Geechi Gotti Hits HOT 97 with Funk Flex, Delivering a Gripping Freestyle That Reminds Us Why Fall Belongs to the Real Spitters

Kay Blair
3 min readOct 28, 2024

Rap Icon Geechi Gotti Brings Authentic Street Bars to Funk Flex — And Proves Real Lyricism Still Thrives

If you’re a true hip-hop fan, you know autumn isn’t just a season — it’s when the real spitters come out and it all hits harder. This fall, the stage is set for one of the fiercest voices in battle rap: Geechi Gotti. The Battle Rap Hall of Famer just tore it up on Funk Flex’s HOT 97 show, delivering a freestyle that lit up the airwaves and confirmed his status as one of the most authentic voices from the trenches. Funk Flex blessed us by dropping “Seeing Green,” a classic beat performed by Nicki Minaj, Drake, and Lil Wayne and produced by Kid Masterpiece and GOVI. It’s the kind of track that gives a lyricist like Geechi room to breathe and space to spit bars as raw as his reality.

Geechi Gotti showed up with a friend, LI The Mayor, but there was no doubt who took center stage. With lines like, “Rattin’ on the internet then call it content,” he wasted no time getting to the core of street ethics and the emptiness of social media clout-chasing. Geechi’s bars are as tough as they come, speaking directly to a crowd who doesn’t need a mainstream co-sign to know he’s one of the realest doing it. When he spit…

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