Off the Record with DJ Akademiks

Rich Homie Quan is our guest for today! He's back independent and this time as he says 'Its Personal'. He talks his come up in the game and linking up with Thug and the eventual separation and how people switched up on him. He also dropped gems about songs he originally had that ended up being hits for other artists. He talks about his new song 'Krazy'.

DJ Vlad is back for his third appearance on Off the Record podcast with Dj Akademiks. We get into things by addressing lingering things from our continuous interviews on each others platforms for example, Andrew Tate, Yung Bleu, Boosie. We get into some light conspiracy theories about Trump, government documents and death (yeah spooky). He addresses  Joe Budden accusing Complex CEO of saying...

The Brown Boy is in the building. The Hip hop community has known Nav and Akademiks for going from friends to then adversaries going back and forth on social media and today they finally meet face to face to iron out issues. He is also here to talk about his current album which is now streaming on all DSPs "Demons Protected by Angels". We talk about everything from recapping their issues to gettin...

100k Track is back for another episode and this time he brought along two of his artists. We catch up talking about florida culture with jewelery with Track promising to get Akademiks some grills. They talk about the Lil Tjay incident and also talk about being in situations where artist safety is the most important. Track responds to Jackboy last appearance on the podcast where he denied that Trac...

Taz Taylor is our guest for this episode of Spotify Live. We talk about his come up in the rap game and how he chose to be a producer to eventually landing his first placement. We also talk about some songs he had a hand in crafting that he just recently got production credit for and also talk the business of production and whether producers deserve equal share of royalties for a song as the artis...

Boston Richey is our guest today. He hails out of Tallahasse, Florida and has taken the rap scene with a few songs that featured the likes of Future and Lil Durk.

Today our guests is RDC World. They are a group of influencers and creators who gained a lot of popularity for their skits about anime, basketball and just regular college age situations. 

PNB Rock is our Guest today. He's here after getting out his deal with Atlantic records and is now a Independent recording artist. He details his time during the industry of how he came from jail up to getting a record deal. He talks about building a buzz while being incarcerated and how quickly things moved once he was free. He talks about public controversies he's been involved with includi...

We talk about the recent VMA's that just went on. Bad Bunny went viral for kissing both a female and a male backup dancer. WE talk about other artists whose career may have been helped by their neutral sexuality stance. We also get into talking about the new indictment from Fulton County DA Fani Willis where she states explicitly, Stop incriminating yourself with lyrics or leave Fulton County...

Amber Rose is our guest today. She returns to have a conversation after a 5 year hiatus where this time she is now a musician who has two songs out with Mannie Fresh. We talk about her past relationship with 21 savage and how 21 savage bridged a convo between Amber and Akademiks on Everyday Struggle.

We're back yet again. Akademiks talks about Lil Tjay coming back to music after the shooting then also visits the reality of the clout era rappers now being huge overseas and that being the only viable market for them currently. He then talks about Nicki Minaj accomplishment with her getting a #1 record as a solo artist with her new song 'Super Freaky Girl' and of course we talk about the YSL Case...

Lil Zay Osama from Chicago is our guest today. He comes in on the heels of his highly viral song featuring Lil Durk called 'F My Cousin'. 

ATL Jacob is our guest today. He currently has produced some of the biggest songs in the world including Kodak Black - Super Gremlin, Future - Wait for You (featuring Tems and Drake) and also Lil Baby - Right on. He talks his come up in Atlanta and how he got into production at a very early age and how he got a break working with Uno The Activist and later Montana of 300. He talks meeting Future t...

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...

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. 

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 relati...

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. 

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...

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. 

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...

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.

Charleston White is our guest today. One of the most polarizing cultural commentators of modern time tells his story of how he was incarcerated on charged of 1st degree murder and changed his life around after incarceration. He says now his mission is to use his voice to go down a path and follow rappers or others promoting a message of violence or gangbanging. He talks about Nipsey Hussle, King V...

Today our guest is Roy Woods. He's from Canada and gives us a background of how he got started in the music industry to eventually linking up with Drake through Oliver.

Infamous Hip hop producer 'Murdabeatz' is our guest today. We begin by discussing his comeup from Canada to making his way to workin with Chicago artists and then getting involved in the Atlanta Scene. He spoke about how Soulja Boy gave him his first big break and how his first big single came a year later. He talks about hooking up with Drake and Travis Scott and then eventually making his own pr...

HAAAAANNNNN. French Montana is our guest today. He joins us right before he leaves to shoot a music video with ESTGEE in the Bronx. We begin talking about our interview before OTR even started and how he was in our trailer for this podcast. We touch on his cocaine city DVDs and how he changed his identity from then.