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Akademiks thinks big-name rappers Drake, J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar have gotten huge heads and are actually too afraid to sit down and discuss to the very hip hop retailers they as soon as used to construct business clout.
Cole lately performed his first on-camera interview in years with ESPN’s Bob Myers, with the largest headline being the North Carolina-bred rapper smoking cigarettes at age 6 … and Ak says all the set-up screams “weirdo.”
Ak is adamant he is not bitter for not personally getting face time with the hip hop heavyweights — however, as an alternative, says he is talking for the a great deal of scaredy-cat journalists who do not wish to rock the boat.
Translation: They’re all taking part in the PR recreation, however Adademiks is refusing to hitch ’em.
He recalled a time he criticized SZA — a Top Dawg Entertainment artist — whereas working for Complex, and claims the magazine’s workers was frantically attempting to patch issues up in hopes of scoring an interview with Kendrick, TDE’s flagship rapper.
Kendrick jetted off to Ghana following the discharge of his long-awaited album “Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers” and later performed a softball interview with “W” journal — a whole distancing from conventional rap tradition retailers, Complex included.
Drake spoke to Lil Yachty throughout a seaside chat for the discharge of his final venture “Her Loss” …. however Ak says the Canadian megastar is overdue to return the favor to publications that first threw him avenue cred.
Ak scolded the rap stars for falling into “white boy conversations” … however added, in his eyes, there are nonetheless some actual ones on the market.
He gave Lil Durk props for nonetheless doing interviews with actual rap hubs like “Million Dollaz Worth of Game.”
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