Off the Record with DJ Akademiks

Rod Wave stops by the podcast to announce his album 'Beautiful Mind' is indeed dropping on 8/12. We talk about fame and his dislike for it and what he meant when he said on IG live that he felt he 'Sold his Soul'. He talks about future collabs he has coming up and also being on NBA Youngboy album as well. He talks about using the music for therapy and realizing the power of teasing or releasing it to the public fort their consumption.

8 Aug 202253min

YK Osiris is our guest today on the pod. We talk about how hilarious he has been on social media recently. We talk about some of his great friendships in music including being one of Drake's best friends and also Lil baby as well. He talks being in Toronto for Caribana.

5 Aug 20221h 46min

Kevin Gates is our guest today. One of the most interesting individuals in music today, he joins us to talk about how currently he's the happiest he's ever been. He reflects on how he was unhappy the last time he did an interview with Akademiks and talked about processing his prison stint a few years ago. We touch on his popular interview with Yung Miami and ask about his take on dating and relationships and even try to confirm if he really truly believes some of the things he's said recently.

4 Aug 20221h 35min

Kevin Gates is our guest today. One of the most interesting individuals in music today, he joins us to talk about how currently he's the happiest he's ever been. He reflects on how he was unhappy the last time he did an interview with Akademiks and talked about processing his prison stint a few years ago.

4 Aug 20221h 12min

Jackboy is our guest today. He stops by to have his first appearance on Off The Record and talk about his come up to his recent success. We discuss his issues with Kodak Black, how he persevered through his multiple incarcerations. He talks about how he got signed to his current situation at Empire and how he made a smart decision turning down more money from Atlantic Records so that he could have more control over his career.

2 Aug 20221h 28min

Carl Chery continues the debate with Akademiks about rap. We discuss who currently could be in competition for another 'new school' class of hip hop.

1 Aug 20221h 2min

Carl Chery is our guest today. He is the head curator in charge for Spotify who is responsible for the infamous RapCaviar playlist. We begin our conversation trying to establish the importance of playlists today in hip hop music. We talk about if an artist can dominate the current climate and get adequate play-listing if he was solely independent. We talk about Drake's new album and also try to put a rank to him as a artist all time vs Kanye West and even Jay Z.

31 Jul 20221h 29min

Bandman Kevo is our guest today. On Rolling Loud weekend, he pulled up to discuss many of the things he's been in the media for including him getting his body done and also his ex wife dating a Youtube Vlogger. He breaks down why he wont forgive his ex wife and also explains his beef with 16shotz.

27 Jul 20221h 31min