Funk Flex is more than just a DJ– he’s a hip-hop institution, a radio and club mainstay who’s helped break some of New York’s biggest artists and biggest hits and continues to keep his finger on the pulse of hip-hop and R&B. This year he’ll host his birthday party on Coney Island, featuring a coterie of throwback R&B artists from the ‘90s. ’90s R&B icon Adina Howard, best known for her debut single “Freak Like Me” and her album Do You Wanna Ride?; Christopher Williams hit the top of the R&B singles chart with his song “I’m Dreamin’” from Mario Van Peebles’ New Jack City, a film he also appeared in; Soul for Real’s platinum-selling, Heavy D-produced debut LP Candy Rain spawned two hit singles, the title track and “Every Little Thing I Do”; Gina Thompson’s 1996 debut LP Nobody Does It Better featured production and features from Missy Elliott, and its lead single “The Things That You Do” cracked the Billboard Hot 100; Allure is an R&B girl group that formed out of LaGuardia High School in Manhattan, their biggest hit was a cover of Lisa Lisa and the Cult Jam’s “All Cried Out” with Bad Boy R&B group 112.