The End of Ak ? | Rap Latte Ep. 40

The End of Ak | Rap Latte Ep. 40 ☕🎤
In this episode of Rap Latte Live, we’re diving into all the wildness happening in hip-hop and culture right now:
Akademiks’ controversial remarks involving a minor and his Twitch ban - is this the end of Ak’s influence?
The trial of A$AP Rocky - what does this mean for his career and the culture?
The internet’s weird and unnecessary debate about who really started hip-hop - let’s set the record straight.
Plus, we explore everything else happening in the world of hip-hop this week.
Join us for raw takes, real conversations, and your favorite weekly dose of hip-hop commentary. Don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe for more Rap Latte! ☕🔥
#RapLatte #Akademiks #ASAPRocky #HipHopCulture #RapDebates #LiveShow

[@MMAGamblingTips]

The line “Those predators move in flocks” was never more prescient.

[@topcatmatt]

They all have to agree to the same.morals or else you're surrounding yourself w ppl who will gladly snitch

[@michaelturley8222]

@@topcatmatt A make-up artist, who goes by the name ‘Dani,’ alleged that Touré s**ually harassed her while she worked with him on a show, saying, “He couldn’t stop asking me to do anal, how I looked n*ked, if I had s*x over the weekend, what it would be like to f-k me.” So what's that say about fans of Toure? lol y'all got lot of skeletons hiding too huh?

[@matthewturner7828]

I highly recommend checking out FD Signifier's b side video about this Ak business

[@standingNOVAAtion]

@@matthewturner7828Agreed

[@Heather-ru7pq]

Akadiddy wasn’t the only one talking greasy to this kid…get’em all!!!

[@bakmusik7546]

protect the children❤

[@MRKOCAINN]

That’s a fact. Catch ‘em all… like Pokémon 😂

[@cam4748]

Rap Latte needs to get FD Signifier on for an episode to talk about the Black Manosphere, thats like his area of expertise

[@raekarkoc928]

I would love to see FD as a recurring guest, his episode(s) were what got me into Rap Latte

[@ZariDV]

That would be a great episode. I'm sure we would get some interesting discussions for that one.

[@SoloKOS-fn5hs]

Fr

[@EboneeJ]

Yaw should get fd signifier back here to do a spot on the black manosphere. He’s done a bunch of manosphere deep dives on his channel

[@yunglynda1326]

THIS!

[@lynnlovie6870]

Yessss

[@Lucarioguild7]

Exactly what I was thinking, he's been the number one guy talking about the black manosphere

[@MsYooToob]

The way Touré looks at his cat when it meows too loud 😂

[@waterhousewhistler]

Loved this conversation! Thanks y’all! To Scru’s point, I think it’s super important to keep reminding people this is weird. It’s not ok. It’s not acceptable. As Touré said you should NOT force a kid to think / speak etc about that stuff before they choose to. And obviously the way AK was doing it was wildly inappropriate and super gross!

[@MaynardsSpaceship]

Can we stop calling it "weird"? I'm weird. 😊 This is ☆predatory☆.

[@fastpuppy2000]

@@MaynardsSpaceship There's a lot of difficulties going on around the language of all this. I've been trying to talk about FD Signifier's angle on homophobia's part in Ak's actions, but my comments have been removed twice. That being said, when I talked about it in the live chat, the mods were actively agreeing with me! I don't know if youtube is doing it or what. There's always a lot of enforced "algo-speak" from the platforms and all, so I dunno. But yeah. Ak is grooming children, even if not sexually for his own gain, as a participant in really twisted cultural shit.

[@fastpuppy2000]

Which is to say, he was testing the kid to see if he answers right. But you also never know if it is skeevier, and it needs to be punished pretty damn severely either way.

[@michaelturley8222]

nor your coworkers: A make-up artist, who goes by the name ‘Dani,’ alleged that Touré s**ually harassed her while she worked with him on a show, saying, “He couldn’t stop asking me to do anal, how I looked n*ked, if I had s*x over the weekend, what it would be like to f-k me.”

[@bakmusik7546]

he dont have to tease no kid mature man against all laws I hope he gets time ​@@fastpuppy2000

[@Chellz801]

I’m just upset he hasn’t gotten lashings like this before now. He has said and done so many disgusting things to ppl (especially women) in the past and gets away with it. It’s about damn time for ppl to leave him in the dust.

[@riddlorecvemipre]

I should have FD signifier for this talk. He goes deep into the black manosphere. Both him and foreign man go deep.

[@Nishafaulk28]

Set a strong example. No one should get away with talking to underage children in that manner. Feet2Fire 2025

[@rorbot_SMF]

Cook some soles AND souls! 🔥🔥🔥

[@themoviejournal3080]

14:54 Ak’s inbox full of nothing but DoorDash receipts was one of the many highlights of the beef for me 🤣💀

[@amy_grace]

They used to say the worst thing for a public figure was being caught with "a dead girl, or a live boy." 😬

[@kellysloane562]

thank you for bringing on scru face and Justin! They brought some important context to the conversation. Post-modernist + Black American art form (chef's kiss, King Green!)

[@lavondoable]

Hands down my favorite channel on hip hop. A small constructive critique if I may - is times like @1:21:35 onwards for the next few minutes…I felt bad for Scru because he clearly had something he wanted to offer , but couldn’t get a word in at all ; raising his hand and everything…I believe at one point he started speaking and was just interrupted and talked over ( which actually happened numerous times during the conversation , but just seemed particularly egregious here ). It feels like cats are so intent on making their point - in this case to the detriment of the actual guest. I would just like to see a bit more cognizance there. But again - my favorite channel on all things hip hop !🤘🏽

[@TamiaPeach]

Toure is notorious for a cutoff 😅 I think it’s journalist brain, but this is a different space and we want to hear all the voices!!

[@tankgreenthumb7979]

Akademiks been beating chest for way too long . Disrespecting everyone from the comfort of his basement . Its about time he gets a taste of reality. Hes been very irresponsible with his platform . Hopefully he learns something from this and realize he needs to be more respectful and responsible with such a big following.

[@VENGEFULHEXX]

💯

[@A-Kings-Cut]

🎯

[@Sheija]

Ain’t no brownie points for that

[@rorbot_SMF]

Straight up! What he said to that boy is inexcusable & disgusting. He hasn't been taught a harsh enough lesson yet.

[@britneyhouston-escajeda]

Rap Latte and Its all Happening❤🎉...get Ak out of here

[@juiceplanet147]

Absolutely with all disrespect

[@TheVizions]

It’s a petition on the cyber crimes against children website against AK……😩😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣I LOVE IT!!!! Playing with Bron’s family like that…..😔❤️

[@erikapapi]

Constructive and clear minded link ups like this are going to be so important in this chapter of world history. And everybody’s got to do the work to stay clear and grounded, with humility. Appreciate yall.

[@jayspy8647]

Ay, everybody jumped in the whip for the ak drive-by 😂😂😂😂

[@TaTa-ut4nw]

Also, what about the other people who were on the discord saying stuff with AK, they seem to be going under the radar.

[@donaldamponsah2560]

AK once said on the record that there’s not much difference between a 17 and 21 year old. I can only imagine the things he says in private..

[@joelman1989]

Yeah that was idiotic. If you can’t immediately tell the difference a 17 year old and a 21 year old that says more about your maturity than it does theirs.

[@neruneri]

@@joelman1989 I used to think that too... when I was 17. I'm 30 now and I stg everything under 25 feels like a child to me now.

[@anachronismic]

⁠​⁠@@nerunerithis part deadass, but especially if I don’t know the younger person prior. Age as legality as an argument is so wild to me idc if it’s legal that shits still weirdo behavior.

[@neruneri]

@@anachronismic Facts! I'm noticing as I'm getting older that my "minimum line" just gets higher and higher. When I was 25, I was cool with 20 year olds. Now at 30, my minimum is 25. I don't know when I'll start feeling like anything below 30 is too young, but it's probably gonna happen too before I turn 40.

[@frankiecarter9430]

I am enjoying this segment. Intelligent men conversing about an important issue and not downplaying the nefarious, deviant and disgusting behaviors

[@boni_slinger]

I love Toure but he's soooo in his feelings anytime Jay's loss to Nas comes up😆

[@TheMrFishnDucks]

Akadidiy or BigBakademiks is what I'm using. Nice stream. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Pinheadlry]

Just the fact that AK knew the kid was 15 and still was talking to him like that is already unacceptable

[@alwaysm.i.a10]

It's not just the gaming community. You can read stories about teachers and coaches doing this, many men have said older males and females have "joked" like this when they were kids, the catholics, or even go back and watch Eddie Long's victims recount how they were groomed. They went into detail.

[@tiaplaya3508]

💯

[@assortedWCare]

Yes, this is the end of akademiks.

[@SVNTHLTTR]

Don’t forget that Andrew Tate is half Black. His racial ambiguity helped float his popularity amongst young white men.

[@bartzbarters3278]

Andrew is whiter than Drake

[@TuchNGoh]

This a fantastic 4 if Ive ever seen one. Never stop these please y’all are so important

[@wojerwabbit]

This channel's going to blow up in 2025. I'm certain of it. More power to y'all ✊

[@rp2010]

It’s all happening on rap latte!

[@snowpdx]

Love what you guys are doing, keep it up

[@babyseis]

Around the 40-41 min mark. I think the only way to view this situation in line with homophobia is the fact that Ak yes was being predatory but egged Nour on to engage w homophobia. He asks Nour if he’d let a guy smash and wanted to hear “ew no” but instead got “I’m 15.” So correct in the thought that yes we shouldn’t align predators with gay people BUT ak also weaponized homophobia

[@-gf-]

that "are you ever gonna talk to people you disagree with" comment is so weird because y'all disagree all the damn time you just know how to do it in a healthy and respectful way

[@joelman1989]

As a Puerto Rican from the Bronx who’s family were DJs in the 70s and played hip hop and rapped I want to say this. Speaking for my family. We never once even thought to question the idea that hip hop is a black art form. Many of us are black!! I am not. But my uncle the DJ is a black Puerto Rican. Most Jamaicans are black. We have to understand that there definitely was an influence of Caribbean culture specifically Jamaican and Puerto Rican/dominican. And we shouldn’t ignore that. We can also say that black American sounds of disco and funk and R&B were sampled and set the foundation and tone for hip hop. It’s a complex subject but my point is this. Hip hop is first and foremost black and it’s American. it also has significant sometimes overlooked contributions from other cultures that existed in the melting pot that was the Bronx in the 70s.

[@kristinalfc5846]

Does Tourè realise how much of a Drake stan he sounds like when talking about the Jay Z/Nas battle? Cause those are some of their same arguments word for word

[@jonathanberry9084]

I love the way they constantly check Toure. That brother never gets tired of being wrong.

[@Shonnie1122]

I disagree with Toure’s take. No one is saying that other cultures didn’t influence hip-hop, right? However, the bottom line is that Black Americans and Black American Culture alone started and created hip-hop. End of story. There’s nothing else to add to it. It is what it is.

[@labor_mel]

31:22 it's really nice hearing men talk about this amongst eachother

[@neruneri]

I hope you guys have Scru on more of these. Loved hearing his input and y'all seem like you have fun talking with each other, which makes a huge impact as a viewer. It's especially fun because I know Scru has been unfairly treated by supposed peers in the past, and it's just really cool to see him find real peers on this platform that actually respects him and what he does. It's just really cool seeing Scru finally get in touch with good people in this industry, and being able to be comfortable and productive with y'all. Rap Latte, Curtiss, Justin, FD, Scru, Monie, (and many more) all of y'all are being forces for good in our culture right now, and it genuinely brings warmth to my heart seeing y'all thrive. 💜🖤

[@nobiz]

Green you gotta turn your mic up!

[@mik-d5e]

Scru too he was trying to interject in the conversation for the longest when they were talking about the origins of hiphop but nobody heard him

[@Shaun.is.typing]

Sade shirt 🔥🔥🔥

[@shockwavebboy]

1:01:42 North American Marlon Brando Look Alikes😂😂😂😂😂

[@YesserSirMrSir]

The Mad little man with Power is the story of Akademiks, Trump and Drake

[@elisemadeleinekachaturian6063]

56:15 Get that cat fixed my friend trust me….10 cats under 1 roof is too much! Also, LOVED THIS EPISODE! The discussion over all three topics was informative, funny and refreshing. Love what u guys do ❤ keep em coming!

[@TheTrinitygood]

This isn’t the first time AK has been in controversy like this, and we still have to hold AK and his crew accountable. The kid said he was 15 more than once. They should’ve stopped after the first time he said he was 15.

[@retromike1]

Need these lives on the Podcast feed

[@mik-d5e]

Toure is tripping in this episode 😭

[@rorbot_SMF]

There's no "just jokes" or "just trolling" about Ak's actions.

[@juiceplanet147]

This is Scru Face lane too..dude is super talented.

[@dabrownone]

1:06:00 I found the "oh you thought you're getting girls now cuz of your looks" particularly scathing (especially as a kid listening in high school) and it perfectly undercut Jayz final attack

[@cccantv6457]

That's not irrational rage in the slightest. If you don't crash out for the jits what else is there?

[@str8toff]

This is NAAAAAAASTY WORK

[@bakmusik7546]

jazz is also an black american art form, blues, reggae they originated from the suffering of this special group at that time, hiphop from the violence of the streets, to make the struggle visible to express it, to adress it, you are old enough to remember like me😅

[@mariahelizabeth_ent]

Grand rising, kings💯

[@nwayoo9559]

Love to see my Igbo brother here. ❤

[@CJ-zc4gd]

AK BETTER NOT EVER GO TO CELL BLOCK ONE

[@the.real.dexterolive]

Akadiddy livestreams albums with a calculator readily available.

[@bartzbarters3278]

Please let guest talk more.. (this is particulrly aimed at Toure) no point having them on if you talk just as much or more than they do

[@BraMoore]

He just bulldozes his point everytime. Its like he not even wearing headphones sometimes 😂

[@bobbytropo2314]

1:06:11 the answer is “you traded your soul for riches” bc I think deep down in Jays mind, he knew that that was the best angle Nas could use to take him down and I think with that line Jay probably realized Nas put the pieces together perfectly.

[@CinematicReese]

Yall should do more collabs and debate artists or have topics like these

[@shockwavebboy]

1:33:25 There's only 4 elements beatboxing is part of te DJ element in that it provides a beat.

[@rennydonandriodgames7]

The moneys gone to his head

[@triciaphelps6441]

Those predators feel power from the shock. They feed on this discomfort. And they prey on people easy to exploit like kids. The predators are weak and seek to feel big off those they perceive as weaker. It’s deeply dysfunctional.

[@Annonymight]

The thing he learned is to watch his speech??? WOW!

[@Justahobby09]

I think some put forth the idea that fashion is a pillar of hip hop.

[@nettycharice6254]

If Akademiks keep losing more sponsors. I believe he will blame his problems on substance abuse

[@bcuz30]

I live the delusion of Toure standing up for Jay Z. It's so cute as an OG.

[@BraMoore]

Im 39 & i think its gross. ALOT of men my age looking for a father figure worship that man & its nasty

[@carlisborgon]

Homophobia is a BIG part of why Ak is getting packed out now. This man had multiple domestic assault and gRAPE alligationd, with tapes and video showing atleast part of that. It barely made any motion online. It took this to get him outta here. Same thing with Diddy. Years and years of cases, allegations, even after the hotel assault video came out it was kinda quiet. It took gay-adjacent crime allegations against Diddy for the whole culture to cut him off. No homo is turned to no Diddy now. This is a bigger issue, but homophobia has a MASSIVE role to play in this.

[@Allhommo1999]

That’s dead facts Even though the men on right now in the vid don’t look at the situation for the homosexuality aspect which is good, The majority of peoples perspective is like that(which is homophobia) I say this cause little girls and teenage girls on apps like rumble, monkey, and kick have older men sexually harassed them for content to there older male and sometimes younger male viewers These girls are uncomfortable by that but not a lot of people care about that equal as this innocent young men being harassed, this boy is innocent just like them girls ,

[@joebags40]

Season 4 episode 5😂😂😂😂

[@treyway8146]

Side Note: Snoop collaborated with Happy Dad too. 👀🤷🏾‍♂️

[@westindian10]

Jay 🔥

[@benimanah]

The concept of toasting on the mic from dancehall is basically mcing, it's not about the samples or the sound, it's about the actual structure of the music being completely influenced by Jamaican music

[@Supadupacream33]

Ak said the brands assured him , they still have deals with him.

[@kliggco]

Can we tag the guests 😢

[@roltthehunter]

Dude went out and did pr but the whole time he was attacking the kid "Weirdo Malaysian kid" was how he was trying to frame him, treating him as a clout chaser he tried to turn his whole fanbase on a 15yr after he harassed them

[@juicyparsons]

Kevin samuels later content pivoted to exclusively having women on a call-in show where he would rank and berate them. If anything he was an OG podcast bro

[@MalakianM2S]

If the Twitch ban holds and the "weird" case he has goes as it seems is going to be it really is the end of this stain on a garbage disposal of a human "being".

[@nickadt]

That was a long ass walk.

[@Ims51]

If i was in charge of Kendricks next album cover, he'd have to put on a Nostradamus outfit with the hat, Quill and everything.

[@whoisslade45]

Brazilian jiu-jitsu is based from judo, tae kwon do is an off shoot of karate. Bjj is only said to be made by a Brazilian, taekwondo is effectively martial art of Korea. Both derived and took from Japan, yet Japan gets no claim on the art. Why do we always have to give up our own machinations to others?

[@synthiandrakon]

Real talk history shows he'll probably be fine. Even during this whole shit no one was quick to cut ties with him everyone seems to be operating with the assumption hes gonna be around

[@synthiandrakon]

Yeah like its important to remember throughout all this that this is something a lot of young men go through. Its not always as crazy and explicit it was in this case but the experience of boys having these conversations with mem where theyre teased and subjected to these conversations about sex is one a lot of people have. And it's self perpetuating because often people who experienced it will internalize it as some kind of right of passage and then do the same to the boys in their life

[@realityjamar6228]

I’m PROUD OF YOU GUYS EVEN THOUGH IT WAS KINDA BORING SMH 🤦‍♀️ SCRU FACE WAS THE GUEST ND BARELY TALKED LIKE SO UN ORGANIZED ITS LIKE THEY HAD SCRU COME ON TO FIGHT TO TSLK SO ANNOYING GET IT TOGETHER GUYS SCRU FACE U DID GREAT IM EXCITED TO HEAR YOUR NEXTT DISS

[@MMAGamblingTips]

Regarding the A$AP Rocky trial, Trump can’t help because it’s a state charge. He could only intervene with a pardon if it was federal.

[@thinktank1]

🔥

[@Th3Abyss]

1:42:48 Wrong Justin. Canada won gold. Phil Wizard. Look it up. 🇨🇦🥇

[@shockwavebboy]

1:24:30 Hell, Cab Calloway was doing it in the 30s and 40s

[@jamesfisher4892]

Lots of classic EDM in the past was not as accessible as it was frequently 6 to 9 mins long. Nowadays, you won't find too many tracks that exceed 4 1/2 minutes due to the need to fit more content into streaming.

[@melodyrobbins]

Love the nuanced conversations here. Toure stays glazing for the Takeover/Ether battle for Jay-Z, lol. Ether!! Also Toure there are several clips online from Kool Herc crediting Black Americans & how his sound system came to be & he says from 2 Black guys from America in his neighborhood. Old clips of Crazy Legs are different then his recent recollection too. There is also a couple of clips of elder statesman from Jamaica speaking on how they at one time only listened to Black Americans music in Jamaica, & how it inspired the sound of Reggae music. The individual elements of Hip Hop started well before the 70s which can also be seen online, clips from 30s-60s. These elements later came together , via migration of Black Americans from the south to the north and formed into what we now call Rap/Hip Hop. Other communities later on in the 70s contributed. Please don't allow this erasure. This question of who created Hip Hop was not up for question until the last few years. No one was questioning this in the 70s-2010s. It's intentional & divisive. You heard no elements of Reggae or Spanish music in the creation of Hip Hop. This is a Black American art from just like Rock, Blues, Jazz , Country etc.

[@PaylorBrenda]

If y'all are gonna have guests (ScruFace) LET HIM SPEAK for God's sake! LOL

[@Audiosiris]

1:17:09 Ok So this Narrative needs to be stopped immediately. The Bronx having a few people from the Islands doesn't mean that the Cultural roots of HiP Hop come from their homelands. In fact everything about American black culture before hip hop has effected every other culture in the so called diaspora. At best it's a feedback loop, at the least it's people coming here and adopting our already established Black American culture. From Blues, to Jazz and Rock n Roll to funk to Hip Hop.. nothing about any of those art forms are influenced the degree that is being claimed especially the Child Of Funk Which Is Hip Hop. Krs One Is the Only Rapper to emulate Patios and Reggae culture in Rap music. The last Poets are From America, The watts Prophets are From America, Gil Scott Heron Is From America, James Brown is from America. And as far as the block party credit and false association with Jamaican sound system culture, there's a famous Motown song By Martha and The Vandelles Called Dancing in the Streets 1964 @TheCompanyMan

[@Sheija]

Toure loves putting his straw (man) in the Rap Latte. He really had that whole Jamaica is a part of hip hop argument with himself.

[@williamcummings9125]

Scru needs to invest in a louder mic, was getting frustrated trying to be heard in there

[@TipToe71]

This is a different type of interaction with kids in the gaming VR world but the difference is I choose to be an adult AK choose to be a weird creeper. When I’m playing my oculus I don’t be on games where kids are also playing. I was playing Population 1 and those kids was talking mad 💩 and were disrespectful AF 😭 I started to get mad and was bout to cuss them out but then thought “wtf am I doing I’m 53 and about to go back n forth with sone kids” so I don’t play population 1 I’ll instead play the new Assassins Creed and Resident Evil for VR in story mode. 🤷🏽‍♀️ I’m saying this to say AK seemed really comfortable talking to a kid like the way he was so it tells me he’s done it before just never got caught. That tells me he’s 35 but acting like a kid whereas myself I choose not to interact with kids in the gaming world. Even though I was only going to cuss them out back I knew it wasn’t the right thing to do because they’re only KIDS.

[@wilaustu]

Sequel to Culture United- Uncs United?

[@shockwavebboy]

1:38:57 Puerto Ricans were the first students of Hip Hop

[@mehoo8]

@1:32:46 & @1:35:35 people have been trying to include fashion and knowledge as pillars of Hip-Hop. I don’t disagree because of how Hip-Hop has progressed and some traditional aspects of it have been phased out or transformed. Graffiti seemed like its own art style that was happening parallel to Hip-Hop and isn’t uniquely ours. And like Scru said, Breaking is more niche nowadays but dance can never be separated from Hip-Hop.

[@jonathanberry9084]

Less Toure would make Rap Latte a whole lot better.

[@bartzbarters3278]

Was Toure right about anything this episode? wow

[@jbonniebanks]

Takeover was better. I agree with Toure