's up to the individual that hears the song to say whether he likes it or not.
This isn't the first time Flex has commented on The Source. For one reason or another, they just can't seem to get along. But the Source can't seem to get along with anyone these days. I guess Zino's mad that Flex won't play those Made Men records. Five words: Zino step your game up.
By the way, look out for Funk Flex's new The Car Show CD/DVD which featuresnew music from 50 Cent, Paul Wall, Jim Jones, Cam'ron and Nas to name a few. The DVD also includes footage from Flex's car show tours with Young Buck, David Banner, Fat Joe and Master P. The Car Show CD/DVD is scheduled to hit stores December 6th.
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