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 security prison he went to. He also details his new plans now on how not to go back to jail while making millions legally helping out other people become financially literate. 

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 being around the Zulu Nation and Afrika Bambaataa. He talks about growing up in his house and watching his mom in situations and seeing that his father was absent and how it lead him to looking for a father figure in the streets. He later apologizes to the two men he killed and sent his condolences to their mothers and reflected on how Bronx and Brooklyn Drill makes fun of the dead.

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This episode discusses adult subject matter, including descriptions of sexual abuse of a child, and is intended for adult consumption only. Listener discretion is advised. If you have been affected by sexual violence, free, confidential support is available 24/7 through RAINN's National Sexual Assault Hotline at 800.656-4673 and online.rainn.org

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 to do a standup special and how he separates the material from what he does on the podcast or via other types of content. We also revisit a previous conversation about Lil Baby being hot within the culture of hip hop as opposed how he's viewed by those who aren't in the culture. We talk about how Andrew Schulz increases his audience by widening his demographics and knowing a little about many various groups. We talk about how turning his focus from Brilliant Idiots to having multiple podcasts per week to now building the brand of Flagrant 2. He talks about the impact of Charlamagne Tha god on his career. We talked about Chrissy Teigen and the backlash Akademiks faced while working at Complex. 

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 Atlanta in the 2010s. We talk about his new project and why he's only putting out one more Trap Album. 

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 also him sleeping on the ground trying to make ends meet. He talks about being in the streets lead him to rapping and then figuring out when he was getting some traction to the moves he made afterwards. 

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 run in at the airport with a fan and also issues with NBA Youngboy, his relationship with King Von and Lil Durk.

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 up while trying to rap. He talks about how he was shot while getting off the bus because he was beefing with someone else who was killed the same day. He talks about his mothers house being shot up and also his reaction when he heard the song 'Who I Smoke' by Yungeen Ace and crew. He details how he began to put together his response song which ultimately was called 'When I See U'.

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 / relationship world. 

This is our last episode of our mini quarantine, we'll be back in studio next week with guests as well. We begin this episode discussing if Akademiks or fans should be picking a side between Lil Durk and NBA Youngboy. We talk about their issues escalating since the death of King Von and how other rappers have been picking sides. We then talk about The Weeknd new album 'Dawn FM' being underwhelming in quality and sales and compare it to the throwback album that Tory Lanez dropped. We also discuss Casanova possibly asking for help from Jay Z and find out the real answer to 500k or dinner with Jay Z. We introduce a new segment called 'BURNT OUT' and give it to Kanye West for his recent antics surrounding Pete Davidson.  We then end by talking about the rumored story of Drake putting hot sauce in a used condom and the IG Model suing him over it.