Off the Record with DJ Akademiks

G herbo is our guest today for the second part of their interview and Akademiks gets into his album thats out now called 'Survivor's Remorse'. We talk about if he had remorse for leaving people behind in Chicago and how he makes those determination when going forward. WE talk about his 2 part album and also his plight in music.

17 Okt 20221h 30min

G herbo is our guest today and Akademiks is extra hyped for this one not only because he's a huge fan of herbo but because they finally get face to face to hash it out over some of his earlier 'War in Chiraq' coverage. They talk about the effects of drill on communities and how commentary or the internet fuels things. They then turn to his album and reflect on his lifestyle growing up in chicago. There is two parts of this interview.

17 Okt 20221h 39min

The second part to our highly entertaining podcast with rapper, Tee Grizzley. We get into some more social subjects and keep it light and funny with rapid quick fire questions about fast food among other things.

14 Okt 20221h 9min

Tee Grizzley is our guest today. He's here with some amazing stories of making it up out of Detroit and also how he did the near impossible by turning around a life of crime into a promising and fruitful rap career. He breaks down how the Detroit music scene is and how to get by in Detroit. This is s 2 part podcast. This is the first part.

11 Okt 20221h 37min

Chinese Kittty is our guest today. She's here fresh off her Rolling Loud performance and she's in a good mood and excited for her career which has been on the incline for some years. Starting out from the nightclub scene, she turned what most would say is a influencer career to now being a musician working the scene getting better and better. We start off the podcast hot by talking about how many dudes who probably try to get her and also asking her about NBA Youngboy rapping 'Chinese Kitty don't wanna be my girl.. she like dem folks'. NBA YB calls in to talk to her and ask her why she was fronting on him. Also we talk about her dating and hanging out wiht Lil Tjay a few years ago when she first met DJ Akademiks in a nightclub.

6 Okt 20221h 50min

Tory Lanez is our guest today. One of the most heavily scrutinized artists in the game yet talented as well shows up to Off The Record to keep it real about everything that he can legally discuss. We begin by talking about his come up and break into the scene in music then eventually get to talk about how Quarantine Radio was a once in a lifetime moment then to the ultimate situation between him and Meg Thee Stallion which resulted in criminal charges. We talk about how his reaction to these situations and also how he had to handle the fallout from artists switching up and even the industry. We talk about his album 'Alone At Prom' not getting the attention it deserves but eventually did a lot of streams. We talk about how he battles vs negative narratives about him online these days and also DSPs blackballing him.

4 Okt 20221h 57min

Toosii is our guest today and he's here bearing it all and being honest about everything from his feud with DDG to his relationship and even status of his career. He talks how the industry blackballing Da Baby affected him since they are signed to the same label and even talks about the dynamics to which urban artists are trapped into a box where as opposed to Bad Bunny he's more free and can do much more.

1 Okt 20222h 33min

TiaCorine is our guest for today. She talks about going viral on Tik Tok and how she got into the music game. She expounds on her unique style and why she rejected what others might call normal that she can be authentic to her and her art.

29 Sep 202252min