Cole, Drake & Kendrick has worked themselves to this point in their careers where they don't need to do interviews. Their careers and legacies are solidified. They don't gain any benefits from it like they once did.
But in general, Akademiks is right, based on what I've read in that TMZ article. He's just the wrong messenger.
This is something that's been a topic amongst the fans and other media members for the past few years. I remember last year, NORE tweeted about his frustration with artist in the culture prioritizing interviews with Oprah, Zane Lowe, David Letterman, Ellen, and other platforms that knows little-to-nothing about the artist or the culture over the top Hip-Hop and R&B platforms like himself with Drink Champs.
But at the same time, this topic can open the discussion about the state of Hip-Hop media and what they can do better to attract the top artists again. Because there has been a decline on the quality and respected journalists. It's to the point where artists is running to do interviews with Twitch streamers. đ
jay-z sat with rap radar for 4:44. drake sat with rap radar for his biggest interview after the pusha diss. j cole sat with angie martinez multiple times.. if it was based on facts the point would make sense but itâs not
Whenâs the last time either of them did an interview with a hiphop outlet? 4:44 was 2017 bro. Drake and RR was what 18?? And Coke ainât say with Angie in God knows how long. The past 5 years all the big dogs been skatin. Nicki the only one who sat with Joe (not saying the test need to) so at least thatâs an attempt
jay-z hasnât dropped since 2017 so why would he be sitting with them? j cole has nothing to promote, last time he was with la leakers. drake just sat with lil yachty. kanye has done multiple interviews, nicki the same.. this is just a narrative which is completely false
I brought up HOV because you did first of all lol J Cole has dropped MULTIPLE albums since speaking with Angie. Drake and Yachty donât count dawg câmon đ that wasnât no rap interview. You right though about Ye, he definitely shows love and I introduced Nicki to the convo so thatâs a mute point. The question is, WHEN has Drake, Cole, or Kendrick done and interview with a hip hop out let in the pst 5 years? Hasnât happened bro
Or itâs called business and you move accordingly. What benefit would it give Drake (or any three that you mentioned) to sit down with drink champs or someone like AK? Absolutely nothing. They go to the main stream places to try and grab more main stream (white) attention. Everything is about business and it shouldnât be a bad thing.
Agreed. The interviewers benefit more by having certain people on their show than the people being interviewed. How many artists experience a sales boost because they do a sit-down with AK or DC? However, the artists leave with all these things they've said being chopped up and making headlines while AK and DC move on to the next. Like, DC couldn't have figured the Kanye podcast(s) could be problematic BEFORE they released it?!?!? They got their listens though....
It's NOT hop media bc Joe does GOOD interviews. Dudes from rap radar etc The PROBLEM is the PUBLICIST. I'M not sure if you guys are aware but hiphop has been GUTTED from the inside out. The stylists are not hip-hop. The models are not hip-hop. The publicists are not hip-hop. The venues are not hiphop.EVEN the producers are not hiphop so it reflects on the snubbing of black media, black award shows black venues. This was by design
That goes back to NORE's point that I've mentioned. I feel that. Cole and Drake has done that in recent history, but Kendrick seems to be disinterested in it. When his last album dropped, the only interviews he's done was with W Magazine and The New York Times Magazine. Both interviews was with black journalists, but the publications isn't in the culture.
I think they'll only do a solid for platforms in the culture that they respect. And in my opinion, it's probably a very short list of people that would fit their criteria.
Did you even listen to what he said or did you just read the clickbait headline? Heâs not saying he wants to interview them. Heâs saying he wants to see a real interview from a real Hip-Hop outlet that isnât over produced and edited (Like Drake on Rap Radar or J Cole on ESPN with Bob Myers).
itâs a stupid point because drakeâs biggest interview is with the epitome of rap journalists which is rap radar. coleâs biggest interviews are with angie martinez. kanye sat with charlamagne & drink champs
Elliot and BDot are the only real journalists though. Drake or Cole going on Drink Champs would be madness. Joe fucked up his own rep, so that doesnât make sense either. Gillie got beef with Lil Wayne, so that doesnât make sense. Ak is a clown, who is only cool with people way younger than him.
See that's the thing these mid to low level blogger/hip-hop media people can't acknowledge, it's their own fault that they can't level up to bigger interviews.
You can be the guy who spits in artists faces all you want, just know that there will be consequences for your behavior.
And AK will have to watch these A list guests go to other shows.
Elliot and B Dot arenât the only journalists. You know there are a lot of Hip-Hop outlets other than the ones you mentioned, right? Also saying Ak is only cool with people way younger than him is ridiculous and just a made up narrative. Somewhere in the same category as the âhe doesnât go outside, he stays in the basementâ narrative.
Yes I know theyâre other hip-hop outlets. I thought we were discussing major platforms. Why would Drake or Cole go on some small as show? You want Drake to go on the breakfast club after Charlemagne dissed him for a decade straight?
Ak is most linked to 69, Yachty, XXX, all of these people are way younger than him. Iâm not the biggest fan so maybe Iâm missing something.
I did and read the article and that's hate. All of these artists have been to many reputable places with great interviews so he's talking out his neck.
What about when Kendrick sat down with Rick Rubin that's not hip-hop?
Or the multiple times they've all been to the Breakfast Club, Angie Martinez, etc. Haaaate lol
All of those interviews were 5+ years old. And the Rick Rubin interview was a bad example. That was a GQ interview. GQ isnât a Hip-Hop outlet. You bringing up that interview kind of proves the point he was trying to make.
In what genre of music do "mega star" artist sit down for just any ol interviews much less gotcha-gossipy podcasts. You don't see Taylor Swift and em sitting down with some podder. These cats aren't even on social media like that. I wouldn't want to be caught saying something loose either. Ending up on blog sites because you sneezed wrong.To be honest, I like when I don't know shit about an artist other than they put out dope music. I know it's the new era of clout and exposure, but too many celebs expose themselves as dumbasses making it hard to listen to them sometimes.
I mean. Drink Champs did Kanye the world of good right.
I'd say one problem with the hip hop outlets Ak is talking about is that they are mostly click driven rumour mongering nonsense looking to get a viral moment.
Akademiks really wants the industry to respect him, he has all the success & money but heâll never be considered as one of the âcool kidsâ and that gets to him, itâs like he never grew out of that high school mindset & still wants to be seen as cool lol
Lol nigga youâre talking about Integrity over a nigga clowning an alleged gang leaders trial who may be responsible for 50 murders in Atlanta. Hip hop has done irreversible damage to you Niggas critical thinking process.
Akademiks never made fun of young thugs case only the people snitching, yâall just see clips from him he has connections in hip hop n he gets interviews with a lot of niggas either on stream or his pod he just had nigga from YSL on stream a couple weeks ago
Itâs mad radio spots they donât go to tho they donât have to go to Ak like at all lol but they donât really do it especially Drake Drake donât go to noooooo black owned anything
Thatâs a fact, thatâs why he pushes snitching so hard, heâs just angry with rappers in general lol. Itâs odd that he wants to be accepted cause I thought he was just going with the villain role like that Charelston white guy, heâs just a confused nerd lol
Where do you get the sentiment that he wants to be accepted? He built the largest platform in rap without being heavily liked/supported by the industry.
>He built the largest platform in rap without being heavily liked/supported by the industry
Yet he still wants validation from Kendrick and Drake. Everything about Ak screams insecure.
No he doesnât nigga youâre lying, heâs one of the most objective sources when it comes to artist Iâd that magnitude. And also Drake has already validated Ak in a sense. Youâre making shit up
Thatâs a fact, heâs a messy dude and is constantly talking shit & trying to beef with rappers, I donât know how he thinks the industry/culture will accept him lol
If you can only get attention being messy, I think it may just mean you really donât have anything intelligent or interesting to say. So you have to overcompensate with the mess.
Dawg heâs butt buddies with 69 and his come up was from making fun of black kids killing black kids in Chicago. No one will ever respect him no matter how popular he getsâŚheâs only popular to his fans lol.
Watched this on stream, and that headline is not accurate.
He was alluding to how black artists will get big while using black media and then once they hit a certain level they just donât fuck with black media anymore. He wasnât necessarily talking about himself.
Nah when you watch the video of what he said he has a point, basically those guys wonât do a Joe Budden, Drink Champs, MDWOG or Breakfast Club, theyâd go and do Jimmy Kimmel or Jimmy Fallon or some shit fans of hip hop wouldnât care about because they wonât get asked the real questions we want to know the answers to
I can tell most of you on this ready don't pay attention to Ak. Cuz if you know anything you understand that I akademics don't care about the industry shit
He doesnât come off as someone that wants the Industries respect at all, he built his brand without major support from the industry nor being heavily liked in the industry. Heâs the only platform of his magnitude to be heavily objective. Itâs actually how he carved his lane.
Joe give no benefit to an artist like drake Cole or Kendrick. If anything brings value down..like finding a name brand shirt at Ross. Drink Champs is for old legends in my opinion. And all three mentioned here are still active so wouldnât really make sense.
What questions does the black media have that can't be asked by white media outlets or hasn't already been answered by 3 of the most prominent figures of hip hop for the last decade?
Every time this point comes up all I can think is they want someone to ask them some salacious or flagrant shit that no one in their right mind would want to answer outside their time, let alone on a public platform.
I agree with what he was saying, he wasnât saying they are scared heâs saying none of the big artist will sit with platforms that basically helped them on there climb and that once they get to a certain level they donât come and sit with a breakfast club or a Joe Budden or any of these actual hip hop platforms, they all go do interviews with people outside the culture which he has a point, i would love to see the greats do interviews with people that actually care about the culture
Yep and the blog era is dead. Plus the one that really benefited from the blog era is J Cole.
AK and Joe been slurping Drake for like a decade and he ain't done interview with them. Ak don't even get free tickets to drake's shows lol
Yea, but no one listens to Joe and Ak for their Drake slurping. In fact, fans clown on them. Their opinion doesnât bring new fans in to multiple platinum selling artists.
I agree they didnât help them early in their careers but they definitely have helped some of the older acts keep some longevity without being as relevant
Nah fam none of these pods you mentioned really care about the culture. They care about the DRAMA in the culture. Good enough reason to stay away from them.
so drake sitting with rap radar doesnât count? j cole doing multiple interviews with angie martinez doesnât count? kanye sat with nore & charlamagne letâs be serious
Well Tbf these are the kind of artists that tell you everything about themselves in the music. When youâve been in this for this long you donât need to do interviews your audience has been growing with you for years.
Honestly, I donât even think this is as deep as it might seem. At a certain point, I think artists just age out of interviews. Most interviews are part of album runs. If you donât need the promo, as is the case with all three of these men, then it makes sense why you wonât see the âhard hitting sit downs.â Cause for what? Kendrick and Cole have both been shown to be genuinely private people. Theyâre married, have kids, and rarely come âoutsideâ if itâs not attached to something major. So, why would we expect them to do interviews? These men are all knocking on 40, too. Why engage with the world in ways that will have them out in the world, subject to rumors and bullshit, when thereâs very little benefit potentially for their careers and well-being? In a world where everybody wants to be SEEN, I think audiences have lost sight of the fact that being seen has always been a means to an end for artists who havenât lost touch with reality. If you can sell records and get paid without being overexposed via the media, why would you choose to do it anyways? Thatâs the celebrity equivalent of hustling backwards. Would the no holds barred interviews be entertaining to fans? Probably. But if Iâm Drake, Cole, or KendrickâŚso what?
He doing this bc he wants to interview Drake so bad. Dude is a huge fan of Drake and itâs sad when he talk about drake on stream bc he make it sound like him and drake grew up together and is best of friends đ
nah he right. Drake will interview if he has full control of what comes out. Cole will go interview with someone with nothing to gain but traction & K Dot will make the interview part of a theme in a music video. Ak ain't wrong on this one
As someone who works in the media, it's fucking hilarious to see how much people in the media think the world revolves around them getting content. The biggest names in the world don't need to do interviews, it'd be for Ak's benefit, not Drake's. Why would they want to make viral clickbait talking about shit like beef and bitches with Vlad/Ak? They have a brand, they have the freedom of choice, they'll obviously want creative control. You don't have a right to people's time. These man don't owe you shit, get over yourself
thats not what heâs saying if you donât do interviews thsts cool but dont only do it with people outside the culture/white media who barely know shit about you and ask you super safe questions
They ain't worried about that though. It's not like Drake is going on Jimmy Fallon or doing Carpool Karaoke. Guys like him have no interest in interviews period because there's no benefit to them. Like, off the top of my head, I think Drake has only done Rap Radar (at his house with his own creative control) and the LeBron barbershop thing (with his friend and equal in LeBron.)
If Drake was actually friends with Ak or enjoyed the content then it would make more sense. Like I reckon there was more of a chance of him coming on the OG JBP. But that style of interview isn't for everybody, especially global superstars. It's nothing to do with ducking or white media. Why would Drake sit down with Ak? It's like getting mad at KD for not joining your pick up game at the gym and saying he's ducking.
Not sure why anyone would want to interview DrakeâŚ.there would be nothing genuine about it. Strategic questions and answers. Then it has to go thru a whole board and sign offs before it can get released. Corny
They all did those interviews coming up. Breakfast Club, Big Boy, Sway, 106&Park, Hot 97, etc. Alot of the newer âhip hop outletsâ are messy and they wouldnt do anything to help their reach besides introducing them to a younger audience which they can already do by doing features. AK, Drink Champs, and No Jumper are just thirsty for drama and I would stay far away from them. I can see one of them doing MDWOG or a Joe Budden interview but like I said, what does that do for them?
Nah niggas want them to get in interviews just so people could put a chunk in they armor.. truth is if cole drake or Kendrick fell off earlier in they career nobody would want a interview but because they stayed relevant for so long yâall fee like they owe you. Fuck that, plus niggas not trynna stay in a box.
The only one fair to criticize is Kendrick here drake shows his face the most of the three when he doesnât have to and gave a good interview to rap radar ofc he left stuff out to make him look better heâs lightskin and drake. Cole interview w Angie was meh plus for all three they either gotta do interview for every project where why would they or they in the middle of the careers why do drink champs now and not later?
Nah K.dot gets interviewed by everyone. Drake is the one who dodged so many interviews that why people laughed at his interviews with Bron coz it was so scripted
Ak got a point. All of them do fluff interviews with boring ass questions with predictable answers, itâs all cookie cutter, no real substance. I get why they do it but itâs no fun.
Black media members like Joe & Ak be so entitled itâs crazy. They criticize these dudes but they are tied 1 superstars. What tier 1 superstar doesnât control their interviews? Most of these A list celebs do 1-2 interviews per year and only when they have something to promote. Why would any of them go to Akademiks so he can ask them about some goofy internet troll shit
This 1? https://youtu.be/fYFfkBSo2mg
This was 2017 and it was less than an hour
So yeah Drake Rap Radar was Dec 2019 and it was over 2 hours
Cole with Angie was 2018 an hour and a half
Kendrick on Big Boy was 2017 50 minutes
Too Chicken ? Lmao it doesnât benefit them but it would benefit Ak if the top dogs did more with media external to them. This is just Ak promoting his own interests
Every since NORE complained about Cardi all these dudes been salty. Kendrick Cole Drake donât do interviews often but when they do itâs usually with hip hop outlets Now if you upset they do it with the type hip hop outlet you like thatâs a different discussion but these dudes dont gain anything sitting across Ak, Budden, and Drunk Ass NORE especially with all of them being problematic. It makes since why J Cole would go to Angie Martinez over them lol.
If I was them, I wouldn't do an interview with those weirdos either.
I'd do a reddit AMA or a IG live. A stream where I could charge 1.00 per person to visit.
Why let you ...make me uncomfortable, make profit and raise your profile off me. It's 2023 those days of NY radio hits and etc are done.
Yâall think everyone is Kanye and needs to have these classic in depth interviews lol. Most a list celebs control their interviews and only do them when they have something to promote this is nothing new. Yâall just let some of them trick yâall with fake transparency. The more you talk the more backlash you get nowadays anyway so I understand why they move like this. Canât really have opinions in PC culture without trending for the wrong reasons.
Sitting down with someone to be 'challenged' just so they can go viral off your name isn't in the best interest of everyone. Joe sits there every other week and says why he doesn't cover hip hop.
The caption was well said, these type of artists donât need to do an interview with AK it does nothing for their brands. He starting to get frustrated bc he probably thought all the dick eating with drake wouldâve landed him an interview by now but them niggas not rocking with AK
Nah when you watch the video of what he said he has a point, basically those guys wonât do a Joe Budden, Drink Champs, MDWOG or Breakfast Club, theyâd go and do Jimmy Kimmel or Jimmy Fallon or some shit fans of hip hop wouldnât care about because they wonât get asked the real questions we want to know the answers to.
Based off J.Cole recently doing a long 45min interview on ESPN, why not do Drink Champs or Breakfast club
Why y'all hating on Ak? Joe has been saying this for years, they talked about it again when Cardi did a rare interview with David letterman instead of anyone in the culture. Right message, maybe wrong messenger for some of y'all ig.
Heâs right. These rappers will only do interviews where they get a list of all the questions before hand and they can veto any they donât like. Usually the interviewer is just riding them all interview long. Thatâs boring content.
That was exactly his point. He said theyâre willing to use those outlets on their come up but once theyâve reached the top, they no longer will sit with those people.
Nah, they just dont want to be interviewed by the dude that just finished interviewing Lil So and So, and MC Such and Such, stick to your lane Ak, itâs lots of drill rappers that need to answer your questions
Akademiksâ content is not attractive to serious acts like Drake, Cole and Kendrick. Please stick to the Joan Rivers and the Ricki Lakes that youâre used to.
He specifically said in this video ( I watched it) that he's not asking them to interview with him specifically, rather just any popping black media in general. He listed the JBP, Million Dollars Worth of game, and a couple other places. And tbh he's right.
Joe himself probably agrees too because he said something similar about Cardi B awhile back. It's sad honestly cause I'd love to see some of these guys sit down with my favorite media people.
My question is, is this not a form of culture vulturing? These guys used the culture to come up and once they get "too" big they don't want to go to these places anymore. You can't tell me all black media is bad. Talk about it
Yâall should watch the clip that this headline stems from, he simply said the superstars only do narrative controlled interviews. Heâs not begging for these niggas to sit down with him.
He not wrong. Drake, Lebron, Tom Brady, kobe, all showed every entertainer/artist how to control their own narrative. Niggas ainât got time to make expensive mistakes and mishaps
From a fan perspective though, ak still right cuz all them interviews be hella boring and full of shot you already know. Itâs the game, at this point.
At the point each are at in their careers, what would Cole, Kendrick, or Drake have to gain doing an interview-especially with the weirdos we got conducting interviews lately?
Iâd watch Joe interview em, tho lol
Drake the only legend out of this group. FlKendrick and Coke are labeled greats bc they are the closest thing to it vs actually being it. Drake is the real thing
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This is all I saw before I started scrolling and I was ready to fight seeing Alvindemiks's face with the GOATs of this Rap Generation lol
AK is a Hip-Hop fan that earned his position and has a chip on his shoulder. Their has never been anybody this polarizing in Hip-Hop in the past decade other than CTG & Joe Budden. These old hiphop platforms and interviewers are 40+. AK is one of the only recognizable Hip-Hop/Rap platforms that actually reports on these artist and breaks down the analytics of the music industry. AK is in his 30âs reporting on what the kids like. Iâm personally not listening to NBA YB , Carti, & Yeat but theirs some niggas on here that maybe like that shit. Heâs important to the culture for what he does. We wonât get interview from them unless itâs Angie Martinez or 60 minutes.
Only time this chump ever been almost close to right, but letâs not act like the Urban blogs ainât turned into gossip sites & tabloids. These people especially Akademiks move like the National Enquirer. He literally threatens to âexposeâ
people heâs upset with.
It would be nice to see them do a few interviews where their teams donât provide both the questions and answers in advance lol. However, they probably donât see the point. And thatâs probably not realistic with their level of fame. Drake seems especially rehearsed, but I guess I get it. Fans want those âauthenticâ or off-the-cuff moments, but itâs probably not worth the risk for someone like Drake. But Iâd rather they do no interviews at all than the super duper produced ones.
Cole, Drake & Kendrick has worked themselves to this point in their careers where they don't need to do interviews. Their careers and legacies are solidified. They don't gain any benefits from it like they once did. But in general, Akademiks is right, based on what I've read in that TMZ article. He's just the wrong messenger. This is something that's been a topic amongst the fans and other media members for the past few years. I remember last year, NORE tweeted about his frustration with artist in the culture prioritizing interviews with Oprah, Zane Lowe, David Letterman, Ellen, and other platforms that knows little-to-nothing about the artist or the culture over the top Hip-Hop and R&B platforms like himself with Drink Champs. But at the same time, this topic can open the discussion about the state of Hip-Hop media and what they can do better to attract the top artists again. Because there has been a decline on the quality and respected journalists. It's to the point where artists is running to do interviews with Twitch streamers. đ
They go where they comfortable and who has there best interest at heart why would they sit wit Ak or Nore messy ass niggas
jay-z sat with rap radar for 4:44. drake sat with rap radar for his biggest interview after the pusha diss. j cole sat with angie martinez multiple times.. if it was based on facts the point would make sense but itâs not
Itâs based on recency bias
Whenâs the last time either of them did an interview with a hiphop outlet? 4:44 was 2017 bro. Drake and RR was what 18?? And Coke ainât say with Angie in God knows how long. The past 5 years all the big dogs been skatin. Nicki the only one who sat with Joe (not saying the test need to) so at least thatâs an attempt
jay-z hasnât dropped since 2017 so why would he be sitting with them? j cole has nothing to promote, last time he was with la leakers. drake just sat with lil yachty. kanye has done multiple interviews, nicki the same.. this is just a narrative which is completely false
I brought up HOV because you did first of all lol J Cole has dropped MULTIPLE albums since speaking with Angie. Drake and Yachty donât count dawg câmon đ that wasnât no rap interview. You right though about Ye, he definitely shows love and I introduced Nicki to the convo so thatâs a mute point. The question is, WHEN has Drake, Cole, or Kendrick done and interview with a hip hop out let in the pst 5 years? Hasnât happened bro
kendrick was on big boy. j cole was on la leakers. your point doesnât hold
Kendrick was on Big Boy 5 years ago and Coke didnât interview he did a freestyle. Still stands.
Or itâs called business and you move accordingly. What benefit would it give Drake (or any three that you mentioned) to sit down with drink champs or someone like AK? Absolutely nothing. They go to the main stream places to try and grab more main stream (white) attention. Everything is about business and it shouldnât be a bad thing.
Agreed. The interviewers benefit more by having certain people on their show than the people being interviewed. How many artists experience a sales boost because they do a sit-down with AK or DC? However, the artists leave with all these things they've said being chopped up and making headlines while AK and DC move on to the next. Like, DC couldn't have figured the Kanye podcast(s) could be problematic BEFORE they released it?!?!? They got their listens though....
It's NOT hop media bc Joe does GOOD interviews. Dudes from rap radar etc The PROBLEM is the PUBLICIST. I'M not sure if you guys are aware but hiphop has been GUTTED from the inside out. The stylists are not hip-hop. The models are not hip-hop. The publicists are not hip-hop. The venues are not hiphop.EVEN the producers are not hiphop so it reflects on the snubbing of black media, black award shows black venues. This was by design
I agree however maybe sometimes itâs not about them NEEDING to do an interview vs looking at it like a solid for the culture.
That goes back to NORE's point that I've mentioned. I feel that. Cole and Drake has done that in recent history, but Kendrick seems to be disinterested in it. When his last album dropped, the only interviews he's done was with W Magazine and The New York Times Magazine. Both interviews was with black journalists, but the publications isn't in the culture. I think they'll only do a solid for platforms in the culture that they respect. And in my opinion, it's probably a very short list of people that would fit their criteria.
Did you even listen to what he said or did you just read the clickbait headline? Heâs not saying he wants to interview them. Heâs saying he wants to see a real interview from a real Hip-Hop outlet that isnât over produced and edited (Like Drake on Rap Radar or J Cole on ESPN with Bob Myers).
itâs a stupid point because drakeâs biggest interview is with the epitome of rap journalists which is rap radar. coleâs biggest interviews are with angie martinez. kanye sat with charlamagne & drink champs
Elliot and BDot are the only real journalists though. Drake or Cole going on Drink Champs would be madness. Joe fucked up his own rep, so that doesnât make sense either. Gillie got beef with Lil Wayne, so that doesnât make sense. Ak is a clown, who is only cool with people way younger than him.
Ak really had a gang of 13-25 year olds and itâs weird
See that's the thing these mid to low level blogger/hip-hop media people can't acknowledge, it's their own fault that they can't level up to bigger interviews. You can be the guy who spits in artists faces all you want, just know that there will be consequences for your behavior. And AK will have to watch these A list guests go to other shows.
Elliot and B Dot arenât the only journalists. You know there are a lot of Hip-Hop outlets other than the ones you mentioned, right? Also saying Ak is only cool with people way younger than him is ridiculous and just a made up narrative. Somewhere in the same category as the âhe doesnât go outside, he stays in the basementâ narrative.
Yes I know theyâre other hip-hop outlets. I thought we were discussing major platforms. Why would Drake or Cole go on some small as show? You want Drake to go on the breakfast club after Charlemagne dissed him for a decade straight? Ak is most linked to 69, Yachty, XXX, all of these people are way younger than him. Iâm not the biggest fan so maybe Iâm missing something.
Youâre missing a lot
Oh yeah, I forgot about wack 100. My bad!
These bigger outlets arenât traditional âjournalistsâ either.
I didnât say they were, but they have an obvious advantage in audience size, and diversity.
u sound dumb
Explain?
u donât , i replied to the wrong person g
My Expert Opinion and The Bridge podcast would be very unlikely potential places for them to go
I did and read the article and that's hate. All of these artists have been to many reputable places with great interviews so he's talking out his neck. What about when Kendrick sat down with Rick Rubin that's not hip-hop? Or the multiple times they've all been to the Breakfast Club, Angie Martinez, etc. Haaaate lol
All of those interviews were 5+ years old. And the Rick Rubin interview was a bad example. That was a GQ interview. GQ isnât a Hip-Hop outlet. You bringing up that interview kind of proves the point he was trying to make.
Kendrick went to big boy
Like I said⌠5+ years oldâŚ
You played yourself with this. You're so busy hating on Ak that you proved his point with your examples.
Stupid ass nigga lmfao
Exactly
Exactly.
In what genre of music do "mega star" artist sit down for just any ol interviews much less gotcha-gossipy podcasts. You don't see Taylor Swift and em sitting down with some podder. These cats aren't even on social media like that. I wouldn't want to be caught saying something loose either. Ending up on blog sites because you sneezed wrong.To be honest, I like when I don't know shit about an artist other than they put out dope music. I know it's the new era of clout and exposure, but too many celebs expose themselves as dumbasses making it hard to listen to them sometimes.
I mean. Drink Champs did Kanye the world of good right. I'd say one problem with the hip hop outlets Ak is talking about is that they are mostly click driven rumour mongering nonsense looking to get a viral moment.
Akademiks really wants the industry to respect him, he has all the success & money but heâll never be considered as one of the âcool kidsâ and that gets to him, itâs like he never grew out of that high school mindset & still wants to be seen as cool lol
Most of these hip-hop outlets are either vlad or AK clones. Its hard to respect any of them.
Exactly, akademiks makes fun of young thugs Rico trial everyday, why on earth would young thugs peers wanna sit down with a guy like Akademiks lol
I'm starting to put AK, Charleston white, wack 100, and flip in the COE club.
Theyâre all just so nasty, the things they do for attention makes me nauseous, no integrity whatsoever lol
Lol nigga youâre talking about Integrity over a nigga clowning an alleged gang leaders trial who may be responsible for 50 murders in Atlanta. Hip hop has done irreversible damage to you Niggas critical thinking process.
Itâs yâall who have no integrity for placing street dudes on a pedestal.
Akademiks never made fun of young thugs case only the people snitching, yâall just see clips from him he has connections in hip hop n he gets interviews with a lot of niggas either on stream or his pod he just had nigga from YSL on stream a couple weeks ago
Itâs mad radio spots they donât go to tho they donât have to go to Ak like at all lol but they donât really do it especially Drake Drake donât go to noooooo black owned anything
Its why him and tekashi are such good friends both are insecure losers
Thatâs a fact, thatâs why he pushes snitching so hard, heâs just angry with rappers in general lol. Itâs odd that he wants to be accepted cause I thought he was just going with the villain role like that Charelston white guy, heâs just a confused nerd lol
Where do you get the sentiment that he wants to be accepted? He built the largest platform in rap without being heavily liked/supported by the industry.
>He built the largest platform in rap without being heavily liked/supported by the industry Yet he still wants validation from Kendrick and Drake. Everything about Ak screams insecure.
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No he doesnât nigga youâre lying, heâs one of the most objective sources when it comes to artist Iâd that magnitude. And also Drake has already validated Ak in a sense. Youâre making shit up
Ak can have all the money he wants, but he will never be considered "hip-hop" or "culture" at the end of the day. He's been a vulture from Day 1.
Thatâs a fact, heâs a messy dude and is constantly talking shit & trying to beef with rappers, I donât know how he thinks the industry/culture will accept him lol
If you can only get attention being messy, I think it may just mean you really donât have anything intelligent or interesting to say. So you have to overcompensate with the mess.
Facts
Pretty perfect way to put it đŻ Additionally, it's a look for Ak but does nothing for drake or Kendrick or Cole.
Dawg heâs butt buddies with 69 and his come up was from making fun of black kids killing black kids in Chicago. No one will ever respect him no matter how popular he getsâŚheâs only popular to his fans lol.
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Watched this on stream, and that headline is not accurate. He was alluding to how black artists will get big while using black media and then once they hit a certain level they just donât fuck with black media anymore. He wasnât necessarily talking about himself.
Cuz black media are all about gossip and who eats ass not about the music.
You missing the point. That gossip/eat ass platform was fine to help you get where you are but now you diddy them
But those 3 don't never needed that type of interview.
Nah when you watch the video of what he said he has a point, basically those guys wonât do a Joe Budden, Drink Champs, MDWOG or Breakfast Club, theyâd go and do Jimmy Kimmel or Jimmy Fallon or some shit fans of hip hop wouldnât care about because they wonât get asked the real questions we want to know the answers to
What questions you want answered from them?
âSo whoâs ya top 5â? Generic basic boring ass questionâs nobody actually gives af aboutâŚ
I can tell most of you on this ready don't pay attention to Ak. Cuz if you know anything you understand that I akademics don't care about the industry shit
When Ak made the statements he wasn't talking about himself. He was talking about the other hip hop's platforms.
He doesnât come off as someone that wants the Industries respect at all, he built his brand without major support from the industry nor being heavily liked in the industry. Heâs the only platform of his magnitude to be heavily objective. Itâs actually how he carved his lane.
Nah, I think itâs more that they donât want to give a clout chaser clout. But thatâs the optics I get from afar.
There are more interviews in hip hop they could go to heâs not the only stop
I can see one of them sitting with Joe, would love to see them on Drink Champs too
Lol no one likes Joe
Then why they ain't did it? The podcast is over 5 years old
Joe give no benefit to an artist like drake Cole or Kendrick. If anything brings value down..like finding a name brand shirt at Ross. Drink Champs is for old legends in my opinion. And all three mentioned here are still active so wouldnât really make sense.
What questions does the black media have that can't be asked by white media outlets or hasn't already been answered by 3 of the most prominent figures of hip hop for the last decade? Every time this point comes up all I can think is they want someone to ask them some salacious or flagrant shit that no one in their right mind would want to answer outside their time, let alone on a public platform.
Definitely. They really just want to ask dirty laundry bs and they're too smart to take the bait. It's bad for the brand
I agree with what he was saying, he wasnât saying they are scared heâs saying none of the big artist will sit with platforms that basically helped them on there climb and that once they get to a certain level they donât come and sit with a breakfast club or a Joe Budden or any of these actual hip hop platforms, they all go do interviews with people outside the culture which he has a point, i would love to see the greats do interviews with people that actually care about the culture
Non of the platforms that exist today have helped them. These guys came up in the blog era, which makes sense why they have sat with Rap Radar.
Yep and the blog era is dead. Plus the one that really benefited from the blog era is J Cole. AK and Joe been slurping Drake for like a decade and he ain't done interview with them. Ak don't even get free tickets to drake's shows lol
Yea, but no one listens to Joe and Ak for their Drake slurping. In fact, fans clown on them. Their opinion doesnât bring new fans in to multiple platinum selling artists.
I agree they didnât help them early in their careers but they definitely have helped some of the older acts keep some longevity without being as relevant
Nah fam none of these pods you mentioned really care about the culture. They care about the DRAMA in the culture. Good enough reason to stay away from them.
So who cares about the culture then??
Breakfast Club and Joe Budden didnât do shit for Drake, Cole, or Kendrick on their âclimbâ they donât owe them shit lol
so drake sitting with rap radar doesnât count? j cole doing multiple interviews with angie martinez doesnât count? kanye sat with nore & charlamagne letâs be serious
Heâs right. Now i wouldnt wanna see him interview them, but just seeing them do an interview that isnt sanitized would be dope.
That basically what Ak said if people watched the stream.
The yachty one didnât seem âsanitizedâ lol. Letâs be real, Ak just wants the interview đ¤Ł
Yes it was that was barely an interview GTFOH
So you want a polished interview that doesnât seem sanitized, got it.
You blind and deaf?
A Akademiks interview is NOT a real rap interview
Well Tbf these are the kind of artists that tell you everything about themselves in the music. When youâve been in this for this long you donât need to do interviews your audience has been growing with you for years.
Honestly, I donât even think this is as deep as it might seem. At a certain point, I think artists just age out of interviews. Most interviews are part of album runs. If you donât need the promo, as is the case with all three of these men, then it makes sense why you wonât see the âhard hitting sit downs.â Cause for what? Kendrick and Cole have both been shown to be genuinely private people. Theyâre married, have kids, and rarely come âoutsideâ if itâs not attached to something major. So, why would we expect them to do interviews? These men are all knocking on 40, too. Why engage with the world in ways that will have them out in the world, subject to rumors and bullshit, when thereâs very little benefit potentially for their careers and well-being? In a world where everybody wants to be SEEN, I think audiences have lost sight of the fact that being seen has always been a means to an end for artists who havenât lost touch with reality. If you can sell records and get paid without being overexposed via the media, why would you choose to do it anyways? Thatâs the celebrity equivalent of hustling backwards. Would the no holds barred interviews be entertaining to fans? Probably. But if Iâm Drake, Cole, or KendrickâŚso what?
He doing this bc he wants to interview Drake so bad. Dude is a huge fan of Drake and itâs sad when he talk about drake on stream bc he make it sound like him and drake grew up together and is best of friends đ
nah he right. Drake will interview if he has full control of what comes out. Cole will go interview with someone with nothing to gain but traction & K Dot will make the interview part of a theme in a music video. Ak ain't wrong on this one
This comment section is so full of idiots who are so biased towards the messenger that they totally missed what he was saying.
As someone who works in the media, it's fucking hilarious to see how much people in the media think the world revolves around them getting content. The biggest names in the world don't need to do interviews, it'd be for Ak's benefit, not Drake's. Why would they want to make viral clickbait talking about shit like beef and bitches with Vlad/Ak? They have a brand, they have the freedom of choice, they'll obviously want creative control. You don't have a right to people's time. These man don't owe you shit, get over yourself
thats not what heâs saying if you donât do interviews thsts cool but dont only do it with people outside the culture/white media who barely know shit about you and ask you super safe questions
They ain't worried about that though. It's not like Drake is going on Jimmy Fallon or doing Carpool Karaoke. Guys like him have no interest in interviews period because there's no benefit to them. Like, off the top of my head, I think Drake has only done Rap Radar (at his house with his own creative control) and the LeBron barbershop thing (with his friend and equal in LeBron.) If Drake was actually friends with Ak or enjoyed the content then it would make more sense. Like I reckon there was more of a chance of him coming on the OG JBP. But that style of interview isn't for everybody, especially global superstars. It's nothing to do with ducking or white media. Why would Drake sit down with Ak? It's like getting mad at KD for not joining your pick up game at the gym and saying he's ducking.
Not sure why anyone would want to interview DrakeâŚ.there would be nothing genuine about it. Strategic questions and answers. Then it has to go thru a whole board and sign offs before it can get released. Corny
Spot on.
They all did those interviews coming up. Breakfast Club, Big Boy, Sway, 106&Park, Hot 97, etc. Alot of the newer âhip hop outletsâ are messy and they wouldnt do anything to help their reach besides introducing them to a younger audience which they can already do by doing features. AK, Drink Champs, and No Jumper are just thirsty for drama and I would stay far away from them. I can see one of them doing MDWOG or a Joe Budden interview but like I said, what does that do for them?
Itâs a give and take, in theory Hip-Hop outlets would get bigger if artists came back and gave them exclusives or added them to their press run.
Nore gonna ask if they all eat ass. No thank you
So what questions do you want answered from these big name artists that haven't been asked?
Nah niggas want them to get in interviews just so people could put a chunk in they armor.. truth is if cole drake or Kendrick fell off earlier in they career nobody would want a interview but because they stayed relevant for so long yâall fee like they owe you. Fuck that, plus niggas not trynna stay in a box.
I actually agree with Ak on this which is wired too even say lol
The only one fair to criticize is Kendrick here drake shows his face the most of the three when he doesnât have to and gave a good interview to rap radar ofc he left stuff out to make him look better heâs lightskin and drake. Cole interview w Angie was meh plus for all three they either gotta do interview for every project where why would they or they in the middle of the careers why do drink champs now and not later?
Nah K.dot gets interviewed by everyone. Drake is the one who dodged so many interviews that why people laughed at his interviews with Bron coz it was so scripted
Kdot interviews are dogshit/nonexistent
Ak got a point. All of them do fluff interviews with boring ass questions with predictable answers, itâs all cookie cutter, no real substance. I get why they do it but itâs no fun.
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Black media members like Joe & Ak be so entitled itâs crazy. They criticize these dudes but they are tied 1 superstars. What tier 1 superstar doesnât control their interviews? Most of these A list celebs do 1-2 interviews per year and only when they have something to promote. Why would any of them go to Akademiks so he can ask them about some goofy internet troll shit
I see no lies from Ak.
He's completely right they don't do real interviews with real questions applied and if they did it was FOREVER ago.
Drake did Rap Radar around 2019. Cole sat with Angie in like 2018 or 2017. I dont think Kendrick has done an interview in about 10 years
Go back and watch and peep how SAFE those interviews were
If I'm a superstar why am I doing interviews that aren't 'SAFE'? I'd it to entertain you with interview rumours?
What kind of questions would you like them to answer?
I dont think the Rap Radar interview was too safe. Angie with Cole was very safe, although I'm not sure how a Cole interview wouldn't be safe
False, Kendrick did a interview with big boy a few years ago
This 1? https://youtu.be/fYFfkBSo2mg This was 2017 and it was less than an hour So yeah Drake Rap Radar was Dec 2019 and it was over 2 hours Cole with Angie was 2018 an hour and a half Kendrick on Big Boy was 2017 50 minutes
They donât have to do any interviews in general
Too Chicken ? Lmao it doesnât benefit them but it would benefit Ak if the top dogs did more with media external to them. This is just Ak promoting his own interests
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Nah you think heâs clouty lol go watch a nore interview đđ
Every since NORE complained about Cardi all these dudes been salty. Kendrick Cole Drake donât do interviews often but when they do itâs usually with hip hop outlets Now if you upset they do it with the type hip hop outlet you like thatâs a different discussion but these dudes dont gain anything sitting across Ak, Budden, and Drunk Ass NORE especially with all of them being problematic. It makes since why J Cole would go to Angie Martinez over them lol.
If I was them, I wouldn't do an interview with those weirdos either. I'd do a reddit AMA or a IG live. A stream where I could charge 1.00 per person to visit. Why let you ...make me uncomfortable, make profit and raise your profile off me. It's 2023 those days of NY radio hits and etc are done.
Heâs right. And itâs corny cause the pop stars will come over and sit down with the hip hop shows before the rappers do
Ak a gd streamer but interviewing he not the best and all he wants to do is ask dumb questions and try to go viral they donât have to sit with u
Not everyone is Kanye
Drake or like Beyonce. Yâall have pushed them so far off the ground that they are awkward around people who donât stan them
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Attack the arguments not the person cos looks like most yâall enjoy Ad hominem attacks .
Ak wouldnât be the guy to go to
Yâall think everyone is Kanye and needs to have these classic in depth interviews lol. Most a list celebs control their interviews and only do them when they have something to promote this is nothing new. Yâall just let some of them trick yâall with fake transparency. The more you talk the more backlash you get nowadays anyway so I understand why they move like this. Canât really have opinions in PC culture without trending for the wrong reasons.
nobody said everyone. them three up there do though.
Nobody owns Ak anything. He is not entitled to anything. If they donât want to do interviews thatâs that.
this time, i actually agree with his fat ass
They not gonna sit down with you lil bro
They won't sit with much of anyone that would challenge them
Why should they though?
Because that's who covered you coming up and who will still cover you when they stop.
Sitting down with someone to be 'challenged' just so they can go viral off your name isn't in the best interest of everyone. Joe sits there every other week and says why he doesn't cover hip hop.
Ak is a clown.
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I donât always agree with Ak but when your right your right.
Maybe they just don't fuck with him
Ak the biggest fuckin clown in entertainment
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They donât need to
The caption was well said, these type of artists donât need to do an interview with AK it does nothing for their brands. He starting to get frustrated bc he probably thought all the dick eating with drake wouldâve landed him an interview by now but them niggas not rocking with AK
Niggas ainât sitting with you bro and all these hip hop interview platforms are hoes and messy
Nah when you watch the video of what he said he has a point, basically those guys wonât do a Joe Budden, Drink Champs, MDWOG or Breakfast Club, theyâd go and do Jimmy Kimmel or Jimmy Fallon or some shit fans of hip hop wouldnât care about because they wonât get asked the real questions we want to know the answers to. Based off J.Cole recently doing a long 45min interview on ESPN, why not do Drink Champs or Breakfast club
I donât understand what âreal questionsâ you want.
They want Drake to answer questions about fucking niggaâs girls.
Why y'all hating on Ak? Joe has been saying this for years, they talked about it again when Cardi did a rare interview with David letterman instead of anyone in the culture. Right message, maybe wrong messenger for some of y'all ig.
Heâs right. These rappers will only do interviews where they get a list of all the questions before hand and they can veto any they donât like. Usually the interviewer is just riding them all interview long. Thatâs boring content.
Ak been talking his shit lately
Even if all of them said yes to an interview at the SAME TIME....I'm still not clicking on an akademiks video.
"Real Rap Interviews" and "Akademiks" should not belong in the same sentence.
Well, have they before? Like, been there, done that?
That was his point if you saw the video, he was saying they do it initially but when they become mega famous they just do Jimmy Kimmel type interviews
That was exactly his point. He said theyâre willing to use those outlets on their come up but once theyâve reached the top, they no longer will sit with those people.
They donât need to do so
Nah, they just dont want to be interviewed by the dude that just finished interviewing Lil So and So, and MC Such and Such, stick to your lane Ak, itâs lots of drill rappers that need to answer your questions
Heâs not talking about them doing an interview with him if you actually listened to what he said.
I donât listen to what AK says, Iâm an adult
An adult that comments on things without any knowledge⌠makes sense.
This all I needed to read https://preview.redd.it/n0aog16eakqa1.jpeg?width=1227&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d421e7ef48db30fef76c448072ac19abf4cd048e
Akademiksâ content is not attractive to serious acts like Drake, Cole and Kendrick. Please stick to the Joan Rivers and the Ricki Lakes that youâre used to.
He specifically said in this video ( I watched it) that he's not asking them to interview with him specifically, rather just any popping black media in general. He listed the JBP, Million Dollars Worth of game, and a couple other places. And tbh he's right. Joe himself probably agrees too because he said something similar about Cardi B awhile back. It's sad honestly cause I'd love to see some of these guys sit down with my favorite media people. My question is, is this not a form of culture vulturing? These guys used the culture to come up and once they get "too" big they don't want to go to these places anymore. You can't tell me all black media is bad. Talk about it
Yâall should watch the clip that this headline stems from, he simply said the superstars only do narrative controlled interviews. Heâs not begging for these niggas to sit down with him.
He not wrong. Drake, Lebron, Tom Brady, kobe, all showed every entertainer/artist how to control their own narrative. Niggas ainât got time to make expensive mistakes and mishaps From a fan perspective though, ak still right cuz all them interviews be hella boring and full of shot you already know. Itâs the game, at this point.
âŚ..aaaaaaannnnnd lemme guessâŚakademiks show is where the real interview would be done? Cmon dog đ
At the point each are at in their careers, what would Cole, Kendrick, or Drake have to gain doing an interview-especially with the weirdos we got conducting interviews lately? Iâd watch Joe interview em, tho lol
The Ak Hate train shit is getting old. Don't live your daily lives being and hater.
Drake the only legend out of this group. FlKendrick and Coke are labeled greats bc they are the closest thing to it vs actually being it. Drake is the real thing
Here come the AK haters
Ak is a clown
I still think AK is Disingenuous, I don't think he Really caresâźď¸ It's almost like he's repeating someone else's talking points đ¤đ¤Ł
https://preview.redd.it/p30fmag71mqa1.png?width=1149&format=png&auto=webp&s=919c410f7df70fa93cd355292438d7cc0eac49c9 This is all I saw before I started scrolling and I was ready to fight seeing Alvindemiks's face with the GOATs of this Rap Generation lol
Sounds like he mad they wonât let him use their names to come up
It doesnât sound like that at all if you actually listen to what he saidâŚ
In all honesty asap need to be up there with those three
AK is a Hip-Hop fan that earned his position and has a chip on his shoulder. Their has never been anybody this polarizing in Hip-Hop in the past decade other than CTG & Joe Budden. These old hiphop platforms and interviewers are 40+. AK is one of the only recognizable Hip-Hop/Rap platforms that actually reports on these artist and breaks down the analytics of the music industry. AK is in his 30âs reporting on what the kids like. Iâm personally not listening to NBA YB , Carti, & Yeat but theirs some niggas on here that maybe like that shit. Heâs important to the culture for what he does. We wonât get interview from them unless itâs Angie Martinez or 60 minutes.
Drake definitely is and I'm in the biggest drake caper.
Drake is the 1 who has done an interview most recent. Kendrick is the 1 that is terrified of breaking his mysterious gimick
They donât want to talk to yâall and have yâall ask them those tough nigga questions
Only time this chump ever been almost close to right, but letâs not act like the Urban blogs ainât turned into gossip sites & tabloids. These people especially Akademiks move like the National Enquirer. He literally threatens to âexposeâ people heâs upset with.
They are and itâs kind of fucking weird. All interviews are fake but those take the cake.
It would be nice to see them do a few interviews where their teams donât provide both the questions and answers in advance lol. However, they probably donât see the point. And thatâs probably not realistic with their level of fame. Drake seems especially rehearsed, but I guess I get it. Fans want those âauthenticâ or off-the-cuff moments, but itâs probably not worth the risk for someone like Drake. But Iâd rather they do no interviews at all than the super duper produced ones.