Off the Record with DJ Akademiks

Today our guest is Bandman Kevo. He's most known from his days in Chicago where he was busted after running a elaborate 'Card Cracking' ring in 2014. He got out of Prison 3 years later and turned his finessing ways into teaching people how to build credit and teach legal business hacks to people who needed lines of credit etc. He talks about his time in Chicago cracking cards and also the minimum...

In one of our most explosive and most likely controversial episodes ever, Hassan Campbell is our guest. Hassan Campbell is a social media personality who has been outspoken in the last few years speaking about the hypocrisy of hip hop culture and those who benefit off it yet push a message that is detrimental to the community which it effects. He talks about growing up in Bronx River and bein...

Andrew Schulz is our guest today. We told you guys we would get him on and he's finally here. He's a accomplished comedian who has a successful podcast, Flagrant 2, and has done TV shows w/ Viacom and also recently Schulz Saves America. We begin by talking about Fresh and Fit appearance on his podcast and Akademiks asks if he intentionally Good Cop/ Bad Cop the duo. We talk about how he prepares t...

This is a archive recording of our live episode of Off the Record podcast w/ 2 Chainz. 2 Chainz talks about his come up and also his iconic mixtape 'TRU Realigion' then subsequently his debut solo album 'Based on a TRU Story'. We recap his career of changing his name from Titty Boi to 2 Chainz. We talk about his collab project with Lil Wayne and also try to establish a Mt. Rushmore for Atlant...

Nardo Wick is a rapper from Jacksonville, Florida and is our guest today. He comes in on the heels of  a  controversial clip that went viral from another podcast where he stated his mentality while younger was 'Why Get a Job When I can just rob someone'. He clarifies what he meant in this episode with Akademiks. He talks about watching his mom go to jail, people cook crack around him and...

NLE Choppa is our guest today. He's a rapper from Memphis who gained notoriety after blowing up from his song 'Shotta Flow'. We talk about his new health regimen and also his plant based diet and how he went cold turkey giving up all the vices that distracted him. He talks about attaining the riches, fame and money yet feeling soulless and also about transfer of energy from food. We talk about the...

Our guest today is a Jacksonville rapper named Foolio. Over the last few years, he's been notorious for his many beefs and feuds within his hometown but within the last year, his viral diss song remixing Fantasia's 'When I See You' has given him additional notoriety and also cemented him as one of the most disrespectful rappers today in hip hop. We talk about some of the trauma in his life coming...

Todays episode is with Brittany Renner and Fresh and Fit joining us for a group conversation about relationships and dating in the modern world. 

Our Guests today are the hosts from the Fresh and Fit podcast. Fresh and Fit recently has been the most controversial podcast in the space after a explosive interview with Asian Doll followed up by a slew of videos being uncovered where the hosts made comments about their dating preferences not being black women. We have them on to talk about both topics plus much more within the dating / relation...

We begin our Covid Protocol episode with discussing the new variants Delta, Omicron and Deltacron. We talk about Clubhouse and Street/Gang Activity. Also react to a clip of Roddy Ricch going on Clubhouse to check someone from his neighborhood who accused him of false flagging. We then talk about controversial comments made by G Herbo baby mama 'Ari Fletcher' that resulted in her being dropped...

Nitt Da Gritt is our guest for this episode for this episode. He is the owner and founder of RGF Productions which is most commonly known for introducing the world to Fetty Wap. After our interview with Fetty, Nitt Da Gritt, wanted to let the world know his side of what happened to the career of Fetty Wap and the role he played in it. He talks about helping Fetty Wap come up, financing his music c...

Today's Episode features Popp Hunna, the creator of "Corvette Corvette" the most viral song thus far since Tik Tok incarnation. He talks about his come up, growing up in Philly and how he got into music. He talks about how his music popped off which seemingly happened in a span of months in 2021 then also landing a Lil Uzi Vert feature in the same time period as well. He also talks about the decis...

Akademiks gives us a rundown of what went down in 2021.  He discusses some of the rappers we lost and rappers we saw got incarcerated. (Young Dolph, DMX, Drakeo the Ruler, Slim 400, Biz Markie, Edai, WizdaWizard, Lil Loaded). Also rappers we saw got incarcerated. (YFN Lucci, Pooh Shiesty, Glokknine, Sheff G, Foogiano, Kay Flock, NBA Youngboy, Casanova). We talk about the pardoning of Lil Wayn...

Today we had a roundtable episode with a few women as we talk about pop culture and dating. We talk aging, surgeries, dating in a current market place. Also we discuss the idolization of celebrity relationships and ask if Lil Durk proposing to India has set a new standard for women to aspire to. We then talk Onlyfans vs Stripping and figure out what type of men women want. We talk Brittany Renner...

Merry Christmas!!!! We discuss how Christmas this year and how people spend them with their families. We then talk about Lil Durk getting engaged to India and then Akademiks gives a story of his brother getting engaged for the second time. We Talk about Youngboy and his face-paint and no one saying anything despite the fact that they would if it was another artist. We talk about Jay Z saying no on...

Fetty Wap is rapper from Paterson, NJ who blew up in 2014 after dropping a slew of hits on SoundCloud. After noticing he had a unique voice and a talent for finding melody, he recorded 'Trap Queen' as his third song ever. Fetty Wap talks abotu his come up with Akademiks and how dropping songs on SoundCloud that quickly blew up in his hometown then later across the internet changed his life quickly...

Skinny from the 9 is our guest today. We talk about his comeup and legal issues that prevented him from achieving his potential in the music industry. He Talks about being caught with a Kidnapping charge, signing to a record label for a million dollars instead of going with his gut and signing to a situation where he felt his career would be pushed. He also talks about how he was finessed into sig...

Today is the release of Roddy Ricch's album 'Live Life Fast'. We introduce our new Friday segment which is 'Record of the Week'. We talk about reaction to Roddy's album and talk about why artists take so long to create and drop music. Also speak about the run that Kodak Black has had this year and why he hasn't dropped an album but has dropped many loose singles and a EP. We then talk about expect...

Hitboy joins us today for our live episode of Off the Record. He's a multi grammy winning producer that has worked with the likes of Kanye West, Beyonce, Jay Z, Nas, Big Sean and others. In the last few years his notoriety has increased exponentially and he's now even recognized as more than just a producer, he's seen as a artist as well. Akademiks asks him about his come up and what song that he...

This is our first episode recorded live w/ special guest Iann Dior. We talk about his 2021 and rise to fame in the music industry. He talks about embracing the term 'industry plant' to remove the power from the word and to allow people to focus on his music. He talks about how he was down to his last before having a breakthrough in the music industry and also reflect on him making the XXL freshman...

Troy Ave joins us today for what might be our longest episode of Off The Record yet! If you don't know, Troy Ave is a rapper from NYC who has been embroiled in beef and controversy ever since he came on the scene. One notable incident landed him in jail for a few months after it was seen on camera him chasing someone in a packed club with a gun. He claims that incident was self defense and also hi...

Our guest for today is Lil Boom, a rapper from Florida who struck up a relationship with DJ Akademiks by just being a loyal supporter in his YouTube comment section but was savy enough and musically talented enough to go viral many times by being a head of the curve, manipulating internet algorithms and also being one of the pioneers of 'Meme Rap'. Over 5  years later, he is now releasing his...

Today our guest is Myron Gaines, a former Homeland Security agent that has worked tons of cases and filed indictments on domestic gangs all the way up to The Cartel. Today we will talk about his background, how feds look at cases overall and why it seems like in 2021 Federal charges against rapper have increased. We talk about the NBA Youngboy recent arrest, federal indictment and also him getting...

Andrew Tate is our Guest today. He’s a 4x kickboxing world champion. We talk about dating, relationships, gender roles and tradition. Also Andrew gives us a incredible story about his come up and the values his father instilled in him. 

Once again, We're back in Miami. On this episode of Off the Record, Akademiks along with Myron and Fresh come to resolution about the recent saga with Fresh and his recently exposed girlfriend, Miranda. We discuss and recap what went down and how Fresh felt about his girl being on a sugar daddy site.