Off the Record with DJ Akademiks

Lil Boom is back just kicking it with Akademiks talking about everything from Grammys, Black History month and even the Chinese Spy Balloon. We also talk about the perils of being a street dude and talk about J Prince doing a interview explaining the death of Takeoff. 

Charleston White discusses the mentality of young black boys, issues with TI and Boosie, rappers getting arrested for cyber crimes. Akademiks shares past beef with Meek Mill. Charleston reveals his beef with Mo3’s manager, a tense club shooting incident, and meeting Meek Mill. He also talks about carrying weapons since childhood and confronting haters at the airport.

Charleston White delves into the differences between artists and rappers, controversy with TI and Boosie's kids, Tay-K's charges, and street culture dynamics. Discussions on gangster image projection, childhood trauma effects, parental influence, and the transition to manhood. The episode tackles societal expectations, parenting challenges, and navigating public scrutiny in modern relationships.

Flavor Flav is our guest today. He's here to promote his new song thats a EDM / Hip Hop infused song but he gives us a great convo about his come into the game, being addicted to drugs and even getting into reality TV. He talks about his other ventures and even his downfalls where he talks about his incarceration and addiction. (00:00) Intro (03:30) Flavor Flav reflects on going to jail for a year in 2001 and moving to LA to have a fresh start. (05:35) Flavor Flav speaks on his past drug addictions and finding sobriety. (10:37) Flavor Flav claims he spent $2500 a day on drugs for six years straight. (11:45) Flav speaks on how rappers used to rap about selling drugs and now they rap about taking drugs. (15:45) Akademiks asks Flavor Flav what was his breaking point with his drug addiction. (19:24) Flavor Flav on being a trendsetter with his unique slang and fashion sense. (28:28) Flavor Flav reflects on “Public Enemy” and his relationship with Chuck D. (31:50) Flavor Flav speaks on how he first got introduced to reality television. (37:28) Flav tells how MC Hammer convinced him to have his own reality show. (40:40) Flavor Flav on falling in love with Brigitte Nielsen while filming his first show. (45:00) Flav recaps filming 3 seasons of Flavor of Love. (55:32) Akademiks asks Flav why he stopped filming Flavor of Love. (01:00:46) Flavor Flav talks about his new single with Steve Aoki. (01:02:52) Flav tells a story about mistaking DJ Tiësto for Elon Musk. (01:04:37) Flav speaks on people saying that Boosie Badazz looks just like him. (01:06:44) Flav on how being a fan of all music genres allowed him to fuse Hip-Hop with EDM. (01:12:00) Flav tells how he has plans for a new interview based show and speaks on what still drives him in life today. (01:15:43) Flav reflects on his relationship with Flo Rida and remaining close friends with him to this day. (01:27:05) Akademiks pays his respect to Flavor Flav for the impact he has had through his career.

Shy Glizzy is our guest today. After 8 years of tension with Akademiks that stems from his coverage and commentary surrounding a 2015 Chain snatching where some Memphis goons got into an altercation with Shy Glizzy at a club, Shy Glizzy is here to set the record straight. He speaks on the Chain snatching, getting his chain back, issues with other rappers in the game and also the game being fake. He touches on even recent allegations that have surfaced about him, Ant Glizzy and even talked about Beyonce dancing to his song along with shooting the video for White Girl after it blew up on Tik Tok recently. TIME STAMPS (00:00) Intro (00:35) Akademiks talks about Shy Glizzy dissing him on the song, “Cut It Freestyle” (02:00) How did Shy Glizzy break into the hip-hop scene? (05:15 Shy Glizzy speaks on what artists he listened to before blowing up. (06:05) Akademiks and Shy Glizzy talk about Shy getting his chain taken back in 2015. (12:35) Akademiks and Shy speak on Blac Youngsta claiming he got Shy’s chain back for $10,000. (17:00) Shy Glizzy speaks on not being into internet beef  and having the police watch what he posts online. (20:00) Shy Glizzy talks about how other rappers in the industry don’t reciprocate the same love that he would show other artists. (22:35) Shy Glizzy speaks about his relationship with NBA Youngboy and why Shy respects him. (26:23) Shy Glizzy speaks on Beyonce dancing to his song “White Girl”. (27:06) Shy talks about being Grammy nominated for the song “Crew” by Goldlink. (28:30) Akademiks asks Shy Glizzy what type of music he likes to make and who he listens to now. (31:20) Akademiks asks Shy Glizzy what is the connection between DC and Philadelphia. (33:05) Shy speaks on being shocked when Lil Uzi Vert’s label asked for Shy Glizzy to pay for a feature. (37:11) Shy Glizzy speaks about shooting the “White Girl” video because it started trending on Tik Tok. (39:03) Shy Glizzy speaks on trying to rebrand himself as the new stage name “Jefe”. (45:45) Shy Glizzy talks about Ant Glizzy and not knowing him. (48:55) Akademiks asks Shy Glizzy about allegations surrounding the filming of the “White Girl” music video. (52:09) Shy Glizzy speaks about his upcoming album “Flowers”. (55:38) Shy Glizzy recommends 3 of his songs you should listen to if you have never heard any of  his catalog. (57:55) Shy Glizzy speaks on what plans he has for 2023.

Trap Lore Ross and Lil Boom are our guests today. Trap Lore Ross is a popular YouTuber that hails from the UK who is notorious for doing documentary style videos about Hip Hop Controversies. Lil Boom is a regular at this point on the podcast and is a popular rapper. They both join Akademiks in discussing Meek Mill, The War in Chiraq series, Meg vs Tory, YNW Melly's case among other things in hip hop and pop culture. 00:00 Intro. 00:05 Rappers need to use social media to show personality. 02:50 Street Rappers going to streamers to gain a larger audience. 04:00 Akademiks introduces Lil Boom and Trap Lore Ross. 05:25 Trap Lore Ross speaks on how he found his own lane on Youtube by doing long in depth content. 06:54 Akademiks speaks on previously thinking his audience wouldn’t consume content longer than four minutes. 09:00 The trio discuss why people enjoy longer content these days. 11:30 AK asks TLR how he found so much information for his videos. 13:30 AK and TLR speak on how they stood apart from other media outlets by reading indictments. 19:18 The trio speak about The War in Chiraq and who was to blame for promoting violence in Chicago. 27:30  AK and TLR speak on how humor was used to talk about the extreme violence going on in Chicago. 30:50 AK and TLR speak on how covering such explicit content affects their mentality. 32:50 The trio speak on how the Chicago crime rate has only gone up in 2020 & 2021. 34:35 AK speaks about his interview with Andrew Callaghan and how Andrew snaked Ak and Adam22. 37:17 TLR calls out the city of Chicago for their handling of the violence in Chicago. 41:30 Rappers are being too specific in their lyrics about their crimes. 44:50 The trio discuss how when street rappers become wealthy, they now have the power to fund an entire street operation. 49:40 AK tells a story about the BMF wanting AK to promote their artists and in return they would provide AK with security. 53:43 TLR proposes that AK revisits The War in Chiraq in a more sympathetic approach. 59:00 TLR asks if King Von was a serial killer. 1:08:55 TLR speaks on how King Von’s team pressed him and almost got his Youtube channel removed. 1:12:45 AK speaks about his interview with King Von during the Everyday Struggle days. 1:14:05 The trio discuss Andrew Tate currently being locked up in Romania and if he was actually human trafficking. 1:20:24  Is the Matrix attacking Andrew Tate? 1:25:35 The guys speak on the Tory and Meg trial and about AK’s reputation after the trial.    1:31:41 AK was worried about his reputation when he reported that Tory’s DNA was not found on the weapon. 1:34:25 TLR asks if Tory Lanez should have testified. 1:37:35 The guys share their theories on what happened the night of the shooting and what was the motive. 1:43:56 What could have been the motive in the YNW Melly case? 1:47:40 AK talks about the scientific evidence the prosecutors are using for the case. 2:00:10 The guys talk about Tory pressing Travis Scott and if Kylie Jenner could have been the motive for the shooting. 2:13:50 What if Kelsey was the one that shot Meg? 2:16:00 TLR speaks about J Prince’s book and his relationship with Drake. 2:22:00 The guys discuss if Gunna snitched on Young Thug. 2:34:10 AK speaks on Meek Mill getting his phone stolen in Ghana and what value is there in being a street dude. 2:40:00 The guys speak on Kay Flock and what he was doing before he got locked up. 2:43:35 Trap Lore Ross speaks on his plans for 2023 are. 2:45:35 Lil Boom speaks on his plans for 2023.

Kyle from the Nelk Boys is our guest today. He's one of the founders of the now super dynamic cultural influencing business that is the Nelk Boys. He's here with Akademiks to talk how he got his start to how they built one of the best podcasts in the game, Full Send Podcast,  and also transitioning to selling a seltzer, Happy Dad. He's filled with stories that range from explaining how he first got arrested to being on the golf course with President Trump and landing a podcast with Elon musk. 

Sneako is back again and this time he's going full out with his theory that the Matrix is attacking the ones who has a voice to lead a revolution or to influence change among men. He recounts his time spent with Kanye West on his potential campaign trail and talks how cancellation has affected him. He speaks on the difficulty managing a relationship and balancing it with being a content creator. We try to figure out what the matrix is and who are its members. We talk God and divine intervention. 

We're back for 2023 and our first guest is Milagro Gramz who was basically our eyes and ears during the Tory Lanez trial. She's a media journalist from houston who has a large personality and gained a lot of popularity covering the whole Tory / Meg saga. She appears on Off The Record podcast to explain what really happened during this whole saga for the last two years and also what she saw in court herself. 

Adin Ross is our guest today on Off the Record podcast. He's back to talk about how life and his career is treating him currently along with talking about the state of music and even explaining exclusively to us why he did not end up going through with doing a podcast with Ye (formerly known as Kanye West). As per usual, there is some pocket watching that happens and also we discuss DDG saying streamers and Youtubers are making more money than Rappers currently.