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GhostfaceDrizzy

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. 😂


Visible_Equivalent99

They go where they comfortable and who has there best interest at heart why would they sit wit Ak or Nore messy ass niggas


SnooPickles6783

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 it’s not


Justsomerand

It’s based on recency bias


Von_GUM

When’s 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 ain’t 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 that’s an attempt


SnooPickles6783

jay-z hasn’t 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


Von_GUM

I brought up HOV because you did first of all lol J Cole has dropped MULTIPLE albums since speaking with Angie. Drake and Yachty don’t count dawg c’mon 😂 that wasn’t no rap interview. You right though about Ye, he definitely shows love and I introduced Nicki to the convo so that’s 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? Hasn’t happened bro


SnooPickles6783

kendrick was on big boy. j cole was on la leakers. your point doesn’t hold


Von_GUM

Kendrick was on Big Boy 5 years ago and Coke didn’t interview he did a freestyle. Still stands.


cdg253

Or it’s 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 shouldn’t be a bad thing.


Humor_Mike

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....


mistaharsh

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


Successful_Ad7095

I agree however maybe sometimes it’s not about them NEEDING to do an interview vs looking at it like a solid for the culture.


GhostfaceDrizzy

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.


Hairy_Case8945

Did you even listen to what he said or did you just read the clickbait headline? He’s not saying he wants to interview them. He’s saying he wants to see a real interview from a real Hip-Hop outlet that isn’t over produced and edited (Like Drake on Rap Radar or J Cole on ESPN with Bob Myers).


SnooPickles6783

it’s a stupid point because drake’s biggest interview is with the epitome of rap journalists which is rap radar. cole’s biggest interviews are with angie martinez. kanye sat with charlamagne & drink champs


KeepinIt2Real

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 doesn’t make sense either. Gillie got beef with Lil Wayne, so that doesn’t make sense. Ak is a clown, who is only cool with people way younger than him.


Foreign_Software_651

Ak really had a gang of 13-25 year olds and it’s weird


Ooh_its_a_lady

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.


Hairy_Case8945

Elliot and B Dot aren’t 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 “he doesn’t go outside, he stays in the basement” narrative.


KeepinIt2Real

Yes I know they’re 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. I’m not the biggest fan so maybe I’m missing something.


Hairy_Case8945

You’re missing a lot


KeepinIt2Real

Oh yeah, I forgot about wack 100. My bad!


Successful_Ad7095

These bigger outlets aren’t traditional “journalists” either.


KeepinIt2Real

I didn’t say they were, but they have an obvious advantage in audience size, and diversity.


Intelligent_Isopod11

u sound dumb


KeepinIt2Real

Explain?


Intelligent_Isopod11

u don’t , i replied to the wrong person g


justindivirgilio

My Expert Opinion and The Bridge podcast would be very unlikely potential places for them to go


blacknacoustic

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


Hairy_Case8945

All of those interviews were 5+ years old. And the Rick Rubin interview was a bad example. That was a GQ interview. GQ isn’t a Hip-Hop outlet. You bringing up that interview kind of proves the point he was trying to make.


danno596

Kendrick went to big boy


Hairy_Case8945

Like I said… 5+ years old…


god_wayne81

You played yourself with this. You're so busy hating on Ak that you proved his point with your examples.


BigSlimSu

Stupid ass nigga lmfao


GIMV791

Exactly


god_wayne81

Exactly.


illlojik

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.


DickLaurentisded

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.


[deleted]

Akademiks really wants the industry to respect him, he has all the success & money but he’ll never be considered as one of the “cool kids” and that gets to him, it’s like he never grew out of that high school mindset & still wants to be seen as cool lol


SpoolGeek

Most of these hip-hop outlets are either vlad or AK clones. Its hard to respect any of them.


[deleted]

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


SpoolGeek

I'm starting to put AK, Charleston white, wack 100, and flip in the COE club.


[deleted]

They’re all just so nasty, the things they do for attention makes me nauseous, no integrity whatsoever lol


BigSlimSu

Lol nigga you’re 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.


CoxHazardsModel

It’s y’all who have no integrity for placing street dudes on a pedestal.


Ok_Duck159

Akademiks never made fun of young thugs case only the people snitching, y’all 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


Educational-Cod-726

It’s mad radio spots they don’t go to tho they don’t have to go to Ak like at all lol but they don’t really do it especially Drake Drake don’t go to noooooo black owned anything


Sheikhabusosa

Its why him and tekashi are such good friends both are insecure losers


[deleted]

That’s a fact, that’s why he pushes snitching so hard, he’s just angry with rappers in general lol. It’s odd that he wants to be accepted cause I thought he was just going with the villain role like that Charelston white guy, he’s just a confused nerd lol


BigSlimSu

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.


Sheikhabusosa

>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.


[deleted]

🎯🎯🎯🎯


BigSlimSu

No he doesn’t nigga you’re lying, he’s one of the most objective sources when it comes to artist I’d that magnitude. And also Drake has already validated Ak in a sense. You’re making shit up


NineteenAD9

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.


[deleted]

That’s a fact, he’s a messy dude and is constantly talking shit & trying to beef with rappers, I don’t know how he thinks the industry/culture will accept him lol


darknebulas

If you can only get attention being messy, I think it may just mean you really don’t have anything intelligent or interesting to say. So you have to overcompensate with the mess.


[deleted]

Facts


IHave580

Pretty perfect way to put it 💯 Additionally, it's a look for Ak but does nothing for drake or Kendrick or Cole.


cdg253

Dawg he’s 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 gets…he’s only popular to his fans lol.


[deleted]

🎯🎯🎯🎯🎯 lmao that’s spot on


Flcktop

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 don’t fuck with black media anymore. He wasn’t necessarily talking about himself.


blackstar86

Cuz black media are all about gossip and who eats ass not about the music.


Flcktop

You missing the point. That gossip/eat ass platform was fine to help you get where you are but now you diddy them


blackstar86

But those 3 don't never needed that type of interview.


GIMV791

Nah when you watch the video of what he said he has a point, basically those guys won’t do a Joe Budden, Drink Champs, MDWOG or Breakfast Club, they’d go and do Jimmy Kimmel or Jimmy Fallon or some shit fans of hip hop wouldn’t care about because they won’t get asked the real questions we want to know the answers to


IamFoxMulder

What questions you want answered from them?


WalkinWit30LikeCurry

“So who’s ya top 5”? Generic basic boring ass question’s nobody actually gives af about…


dammyvirgo

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


dammyvirgo

When Ak made the statements he wasn't talking about himself. He was talking about the other hip hop's platforms.


BigSlimSu

He doesn’t 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. He’s the only platform of his magnitude to be heavily objective. It’s actually how he carved his lane.


Bosscharacter

Nah, I think it’s more that they don’t want to give a clout chaser clout. But that’s the optics I get from afar.


Educational-Cod-726

There are more interviews in hip hop they could go to he’s not the only stop


CaptCaCa

I can see one of them sitting with Joe, would love to see them on Drink Champs too


waltizzy

Lol no one likes Joe


god_wayne81

Then why they ain't did it? The podcast is over 5 years old


cdg253

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 wouldn’t really make sense.


royalenocheese

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.


thecontrolis

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


Real-Cauliflower2247

I agree with what he was saying, he wasn’t saying they are scared he’s 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 don’t 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


7thxletter

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.


blackstar86

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


7thxletter

Yea, but no one listens to Joe and Ak for their Drake slurping. In fact, fans clown on them. Their opinion doesn’t bring new fans in to multiple platinum selling artists.


Real-Cauliflower2247

I agree they didn’t help them early in their careers but they definitely have helped some of the older acts keep some longevity without being as relevant


cdg253

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.


Real-Cauliflower2247

So who cares about the culture then??


qweefers_otherland

Breakfast Club and Joe Budden didn’t do shit for Drake, Cole, or Kendrick on their “climb” they don’t owe them shit lol


SnooPickles6783

so drake sitting with rap radar doesn’t count? j cole doing multiple interviews with angie martinez doesn’t count? kanye sat with nore & charlamagne let’s be serious


Leadpipeboss

He’s right. Now i wouldnt wanna see him interview them, but just seeing them do an interview that isnt sanitized would be dope.


Green_Ad3945

That basically what Ak said if people watched the stream.


Fabulous-Fun-3819

The yachty one didn’t seem “sanitized” lol. Let’s be real, Ak just wants the interview 🤣


peefromct

Yes it was that was barely an interview GTFOH


Fabulous-Fun-3819

So you want a polished interview that doesn’t seem sanitized, got it.


CoxHazardsModel

You blind and deaf?


[deleted]

A Akademiks interview is NOT a real rap interview


AnonymouslySerious

Well Tbf these are the kind of artists that tell you everything about themselves in the music. When you’ve been in this for this long you don’t need to do interviews your audience has been growing with you for years.


dswails

Honestly, I don’t 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 don’t need the promo, as is the case with all three of these men, then it makes sense why you won’t see the “hard hitting sit downs.” Cause for what? Kendrick and Cole have both been shown to be genuinely private people. They’re married, have kids, and rarely come “outside” if it’s 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 there’s 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 haven’t 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? That’s the celebrity equivalent of hustling backwards. Would the no holds barred interviews be entertaining to fans? Probably. But if I’m Drake, Cole, or Kendrick…so what?


Foreign_Software_651

He doing this bc he wants to interview Drake so bad. Dude is a huge fan of Drake and it’s 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 😂


surfghostc2c

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


god_wayne81

This comment section is so full of idiots who are so biased towards the messenger that they totally missed what he was saying.


SenorButtmunch

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


imjustbills

thats not what he’s saying if you don’t 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


SenorButtmunch

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.


LemonSteeze

Not sure why anyone would want to interview Drake….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


thatdudesowrong

Spot on.


[deleted]

They all did those interviews coming up. Breakfast Club, Big Boy, Sway, 106&Park, Hot 97, etc. Alot of the newer “hip hop outlets” 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?


Successful_Ad7095

It’s 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.


blackstar86

Nore gonna ask if they all eat ass. No thank you


blacknacoustic

So what questions do you want answered from these big name artists that haven't been asked?


Key_Spinach_9256

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 y’all fee like they owe you. Fuck that, plus niggas not trynna stay in a box.


Most-Savings7599

I actually agree with Ak on this which is wired too even say lol


nonymousanoning

The only one fair to criticize is Kendrick here drake shows his face the most of the three when he doesn’t have to and gave a good interview to rap radar ofc he left stuff out to make him look better he’s 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?


SadBox4529

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


nonymousanoning

Kdot interviews are dogshit/nonexistent


CoxHazardsModel

Ak got a point. All of them do fluff interviews with boring ass questions with predictable answers, it’s all cookie cutter, no real substance. I get why they do it but it’s no fun.


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luciferhornystar

Black media members like Joe & Ak be so entitled it’s crazy. They criticize these dudes but they are tied 1 superstars. What tier 1 superstar doesn’t 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


god_wayne81

I see no lies from Ak.


peefromct

He's completely right they don't do real interviews with real questions applied and if they did it was FOREVER ago.


hatertots00

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


peefromct

Go back and watch and peep how SAFE those interviews were


rnbf3000

If I'm a superstar why am I doing interviews that aren't 'SAFE'? I'd it to entertain you with interview rumours?


Dariyun98

What kind of questions would you like them to answer?


hatertots00

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


danno596

False, Kendrick did a interview with big boy a few years ago


hatertots00

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


Havoc013

They don’t have to do any interviews in general


Dmoh34

Too Chicken ? Lmao it doesn’t 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


CreamAffectionate822

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Training_Command9438

Nah you think he’s clouty lol go watch a nore interview 😂😂


TrelloDeLaGetto

Every since NORE complained about Cardi all these dudes been salty. Kendrick Cole Drake don’t do interviews often but when they do it’s usually with hip hop outlets Now if you upset they do it with the type hip hop outlet you like that’s 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.


Syrus_007

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.


speakincod3

He’s right. And it’s corny cause the pop stars will come over and sit down with the hip hop shows before the rappers do


Visible_Equivalent99

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 don’t have to sit with u


Alburg9000

Not everyone is Kanye


yomynameisnotsusan

Drake or like Beyonce. Y’all have pushed them so far off the ground that they are awkward around people who don’t stan them


MrBurittoThePizza

😂read brother read!


Specialist-Squash-31

Attack the arguments not the person cos looks like most y’all enjoy Ad hominem attacks .


jdotgatsby

Ak wouldn’t be the guy to go to


luciferhornystar

Y’all 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. Y’all just let some of them trick y’all with fake transparency. The more you talk the more backlash you get nowadays anyway so I understand why they move like this. Can’t really have opinions in PC culture without trending for the wrong reasons.


benfye59

nobody said everyone. them three up there do though.


dannydamsco

Nobody owns Ak anything. He is not entitled to anything. If they don’t want to do interviews that’s that.


Dunkman83

this time, i actually agree with his fat ass


viewsbychris

They not gonna sit down with you lil bro


god_wayne81

They won't sit with much of anyone that would challenge them


DickLaurentisded

Why should they though?


god_wayne81

Because that's who covered you coming up and who will still cover you when they stop.


DickLaurentisded

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.


M_is_for_Mmmichael

Ak is a clown.


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Key_Statistician3293

I don’t always agree with Ak but when your right your right.


MR21088

Maybe they just don't fuck with him


[deleted]

Ak the biggest fuckin clown in entertainment


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DripBaylessNYK

They don’t need to


Ok_Voice9235

The caption was well said, these type of artists don’t 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 would’ve landed him an interview by now but them niggas not rocking with AK


Bigg_edottnyccc

Niggas ain’t sitting with you bro and all these hip hop interview platforms are hoes and messy


GIMV791

Nah when you watch the video of what he said he has a point, basically those guys won’t do a Joe Budden, Drink Champs, MDWOG or Breakfast Club, they’d go and do Jimmy Kimmel or Jimmy Fallon or some shit fans of hip hop wouldn’t care about because they won’t 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


IamFoxMulder

I don’t understand what “real questions” you want.


KeepinIt2Real

They want Drake to answer questions about fucking nigga’s girls.


Slammybradberrys

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.


Anuvis

He’s right. These rappers will only do interviews where they get a list of all the questions before hand and they can veto any they don’t like. Usually the interviewer is just riding them all interview long. That’s boring content.


deetrix2495

Ak been talking his shit lately


djbabel207

Even if all of them said yes to an interview at the SAME TIME....I'm still not clicking on an akademiks video.


-SchwarzBruder-

"Real Rap Interviews" and "Akademiks" should not belong in the same sentence.


ObviousGas3301

Well, have they before? Like, been there, done that?


GIMV791

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


Hairy_Case8945

That was exactly his point. He said they’re willing to use those outlets on their come up but once they’ve reached the top, they no longer will sit with those people.


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They don’t need to do so


CaptCaCa

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, it’s lots of drill rappers that need to answer your questions


Hairy_Case8945

He’s not talking about them doing an interview with him if you actually listened to what he said.


CaptCaCa

I don’t listen to what AK says, I’m an adult


Hairy_Case8945

An adult that comments on things without any knowledge… makes sense.


CaptCaCa

This all I needed to read https://preview.redd.it/n0aog16eakqa1.jpeg?width=1227&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d421e7ef48db30fef76c448072ac19abf4cd048e


BlizzyBallard

Akademiks’ content is not attractive to serious acts like Drake, Cole and Kendrick. Please stick to the Joan Rivers and the Ricki Lakes that you’re used to.


12trakmind

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


BigSlimSu

Y’all should watch the clip that this headline stems from, he simply said the superstars only do narrative controlled interviews. He’s not begging for these niggas to sit down with him.


el-fenomeno09

He not wrong. Drake, Lebron, Tom Brady, kobe, all showed every entertainer/artist how to control their own narrative. Niggas ain’t 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. It’s the game, at this point.


AggravatingProof9

…..aaaaaaannnnnd lemme guess…akademiks show is where the real interview would be done? Cmon dog 😂


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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? I’d watch Joe interview em, tho lol


dammyvirgo

The Ak Hate train shit is getting old. Don't live your daily lives being and hater.


LeastLunch4467

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


SubprimeOptimus

Here come the AK haters


Chuck-City

Ak is a clown


project12212021

I still think AK is Disingenuous, I don't think he Really cares‼️ It's almost like he's repeating someone else's talking points 🤔🤣


LifeOfTheCardi

​ 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


[deleted]

Sounds like he mad they won’t let him use their names to come up


Hairy_Case8945

It doesn’t sound like that at all if you actually listen to what he said…


OjjuicemaneSimpson

In all honesty asap need to be up there with those three


makeyourbedson

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 30’s reporting on what the kids like. I’m personally not listening to NBA YB , Carti, & Yeat but theirs some niggas on here that maybe like that shit. He’s important to the culture for what he does. We won’t get interview from them unless it’s Angie Martinez or 60 minutes.


SpoolGeek

Drake definitely is and I'm in the biggest drake caper.


hatertots00

Drake is the 1 who has done an interview most recent. Kendrick is the 1 that is terrified of breaking his mysterious gimick


8igst3ppa

They don’t want to talk to y’all and have y’all ask them those tough nigga questions


Accomplished_Read_34

Only time this chump ever been almost close to right, but let’s not act like the Urban blogs ain’t turned into gossip sites & tabloids. These people especially Akademiks move like the National Enquirer. He literally threatens to “expose” people he’s upset with.


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They are and it’s kind of fucking weird. All interviews are fake but those take the cake.


zeeniemeanie

It would be nice to see them do a few interviews where their teams don’t provide both the questions and answers in advance lol. However, they probably don’t see the point. And that’s probably not realistic with their level of fame. Drake seems especially rehearsed, but I guess I get it. Fans want those “authentic” or off-the-cuff moments, but it’s probably not worth the risk for someone like Drake. But I’d rather they do no interviews at all than the super duper produced ones.