Shordie Shordie Episode

Today our guest is the CEO and founder of Zeus Network, Lemuel Plummer. TIMESTAMPS (03:59) Lemuel Plummer shares how he got involved in the media industry from a young age. (07:55) How did Lemuel know that media and business was his passion. (10:20) Lemuel started off as a production assistant and at 21 became a producer for BET. (22:15) How involved is Lemuel in his projects? (23:50) Ray J was an instrumental part of starting Zeus Network. (29:00) How did Lemuel capitalize on technology changing to help build Zeus. (33:40) How did Lemuel create the Zeus app?  (39:24) What happened to Lemuel’s original business partners such as King Bach? (43:55) Akademiks tries to guess how much money Lemuel invested into Zeus when the company first launched with 40 shows. (45:39) Did Amanda Cerny and King Bach have a real fanbase during the Vine era? (50:28) Lemuel’s show “The Real Blac Chyna” was his first breakout hit for Zeus. (57:05) Lemuel shares how transparent Zeus is with his talents such as Chrisean Rock, Natalie Nunn, and Blueface.  (01:15:35) Akademiks tries to guess how many subscribers Zeus has. (01:19:30) Is Floyd Mayweather a partner of Zeus? (01:30:24) Why didn’t Lemuel buy BET? (01:32:45) Is Lemuel a billionaire and how much would he sell Zeus for? (01:35:11) Akademiks questions Lemuel’s morality towards the content that Zeus produces. (01:46:40) Lemuel is diversifying Zeus’s content and creating scripted television to compete with the quality of HBO. (01:50:35) Does Zeus Network regret airing ChriseanRock smoking weed while pregnant? (02:02:00) Was Zeus having fake auditions? (02:07:35) What is Lemuel’s relationship with other moguls such as Diddy and Floyd? (02:14:00) Ak tries to get Lemuel to share his monthly payroll budget. (02:21:00) Ak wants at least a million dollars minimum to box a rapper. (02:29:00) Why do people hate Akademiks?

30 Aug 20232h 39min

Our guest today is Zherka.

28 Aug 20234h 28min

I promise this wasn't intended to be the full mood of the podcast but Young Nudy x Baby Drill on Off the Record was just classic.

20 Aug 20231h 18min

Fridayy is our guest today!

17 Aug 20231h 53min

Today our Guest is 1090 Jake. Recently he broke onto the scene in a very explosive way, giving the real info about many rappers pasts and also pointing out their contradictions within their lyrics or persona. Today he tells the story of how he got started doing content, his stint in prison and also how he became the person that Akademiks now calls 'The Stamp'. He speaks on Boston Richie, Kodak Black, Wack 100 among others. Very entertaining episode. Make sure you leave a thumbs up and a comment. Time Stamps: (00:00) Intro (06:04) How did 1090 Jake start getting into content creation? (09:20) 1090 Jake says that Tory Lanez will be tried heavily in prison. (16:28) Jake never faced issues for being white in the streets, but he faced it in prison. (21:45) Jake’s Youtube channel instantly took off and his content shifted towards covering rappers' paperwork. (29:00) Jake explains how to make a weapon in prison and using sign language to communicate. (40:30) Tory Lanez will be obligated to participate in a race war in prison. (47:09) Jake heard that Young Thug and YNW Melly both have their own isolated dorms in prison. (53:18) What made Jake start looking into other people’s paperwork? (55:18) Jake reflects on when he first noticed that big time rappers were watching his content. (58:55) Did Jake end SpottemGottem’s career? (01:01:27) Jake explains what happened between him and Real Boston Richey. (01:07:20) Jake responds to Van Lathan’s remarks that music is an opportunity for rappers to make it out of the hood, and Jake is stopping that. (01:11:20) Is it disrespectful to King Von to say he wasn’t a killer? (01:17:15) Jake doesn’t think that Nine Trey Bloods are still looking for 6ix9ine. (01:24:38) Jake speaks on Kodak Black dissing him and if Jake’s issues with Tekashi 6ix9ine. (01:39:38) Jake would never accept money in return to not drop a video about someone. (01:42:00) Jake explains why Kodak Black said that Jake was a snitch.  (01:46:44) Jake says that everyone in YSL including Young Thug’s brother are rats. (01:51:13) Would Jake interview Gunna? (01:53:42) Jake explains how he knows that 21 Savage did not snitch. (01:55:47) Should Tory Lanez have snitched? (01:58:30) Did Gucci Mane and Da Baby snitch? (02:03:29) Jake thinks that YNW Melly will beat his case.  (02:10:25) Jake gives predictions about Young Thug, Tory Lanez, Kay FLock and YNW Melly’s cases. (02:16:30) How is Jake adapting to the music industry wanting him to appear at more events? (02:20:40) 1090 Jake can understand Lil Durk’s hatred of rats. (02:23:56) 1090 Jake wants to start streaming and create a podcast.

15 Aug 20232h 29min

Elliott Wilson is our guest today. He's a cultural staple in media who has been around from the magazine era to the blog era to now the new media era. After recently making headlines from doing historic interviews with NBA Youngboy and Tyler The Creator, he was recently called out by Drake. He's here to talk about everything. TIMESTAMPS (00:00) Intro (03:20) Akademiks and Elliott Wilson discuss feeling overlooked in the hip-hop media space. (09:42) Elliott explains his decision to turn down being a host of Everyday Struggle.  (13:10) Elliott explains how the XXL Freshman list started. (14:40) What was the business model of an independent magazine company? (23:37) Elliott acknowledges that the new age of media is independent platforms.  (28:30) How did Elliott make sure he didn’t lose his audience as magazine culture started to fade away. (32:30) How did Elliott manage to get artists to agree to live interviews in front of a crowd? (40:28) Why is Elliott Wilson so embracing of new generations entering hip-hop? (43:35) Elliott and Ak discuss this new era of women running the rap game. (49:10) Elliott Wilson responds to Drake clowning him for doing interviews at Rolling Loud. (58:55) Elliott and Ak share their stories of having small beefs with P. Diddy. (01:01:38) Elliott shares another moment when Drake had issues with him. (01:05:05) Lil Durk turned down an interview with Elliott after Elliott did an interview with NBA Young Boy. (01:07:35) Elliott explains how he managed to get the interview with NBA Young Boy. (01:15:10) Elliott feels that his Tyler the Creator interview was the best interview of the year. (01:16:00) Elliott agrees with Akademiks previous comments about Charlamagne tha God. (01:23:35) Elliott thinks that artists are more worried about constantly dropping music instead of dropping quality music. (01:25:23) Elliott agrees that Lil Baby’s last album was disappointing, but he hasn’t fallen off. (01:25:58) Elliott thinks that international artist’s are the future of hip-hop. (01:31:53) Elliott shares what type of content is found on his Patreon. (01:38:40) Ak explains the importance of building up other platforms to prove your worth and grow your career. (01:43:45) Elliott shares his hip-hop media Mt. Rushmore list.

13 Aug 20231h 52min

Our guest today is podcast host AD who is most known from his time with No Jumper but as of recently his own media empire, The Cuhmunity.

5 Aug 20232h 50min

And we're back... with a new episode with Akademiks and his guest Sneako. This happens to be a convo about life and the philosophical approach to religion, God and increasing purposeful in life.

3 Aug 20231h 35min