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- ↑ TV News Desk. "MTV2's 'Funk Flex Full Throttle' Premieres 5/2". broadwayworld.com. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ "Funkmaster Flex's "Full Throttle" Season 2 To Feature 50 Cent, Rick Ross". HipHopDX. 14 April 2011. Retrieved 17 January 2015.