Off the Record with DJ Akademiks

Hassan Campbell is back for the first time since the iconic interview with Akademiks, 6ix9ine, Wack 100 and himself. He explains the fallout of that interview and how in hindsight he thought he was being set up. This time Hassan Campbell comes in 20 deep and holds no punches as he talks about snitching, Boston Richie and even addresses his beef with Charleston White. He addresses Quavo and Takeoff situation w/ Mob Ties. He talks about his issues with Funkmaster Flex and even gets personal and emotional while letting people know how much he has to deal with.

9 Feb 20232h 58min

Hassan Campbell is back for the first time since the iconic interview with Akademiks, 6ix9ine, Wack 100 and himself. He explains the fallout of that interview and how in hindsight he thought he was being set up. This time Hassan Campbell comes in 20 deep and holds no punches as he talks about snitching, Boston Richie and even addresses his beef with Charleston White. He addresses Quavo and Takeoff situation w/ Mob Ties. Stay tuned for part 2! OTR 166 Time Stamps (01:46) Intro (04:05) Hassan speaks on his previous appearance with Wack 100 and Tekashi 6ix9ine. (08:34) Hassan and his crew discuss 6ix9ine unexpectedly showing up to the podcast with a group of goons. (24:50) Hassan speaks on Billy Ado getting arrested after going on Instagram live in a Brooklyn hood. (33:08) Hassan and his crew speak on the viral quote “ We don’t jack rats, but this the first rat we jackin’.” (39:00) Akademiks speaks about 6ix9ine buying Birkins for other rapper’s girlfriends and traveling with gangsters and security at the same time. (51:29) The guys discuss if you can be a rat and be accepted back into the streets. (1:02:00) Akademiks asks if you can tell if someone would snitch or not. (01:25:00) The guys speak on if Boston Richie snitched at 17 years old. (01:30:32) The guys discuss Jay Prince’s latest interview with MDWOG. (01:52:10) Hassan speaks on his beef with Charleston White. (02:06:30) Akademiks brings the conversation back to the Quavo and Takeoff situation with MobTies. (02:13:30) Hassan goes off on J. Prince and Gillie.

8 Feb 20232h 23min

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.

7 Feb 20231h 49min

Charleston White is back on our podcast for this two part episode. On this part, he talks about Tay K, the mentality and psychology of young black boys growing up in impoverished neighborhoods, his issues with TI and Boosie and their kids. He talks about Blueface and Chrisean Rock, King Von, YNW Melly complaining about Jail, Hassan Campbell, By the way, a recording error that we discovered in Post is the reason why the video is a bit choppy. The audio should be fine but the video is a bit choppy or laggy. This is our fault and we apologize. Watch the Previous Episode here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1tlVWLe0EPGKrEdwkP4lYA?si=acc3c1746d5542e3 Timestamps: (00:00) Charleston White speaks about his issues with YNW Melly’s mother. (08:43) Charleston discusses hearing about Tooka for the first time. (15:20) Charleston on connecting with FBG Duck’s mother. (24:00) Charleston explains his beef with Mo3’s manager Rainwater. (28:00) Charleston explains shooting himself in a stripclub. (37:17) Charleston speaks on rappers getting arrested for cyber crimes. (43:00) Akademiks speaks on his past beef with Meek Mill. (47:50) Charleston shares his own story when meeting Meek Mill. (52:20) Charleston whips out a brass knuckle taser, police mace, a switchblade, and many more. (01:02:53) Charleston speaks on the only person who ever caught him lacking. (01:08:40) Charleston explains his issues with Hassan Campbell. (01:16:35) Charleston speaks on Akademiks pushing him to lean into stand-up comedy. (01:22:00) Charleston breaks down the difference between snitching, telling, and setting the record straight. (01:27:05) Akademiks asks if Charleston has any regrets. (01:31:10) Charleston responds to 21 Savage’s recent critiques of Charleston. (01:38:42) Charleston explains why gangsters can not operate a music organization. (01:42:08) Charleston does not believe that Chris Brown and Lil Wayne are actually Blood. (01:44:50) Charleston asks why were people ever mad at Tekashi 6ix9ine. (01:47:12) Charleston explains why rappers cannot be celebrities and gangsters at the same time. He uses Nipsey Hustles death as an example. (01:50:50) Charleston speaks on how dangerous LA has become. (01:53:52) Charleston says Akademiks paved the way for future content creators and wants to do a comedy show together.

30 Jan 20231h 57min

Charleston White is back on our podcast for this two part episode. On this part, he talks about Tay K, the mentality and psychology of young black boys growing up in impoverished neighborhoods, his issues with TI and Boosie and their kids. By the way, a recording error that we discovered in Post is the reason why the video is a bit choppy. The audio should be fine but the video is a bit choppy or laggy. This is our fault and we apologize. Watch the Next Episode here: TIME STAMPS (00:00) Intro. (00:30) Charleston White breaks down the difference between an artist and a rapper. (03:00) Charleston White explains why audiences need to allow rappers to project a gangster lifestyle in their music but not live it. (05:00) Charleston White explains why Tay-K should not have been charged as an adult. (07:38) Charleston White tells a story about his childhood friend committing a murder at 12 years old. (14:58) Charleston White regrets advocating for a lengthy sentence for Tay-K in the past. (17:30) Akademiks and Charleston discuss Marlo Mike and his relation to Boosie Badazz. (22:27) Akademiks asks if Charleston believes he went too far when discussing Boosie’s and T.I. 's children. (27:34) Charleston White doubles down that if T.I. 's son tried to attack him, Charleston would lethally defend himself. (32:15) Akademiks asks if privileged kids can still be street. (34:10) Akademiks and Charelston discuss Ksoo’s father snitching on his own son. (38:31) Ak and Charleston speak on Gunna and the rest of YSL snitching. (45:06) Akademiks asks if the streets are over. (48:33) Charleston White discusses his issues with Wack 100. (56:24) Charleston explains why he believes he cannot work with Wack 100. (59:30) Akademiks speaks on his recent issues with Blueface. (01:03:05) Charleston gives advice on how to deal with a woman like Chrisean Rock. (01:06:10) Ak and Charleston discuss why Blueface puts up with Chrisean abusing him. (01:15:00) Akademiks speaks on Blueface losing his passion for rapping.

29 Jan 20231h 19min

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.

25 Jan 20231h 33min

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.

21 Jan 202359min

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.

13 Jan 20232h 54min