Funk Flex's remarks about Kimora Lee Simmons explored as DaBaby and Birdman mix-up goes viral

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Funk Flex mixes up DaBaby's name with Birdman (image via Getty)

Hot 97's Funk Flex alleged live on the radio on December 15 that Da Baby was once intimately involved with Kimora Lee Simmons. In videos shared online, Funk Flex can be heard saying,

"She's a bird, continue the story! What's her name? Russell's old wife, right? And DaBaby was beating that! Finish the story!

DaBaby took to social media in a video, denying Flex's claims and saying,

"I just seen my face and my name attached to some s**t...I felt the need to come clear that s**t up. That s**t is 1,000% false. OG, I don't know. What the hell you got going on or or what? What even made you goddamn feel comfortable enough to goddamn throw my name out there so loosely like that? But that s**t ain't true....I'm disappointed. I'm looking forward to you clearing that up, Flex."

"I meant Birdman," - Funk Flex says he got the name mixed up

Following DaBaby's comments, Funk Flex, during an evening shift on Hot 97, apologized to DaBaby and claimed that he got the names mixed up and meant to say Birdman.

"I apologize, my brother. I meant Birdman when I was talking about Kimora Lee. I'm not built for this morning show thing and I'm going to bow out later this week bedcause it was such a small thing and wow. So when I was talking about the Kimora Lee thing, it was the Birdman, not DaBaby."

Flex's comments come after Kimora's ex-husband, Russell Simmons, claimed that to had financially provided for her for two decades. Russell also accused Kimora of taking his stock and preventing him from having a relationship with their daughters, Ming, 25, and Aoki, 23. Russell was responding to an article shared by People titled, "Kimora Lee Simmons says she doesn't 'have a relationship' with her kids' father" on X.

In the interview with People, Kimora had opened up about her views on co-parenting and said,

"Usually, I would say that I coparent okay, but the kids are with me full time. I'm pretty much the primary parent. It's difficult, but I don't know sometimes what other people are thinking. Guys are weird."

Kimora and Russell tied the knot in 1998 and split up in 2006. Their divorce was finalized in 2009. In 2014, the internet was ablaze with rumors that Kimora and Birdman were dating after Birdman posted a picture of the two on his Instagram page.

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Edited by Tanisha Aggarwal