Off the Record with DJ Akademiks

In case you missed it, this episode was previously recorded LIVE. Our featured guest was Flo Milli, an artist from Mobile, Alabama. After being nominated in 2020 for Best New artist and also making the XXL Freshman list in the same year, Flo Milli has been on the fast track to being one of the biggest female rappers in the game. She joins us to talk about her come up and where her career is right now.

Today guest is 100k Track, who is most notable for being the manager of King Von at the time of his passing and also YNW Melly. He speaks on his come up and linking with Kodak Black and Sniper gang. He speaks about his experience being a rapper to then transitioning to manager. He talks about meeting with YNW Melly while he was in Jail and then having a crazy run with him once he got out of jail 8 months later. He talks about how he met King Von and how he got Lil Durk approval to manage him. He gives a story of how they told Kanye West 'NO' to him askin to getting on a song. He describes the process of working with Kanye and even the early stages of being in the studio with Kanye while he was cooking up Donda in Calabasas. He talks about how he saved Jackboy in a situation where cops would have arrested him. 

Our guest today is none other than a very popular youtuber that goes by the name Coffeezilla. He joins us to talk about Cryptocurrency, NFTs and Influencers (rappers especially) involvement with what has been highly controversial 'pump and dumps. Coffeezilla starts out by telling us how he got into the space where he exposed people doin scummy thing in the Crypto / NFT space. He also breaks down what a NFT is and also speaks on how money is siphoned from fans to influencers and who really owns the majority of NFTs. He issues a warning to rappers who take advantage of their fan loyalty by promoting these rug pulls and explains the difference between a legit NFT project and a rug pull. 

B-Lovee is our guest for this episode. He talks about his rise to fame and navigating the streets of the Bronx. 

Today's guest is NYC very own Fivio Foreign. Recently he's been in the media for not only music as he's being seen recently collaborating  with Kanye West on his latest single 'City of Gods' which also features Alicia Keys. Kanye has taken a likening to Fivio Foreign and even agreed to executive produce his album tentatively titled 'Bible'. Fivio speaks about his relationship with Kanye West and even touches on some issues domestically in NYC as the mayor of New York, Eric Adams, recently took aim at drill music and even threatened to ban it from social media. Fivio Foreign recaps the meeting with the mayor and also talks about the influence of Pop Smoke and answers the question if he still considers himself a Drill Rapper current or not. He gives his list of the current faces of New York in terms of artists and speaks on Kay Flock situation. Fivio also recaps the experience recording 'Donda' and exposes Kanye West recording process / workflow.

Today's Episode, Akademiks breaks down the real behind social media and programming. We get into how social media platforms control what you get to see and when and Akademiks uses a personal example. Akademiks also talks about how Kanye West right now is changing the game with putting his music on a STEM player which is unheard of and how he turned down a $100 million contract for a Apple Music streaming deal.  Song of the Week: Kay Flock - PSA

Today's episode we're back in our home studio and we get to recap whats been going on in the last week. We talk about recent Roddy Ricch episode and recap the Superbowl. We talk Jay Z's involvement and if anyone can have a lineage verzuz that can compete with Dr Dre. We talk about Colin Kaepernick and the NFL having the best ratings in years. We then talk about the antics of Kodak Black. We talk about Nicki Minaj's new single with Lil Baby ' We Got a Problem' and talk if there is a NBA comparison for her of Lebron James or Russel Westbrook. We talk about Future's new music and if he's leaning into the social media perception of him of being toxic. Record of the Week: Future - Worst Day

Roddy Ricch is our guest today on Off the Record. Roddy summoned Akademiks to the hills of Belair to have this important conversation about his mental state, his career, his recent album and actions on social media. Roddy talks about how he first met Akademiks and how quickly his career took off once a few of his singles took off. He talks having a diamond single 'The Box' and how that changes things and also addresses the theory if he could have dropped music when he wanted or did the label hold him up. He talks about criticism of his release schedule and addresses head on whether he has an inflated ego now or not. He talks about doing features and how the pandemic slowed up his progress after having a huge album and the toll it took on his craft and mental state. Roddy Ricch addresses tweets by Meek Mill that put him in the center of Meek's beef with Atlantic where Meek Mill claimed Roddy Ricch was stolen from him by Atlantic Records and that he didn't benefit off helping to find Roddy Ricch in the initial stages. Roddy explains what his reaction to that statement was and how his relationship has been from the get go with Meek Mill and also the late Nipsey Hussle. Roddy Ricch also addresses going on Clubhouse to confront someone from his hood who had an issue with him. We talk about his future plans of releasing music and how he plans to combat dealing with the internet following false narratives about him and his music. 

Today our guest is Bandman Kevo. He's most known from his days in Chicago where he was busted after running a elaborate 'Card Cracking' ring in 2014. He got out of Prison 3 years later and turned his finessing ways into teaching people how to build credit and teach legal business hacks to people who needed lines of credit etc. He talks about his time in Chicago cracking cards and also the minimum security prison he went to. He also details his new plans now on how not to go back to jail while making millions legally helping out other people become financially literate. 

In one of our most explosive and most likely controversial episodes ever, Hassan Campbell is our guest. Hassan Campbell is a social media personality who has been outspoken in the last few years speaking about the hypocrisy of hip hop culture and those who benefit off it yet push a message that is detrimental to the community which it effects. He talks about growing up in Bronx River and being around the Zulu Nation and Afrika Bambaataa. He talks about growing up in his house and watching his mom in situations and seeing that his father was absent and how it lead him to looking for a father figure in the streets. He later apologizes to the two men he killed and sent his condolences to their mothers and reflected on how Bronx and Brooklyn Drill makes fun of the dead. TRIGGER WARNING!! This episode discusses adult subject matter, including descriptions of sexual abuse of a child, and is intended for adult consumption only. Listener discretion is advised. If you have been affected by sexual violence, free, confidential support is available 24/7 through RAINN's National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800.656-4673 and online.rainn.org