Off the Record with DJ Akademiks

We have Anuel AA on our podcast today. He hails from Puerto Rico and is here to solidify a message of unity between Latin genres and artists and our beloved hip hop culture. We begin talking about his collaborations with Hip Hop artists, to his counterparts to how he blew up while being incarcerated.

21 Savage is our Guest for today. Fresh off the heels of the collab album release with Drake, 'Her Loss', he's here to talk about everything from past mistakes, accountability, growth, reflect on the passing of Takeoff and PNB Rock to debate about where he ranks in the rap game and even indulge in some classic Akademiks pocket watching. Drake pops in the convo to offer a few words as well.

Da baby is our guest on the podcast today. He's here to talk about everything including his new album Baby on Baby 2, controversies and viral moments that's happened over the years and also explain his mindset as he sets aim on getting his career back on track after a long layoff mostly caused by concerts and shows being cancelled for 2 years.

Today a online creator, Sneako, is our guest today. He's been banned from multiple platforms for his extreme rhetoric although he interprets it as waking people up from 'The Matrix'. He's known for his fast pace commentary on masculinity and on other controversial topics. He's been likened to another controversial figure in the space, Andrew Tate.

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.

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. 

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. 

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. 

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. 

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.