New York City radio mainstay Funkmaster Flex is reportedly not leaving his longtime gig at Hot 97 , despite seemingly announcing his exit after 33 years on the station’s airwaves .

The veteran rapper and DJ — who began hosting the station’s first-ever hip-hop show in 1992 — nearly broke the internet Thursday night with a social media post declaring that his “last show on Hot 97 at 7pm” would air on Monday, Sept. 1.

“All things come to an end! End of an era that I enjoyed very much!” he wrote. “I will make the last show a great one!”

Flex, 57, didn’t reveal what he had planned for the future, but later teased that his “next move will shock you!”

The post was quickly interpreted as an official announcement of his retirement, at least from Hot 97. Fans bemoaned the “end of an era”

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