Akala on Racism Against Blacks in the U.K.

[@sellingfullwheat]

Massive shouts to Vlad for getting Akala on, man needs to be listened to

[@SenShika]

FACTS!!

[@RuthIessVillain]

Big up to Vlad for this one. Akala is the truth

[@HappyPawsUK]

Africa created slavery long before there were slaves in Europe also Africans enslaved white people ,sold there own people to Arabs -research this instead of listening to these hate filled clowns

[@tfs1598]

Never expected to see Akala on Vlad channel lol. Big up Akala

[@grizzd6586]

And big up vlad for giving him the platform

[@geemula3652]

finally!!!!!

[@kareemlawson878]

worrrd

[@PROJECT1LEsprayz]

Yk yk

[@2falltoofly81]

Hes very well spoken, I am truly inspired by his conversation never heard of this fella before but I think I will do some research on them

[@M.Universe]

Djvlad: So Akala welcome to Vlad Tv. Akala: Big up. Djvlad:......Ok

[@Eduboy22]

vlad probably didnt know how to respond to big up lol.

[@TramainBacchus]

Vlad should've said "yeah man respect!"

[@19832006]

lol

[@TJ-_-]

xD Chiiilll guys LMAO

[@bubble2643]

like that Dave Chappelle joke, Vlad was almost like "uhhh.... Zippitty Doo Dah, buh bye"

[@remeece]

Vlad met one of the most intelligent man on the planet . and one of the most cultural guy and he gave him 9 minutes.we need him on Vlad again but at least an hour.

[@imreallydead.23]

It's just cut up in to segments I'm sure vlad spoke to him for longer than 9 mins

[@jimmywatts8219]

One of the most intelligent men on the planet?? Bit of a stretch.

[@DJCrisisUK]

Wait a while the whole interview will be up, you can't interview Akala and give him 10min trust me👍

[@Ali920a]

+DJ Crisis UK talks well but most of its nonsense

[@cawilomar7926]

+northerner not true

[@jourdanm1073]

9 minutes? cmon fam redman got two hours talking about coke. this is akala the legend.

[@jayk.2608]

More parts coming soon is the word.

[@staceyjones1000]

Lool for real

[@skay6205]

vlad does 1 long recording , and releases segments bit by bit

[@jimmywatts8219]

Really? Redman is an internationally recognised artist with over 25 years of recordings to back his credentials. Akala is an afrocentric clown with a scatty sister.

[@nicholasmatsvairo9112]

L. Shut your bitch ass up

[@vladtv]

Great interview. More parts coming soon.

[@hustla2g5]

salute to you vlad on dong your research on our most respected uk mc's from dizzee to akala who next......WILEY??????

[@KELLENKASH]

+djvlad great piece on Akala and Akon are my favs can you do adviseshow.com host +adviseshowmedia emailed you

[@staceyjones1000]

Can't wait for full interview vlad, you done it once again, first it was Akon now this dude keep it up bro, love from London

[@andreasvanderwal1031]

THANKS DJVLAAD

[@IVRelapse]

Vlad wit the well needed plug

[@coinkidink9997]

Good interview! Would love to see Lowkey on here though.

[@SenShika]

Lowkey been lowkey lately

[@nofearofwater]

Lowkey lowkey has been lowkey for a while lowkey

[@MrVardi123]

hes bringing out a new album because he has released a couple new tunes lately

[@888EXTREME]

+Yoni Vardi a couple? I thought it was only one

[@72resonate]

I doubt you'd see lowkey on a platform like this, but you never know.

[@TH-kt5ir]

Vlad: So your from uk Akala: Yes Vlad: Do they know my guy Slim Jesus

[@johnplanzski9215]

Lol

[@561lyfe]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂W

[@dicedavis84]

I'm glad you got a real one from the UK who can articulate himself in a very coherent way. Nuff respect fam UK STAND UP 👊

[@keichin9009]

🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@Hero-pp5yh]

Americans especially the black ones have a distinct uneducated manner of speech. You don't have to go to university to communicate well. Akala never went to university. What's it with American s especially the blacks on Vlad.

[@doxasophosmoros]

He gets his charisma and creative lyricism, even his hustle, from his scottish side 100 percent.

[@Hero-pp5yh]

@@doxasophosmoros I agree to an extent. Listen to Galloway.

[@christuffer]

So all these people complaining, tell me how diverse your home country is? Can't wait to hear about it. It must be a cosmopolitan paradise that the UK can learn from. So let's hear about it.

[@deburke321]

Good job for getting Akala on, Vlad.

[@DeadleeDan]

iam a londoners and grew up with him and his sister and also went to the winning Mandela school where as black children we learnt about our black history and was also taught by black teachers who volunteered their Saturday to teach us...it supported mixed raced and black children and white volunteers were also very welcomed too

[@theinternetsavedmylife]

None of those things are life skills unfortunately

[@Mj-pr2zb]

@Niki Mitchell racist

[@craftedginger]

Yeah, racist for stating facts 🙄

[@Trademarqed]

When you're from London so you know all the places he's talking about 😏😂

[@shotta849]

when ur from america and don't give a fuck

[@definitepartymaterial]

+Marly Bud lol cool dude over here

[@BG_LONDON]

yes miss I know the places his talking about, and im from london

[@shahanmiah7489]

+Marly Bud He will outbar 99% of mainstream rappers in the US. Get the fuck out of here with your fukin mumble rap shit u been producing for the last few years, that shit is the horrible. US is lackin

[@shahanmiah7489]

+DA BAD GUY !!! Im not sayin hes the best rapper, im sayin hes better than 99% of mainstream rappers out today in the US.

[@syko567890]

Do MORE with AKALA! He should be your UK Lord Jamar!! He is VERY VALUABLE.

[@thewatcher470]

Casey Ryan He will never be a Lord that's for sure

[@NOVMBER]

Wow.. I am shocked to see you have an interview with Akala. I met him a few months back at his show. A very, very awake individual.

[@kylio95]

A very awake individual? Lmao stfu

[@elpistolero9394]

He’s patronising bigot and no more. Brings all the world’s issues down to “evil whitey”. It’s 2018, man needs to bore off with that same old tired crap. He just gets lefty uni girls knickers moist who lap up his pseudo intellectual nonsense.

[@reeseycupp623]

@@elpistolero9394 slavery,integration by force, racism,terrorism,destruction,stealing,killing, rapping,fucking over other countries out there riches and pretending like nothing happened and people like you and think like you is all nonsense what make you look worst fact that you are Spanish with that kind of mindset but you probably don't nothing about your history that's why it's nonsense to go read up on some history and maybe you will think other wise

[@elpistolero9394]

Reese'y Cupp Go condescend a child about history, I’m well aware of it. Fact is no slave traders or colonialists are alive today, so stop constantly attacking those alive today simply for being of the same hue as past oppressors. They are not them.

[@danw1374]

Nah David icke would kick akalas arse.

[@tupachussain]

Top interview. This man speaks sense and has a very good way of putting knowledge across. Respect.

[@carloszaragoza619]

Thanks Vlad for interviewing Akala! Next up: Lowkey!

[@monsterkis]

No what about you, you should be

[@Ltasty]

+tom lmao

[@ianlangille558]

+tom Haha winner.

[@crews-lj3ph]

+tom he shy

[@Mattdem]

Lowkey talkinf because there's no point in him doing music anymore

[@jayjaysnr]

I really need to stop reading KZbin comments... The ignorance is unreal

[@romandarius6041]

sorry you don't like us whites answering back!

[@raymatthews7624]

You need to stop reading VLAD.

[@Isa-qh3ue]

Roman Darius white black brown we all the same bro

[@Hero-pp5yh]

@@Isa-qh3ue no. We are not!

[@Isa-qh3ue]

Hero 1234 why not

[@hatchibyebye]

I live in london and I still learned a lot from this video.

[@MungzMedia]

Akala is one of the GOATs from the UK. Sense personified

[@gigijbijbj]

GOAT ???? 😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@XBASS247]

wat the fuck you talking about ,you Americans are fool

[@geordie-drywall]

Allow that man , dont be calling akala no goat .. have a little respect cousin

[@nessaduh8033]

+kevin huntley receive that L

[@geordie-drywall]

Was being sarcastic ;)

[@richlopezI695]

He was a very articulate individual. I respect his ability to retain knowledge, and express it in words.

[@mariellelarisse8794]

Wish my son could be like Akala. I am in awe of him and hungry for his views on everything. It's amazing to hear him explain everything so simply and yet so deeply. He leaves no stones unturned when he breaks down his points of view. Just amazing. Live long and prosper Akala so the world can benefit from your wisdom for many decades to come.

[@DunkOnEmGaming]

If you don't know Akala, watch his "Fire in the Booth Part 1".

[@888EXTREME]

Or 2 ..or 3 ...or 4 ..all dope as hell

[@acceleracers9913]

My first time hearing of him. I'm going to check him out. All I see is people on here giving him love.

[@joehouston2833]

Yeah, the boy got skills! He dope for real.. Shame about the accent.. He would have sound much better without it.

[@shahanmiah7489]

Akala about to drop some gems in the upcoming videos. Proud to claim him as one of us from the UK

[@carlapaz8722]

Thank you Akala for opening our hearts to so many things that were never talk about .

[@iaintmadatcha]

super intelligent brudda glad to see hes getting some overseas exposure "Big up"

[@vinny5638]

A truly great speaker, this guy has an awesome general cadence. Haven't heard of him until now, but im definitely checking him out now.

[@maureendefoe7462]

Yes you should!

[@Gabi2484]

Thank you sooo much for talking to Akala! He's incredible! I hope the States catch on to how 🔥 he is.

[@stevengerrard829]

YES VLAD , well done for getting this man on here. please if you dont know him or his work do your research

[@LaVarTrayVell]

UK BLOWING UP VLAD KNOW IT!!!!

[@stevec5885]

Then you need to pick up a book more often

[@Blacktolite]

Yo Vlad you shouldve gave Akala at least 20minute slot 9 is too short for such a articulate man

[@bubbles12356]

Perfect representation of a young black Brit. Great job vlad. Low key is very smart as well.

[@barrygrant7638]

He aint black doe cuz

[@LL-ip5mm]

+Jason Bourne uknow

[@hafaskater]

What the fuck do you mean he isn't black?

[@barrygrant7638]

+Terrell Taylor I mean exactly what I say. He's half black half white.

[@hafaskater]

Jason Bourne You just said he's black.

[@ashleybullock6726]

I can't wait for the whole interview. I'd love to see a Akala and Immortal Technique interview like you did with Lord Jamar and Star.

[@Kolegate]

I had no idea he's the younger brother of Ms. Dynamite. I used to listen to her back in the early/mid 2000's when MTV in the US finally broke her out to us. Loved her lyrics and rap style.

[@Panthro-lo2lh]

aw man, lookin forward to the full interview here. i think this the first time i felt like an interview left me hanging

[@xSalamz]

I am thankfully that I am a black and live in London. I am scared shitless of America.

[@LN.2233]

why?

[@QuesFilms]

America is not that bad.....go to a third world country and you will be afraid

[@xSalamz]

***** Well I am from Nigeria originally but I am still scared of America. You guys are mental.

[@jesusisapisces]

+xSalamz they ARE crazy. I wouldn't vacation there for a week.

[@icilmaa]

What kind of a man are you? I'm a female and have visited America countless times, I've had some of my most memorable times there. I find people much more friendly and approachable then in Britain.

[@juniorxeastny8169]

What a difference a decade makes! I went to college in the '90s, and I remember that usually when I met on campus an Afro-Brit, or Black foreign student from France or Germany, they would not want to call themselves "Black" as they felt the term was negative, and they would complain about how Black students in the U.S. focused on "race" too much, and that we should "get over it!" Now, when I travel I am meeting not just Afro-Brits who are militant and race conscious, but South Asian/Indian and Afro-French/German Blacks who are political as well. This is a huge change from how it was in the late 80s and 1990s.

[@fashionablylate888]

I know, its mad. African-American history is a little different to Black-Brits though. Us over here mainly come from The West Indies and our ancestors were forced to breed with europeans in Spain before they went to Jamaica, and then forced to breed with Europeans in Jamaica, whereas AA's went STRAIGHT to America. There is only one name for Black people, and that is African. Anything else is genetically incorrect.

[@khalifadre12]

+Celina Smith 👌

[@icilmaa]

It must have been their environment because from my personal upbringing this hasn't been the case. I'm old enough to remember my dad playing records like 'Black and Proud', Curtis Mayfield other AA artists who sang about racial issues they faced in America. The late 80's is when I started to attend meetings and various events on Black consciousness. Those people you met must have been ashamed of their identity cause trust me the Black people in France are much more disenfranchised than those in Britain..

[@yumyum6253]

+Celina Smith im.black but i am not AFRICAN Fuc outta.here

[@khalifadre12]

+Vanessa Sosa did you know u a dumb bitch?

[@zein6977]

Akala is honestly one of the best public speakers, I've seen. He speaks with passion in such a respectable and well-spoken mannerism - I've seen him on TV shows in the UK standing up for the Pakistanis and Bengalis in the UK who were faced with a ton of accusations, Muslims, Racial Diversity AND more. His arguments are based on fact, and rarely opinion... something a lot of Brits in the North (Which is where I live) don't.

[@zein6977]

***** Hey, I would say the part in London you're referring to is only "Tower Hamlets" which is full of mainly Bengalis, and next to Canary Wharf quarter... a lot of Pakistanis actually tend to be up north. Yeah, I don't agree - that's wrong. Immigrants, Pakistanis, Bengalis, Africans, Middle Easterns can give racism as well as take it... But, the truth is Black British and Pakistanis/Bengalis have had racial attacks more than others in the UK - which is why I state what I did. I take your argument on board, and anyone can be racist!

[@zein6977]

***** I don't know why the immigrants don't... I can't answer that. My initial comments are referring to the British Born Pakistanis, Muslims, Asians, Chinese etc.

[@bluveto5758]

Tower Hamlets might be majority bengali but neighbouring Newham has a large Pakistani population. In Redbridge which borders Newham Pakistanis are the largest ethnic group. Another neighbouring borough Waltham Forest also has a substantial Pakistani population. Barking and Dagenham bordering Redbridge also has a significant Pakistani population. Londons Pakistani community is representative of the whole of Pakistan. Panjabis, Pathaans, Urdu Speakers, Kashmiris, Balouchis, Sindhis are all represented. Northern Pakistani communities are mainly representative of a small part of rural Azad Kashmir and Jhelum around the Mangla Dam resettlement. I think that's why northerners have a warped view of Pakistanis.

[@bluveto5758]

***** What about the right of Muslims to live in their own countries in peace. America Britain France go around the world bombing and invading Muslim countries arming militant groups to carry out regime change and you sit here and complain about Muslims being in the UK as citizens. Disgraceful!

[@zein6977]

Eh, I don't know how this post became a debate about Muslims in the U.K. - all I'm saying is Akala stands up for the Muslims, Pakistanis etc.

[@JavierScheuermannMusic]

fastest 9mins ever. drop the segments or full interview already!

[@frankiewalnuts]

This guy is seriously intelligent

[@MustafaAhmadahmadmawia]

I watched his interviews and speeches online this brotha is really smart

[@geordie-drywall]

Akala is our immortal technique !!!

[@goodstuff880]

is that u in the picture? well done m8.

[@geordie-drywall]

+Only Yah Knows 87 hes 'our' as in a UK mc with stupid skills and amazing knowledge like IT

[@007Fusiion]

Well said.

[@carlitocafe8101]

Sorry to hear that

[@AvimadyeOrunni]

More like our Chuck D

[@RnBCutz]

Yall should check his freestyle out, its off the charts, better than 90% of US rappers

[@lilcheesecake4142]

People that say shiet like that don't actually listen to "US rappers", Akala's chill though but don't overlook other great current rappers.

[@zim_ko-boxing3553]

like..? Young thugga smh

[@lilcheesecake4142]

So like I'm guessin you ain heard of dudes like Ab Soul (anybody from TDE for that matter), Flatbush Zombies, Joey Bada$$, Joey Purp, Chance The Rapper, Vic Mensa, Underachievers, Mic Jenkins, Lil Bibby, A$AP Rocky/Ferg, Childish Gambino or anythin else. If all you've heard is thugga you should learn a lil bit, you comin off as goofy.

[@zim_ko-boxing3553]

Yeah all good artists in there own right however what my guy said was 'better than 90% of US rappers, you just pointed out a margin of the 10% fam .... so naa not goofy just required further elaboration on that comment

[@lilcheesecake4142]

There's obviously a lot more than em dudes I named, only named em cause they was on my current rotation. In reality dudes like Thugga come off as the minority when you actually peep all them dudes in the US

[@n.m.9121]

I'm black from London and I saw a gun for the first time ever last week as a police officer was holding one outside a train station. It freaked me out, I just kept staring at it and got so worried... like what if he has a mental breakdown or something... I was out of there quick time lol... I think I would be a nervous wreck in the USA xD

[@blickywonka6406]

N. M. I wish we in the US could say this my first time seeing a gun was before I could even speak I’m sure

[@paulmaking1980]

Yeh bro! Nowhere is safe

[@danw1374]

30 years ago you would only ever see police carry weapons at uk airports and even that was on rare occasions. Nowadays it's so commonplace we take it as a normal everyday thing.

[@freshguy4]

I've heard and seen guns before in the UK too, also when my step dad was at gun point by some yutes luckily he wasn't shot or injured

[@law92__]

The guy he mentions he knows whose grandmother got killed by the police in Tottenham in the 80's is Scorcher, the police raided his gran Cynthia Jarrett's flat & gave her a heart-attack.

[@iBOXRIVER]

Oh shit... Is it schorchers gran that died for true??? I heard they were a big drug dealing family at the time.

[@UnHwTwiSt1itzMinorr]

Are you dumb?

[@gelilamohammed5234]

Great interview! Love his works & dedication, Big Up Akala 🇪🇹

[@TooBluntTV]

Whaaaaaaat

[@keirenthompson1]

mad aint it tooblunt

[@TooBluntTV]

yeah bro didn't expect this.lol clicked on it so fast

[@nothere8747]

When's this fredo - they aint 100 review coming bruh bruh?

[@keirenthompson1]

+TooBluntTV haha same

[@seekaybinksiloko5846]

Big up TooBlunt

[@schwiggys]

incredible interview. serious food for thought - thank you to both Akala and Vlad

[@Drehgab]

I'm so happy Vlad has done an interview with Akala. I love them both!!! :D

[@owenrich175]

VERY informative interview. I'm glad I discovered this. May the Black Communities in America reach out to learn more about what's going on to their long distant relatives abroad.

[@dablakryu]

Hell yeah,Big up Akala.He's on point with on this subject,this coming from someone born during the Handsworth riots & i have a lot of family in New York!!

[@entertainmentalways1781]

We need the full interview

[@MurrayHerts]

I don't always agree with everything Akala says, but can't deny he is a very interesting and intelligent dude to listen to.

[@fredcollier2049]

Murray Herts that’s because you don’t have the intelligence to do so.

[@Iamwhatyousayiam]

Murray Herts That's the beauty. There are many people who think like him. But they can't convey the message quite like how he does.

[@kylio95]

I can definitely deny that, he's historically illiterate, he doesn't acknowledge arab colonisation.

[@banahahqekindlys1921]

am 1 it’s not a race issue it’s a society issue

[@0Adam]

Lucas Hood You clearly never saw his oxford uni lecture

[@ski8615]

We need more ppl like Akala, respect bro.

[@ClutchFirst]

Looking forward to watching the rest.

[@hijacktv8445]

Well done Vlad Akala is talented articulate and knowledgeable. Great to see you give him a platform to him speak on racism and police brutality from a UK perspective.

[@tiio9720]

He spoke honestly, UK police are pretty much fair unless u doing some shit, they don't harass like the US cops do. UK is the only democratic country in the world lol, there's accountability

[@xSalamz]

I totally agree if you are respectfully they won't bother you. To be honest I have seen more white people been mistreated by police than blacks but I am from Dagenham tho lool

[@icilmaa]

Can you tell me of the police who were held accountable for the 1500 deaths in police custody? I'm not saying that Policing in Britain is as severe as in the US but democracy is a fallacy anyway.

[@mikeltruss9695]

He never said anything about police being fair or England being democratic. Lol You should watch more of his interviews to get his take on the British state.

[@xSalamz]

black god I don't mind being stopped and searched I have noting to hide so they are wasting their time. Its not like america where you can get shot for having a tail light out.

[@godofspeed6065]

+icilmaa That is a bogus statistic misrepresented by UK BLM. Of the 1572 deaths in police custody, 157 have been BAME. That is around 10%. Plus it's over a period of more than 25 years and it's not always clear how each individual is killed. Did you know Dalian Atkinson, whom Akala mentions, threatened to kill his own elderly father? www.inquest.org.uk/statistics/deaths-in-police-custody

[@JACPonline]

It's a love & hate relationship with VLADTV. One day it's a terrible interview & next day it's something great. Great interview Akala

[@animeballsdeep]

Never expected to see Akala on Vlad :D

[@presidentafro779]

What u doing here

[@aayushsatyam9737]

Never expected you here tbh!

[@taegan123]

vlad... i never comment on anything ever... but im telling you now keep interviews with this man coming.

[@davidevans9919]

So happy Akala is finally on this channel, I've been a massive fan for years, good to see him getting more exposure

[@radthibideaux9978]

Racism was definitely a big issue in the UK in the 80s- I'm from Liverpool myself and we had race riots in Toxteth back in the day. Today, however, its much more of an issue of class than race. Being white and working class, me and my family have been treated like shit by police on many occasions for no reason whatsoever (my dad's not long won a court case against the police and is still getting harassed for it). And having had black and white working class friends who've had the shit beaten out of them by police for the exact same reasons, I can say from experience that the working class are the targets here. Working class areas which are predominantly white, black, asian, or any combination of races in every major city in the country are essentially ghettos.

[@scarlao]

If you are white, how would you know if race is a problem? LOL makes no fucking sense.

[@scarlao]

@Jdjdj smith: He is a white man telling POC there is hardly a race problem. That makes no sense. I live in the UK, there definitely is a race issue. Is that a coincidence? No. It is because he is a white man. I didn't say you had to be black to know there is a race issue. I also didn't say that only black people suffer. Don't put words into my mouth, stupid fuck😘😘😘

[@scarlao]

@Jdjdj smith He said "working class are the targets here" but that isn't completely true. If, for example, you are black and working class it is a lot worse then being white and working class. What does the example about Glasgow prove? That racism isn't an issue because of white on white crime in Scotland? Your example didn't back up your arguement at all. It was just a random fact.

[@W..949]

Siobhan O'Connor and you are a POC telling a white man there is a problem. You think you can speak on behalf or about other races but they can’t speak about you?

[@W..949]

Siobhan O'Connor what statistical evidence do you have to suggest black working class have it worse than white working class. Because from the statistics I’ve seen white working class people are performing worse than blacks in all aspects of life whether it is schooling or economically?

[@thehoneyeffect]

In the UK he is viewed as Mixed Race dont get it twisted... everywhere in the UK is not London

[@dantheman4838]

Mixed race people are generally viewed as black when the persons parental heritage is unknown. Only because we know Akala is mixed race do we consider him to be mixed race, if we didn't know his mother was 100% white, we'd just assume he was a light skinned black guy.

[@thehoneyeffect]

dan theman Like I've said UK is not London and I'l add that America is not the world. Where Im from in England and to most Black women in the UK, Mixed Race people are seen as being what they are not what a Black man may like them to be seen. To be black in the UK youre gonna need some black parents. You need a Black womb and a black seed to make black people in the UK. Mixed Race is the commonly used term used for Mixed Race people in the UK. However London may subscribe to Americas old racist now defunkt #onedroprule law. Blackness doesnt only belong to Black men, it belongs to Black women too, implying that you dont need Black women to make black people is the erasure of the importance of black women, black womens erasure is misogynoir. However people can self identify as they see fit, but dont expect others to join in. Especially now its getting Rachel Dolezal ridiculous... In summary it takes more than just a Black mans dick to make black people.

[@dantheman4838]

thehoneyeffect I hear what you're saying and I don't necessarily disagree with you either. All I'm saying is that you cannot know a person is definitely mixed race just by looking at them because there are plenty of light skinned black people that are not mixed race (at least not directly). My father is as light as Akala but he does not have white parents or grand parents. Meanwhile my mother is mixed race (her mother was white) but she is much darker than Akala. So all I am saying is, you can't tell a if a black person is "mixed" just by looking at them, especially not a black person of American or Caribbean decent. If we just assumed every light skinned person was mixed, then most people would consider Prince, Rosa Parks, Muhammad Ali and Malcolm X all to be mixed race (even though none of them have white parents). Also ask almost anybody what race Bob Marley is and they'll say he's black but his father was white. So this isn't really about the "black dick" as you so crassly put it, it's about the large amount of diversity within the black community. There are countless "black" people as light as Akala that do not have white parents, and plenty darker than him that do. Akala looks no more mixed than Prince but Prince is not considered to be mixed race, he's just seen as a light skinned black guy. Meanwhile Halle Berry is darker than Akala but is always considered to be mixed race. Appearances can be deceiving.

[@thehoneyeffect]

Akala told you he is half Scottish (white woman) and half Jamaican ('Black man') theres no need to guess. and he looks Mixed Race to me.... noone stepped of a Slave ship freshly kidnapped from West Africa looking like him. I hear what you are saying, Ive heard simular views mainly from hoteps before...and Im happy to disagree with you.

[@dantheman4838]

thehoneyeffect Yes, I already said that we know he's mixed race and that's the only reason why we consider him to be mixed race. However *if* we didn't know that and he told everybody that both his parents were from Jamaica, nobody would better an eyelid because there are plenty of other light skinned black people in the world who do not have white parentage. Anyway it seems we both understand each others point, even if we do not agree with each other. I have also heard your view before, mainly from uppity black people who think they have the ultimate authority over who can pass for black and who cannot....So I am also happy to disagree with you too.

[@oro7114]

Akala is one of the most insightful men around.

[@doxasophosmoros]

He gets his charisma and creative lyricism, even his hustle, from his scottish side 100 percent.

[@64poup76]

This is refreshingly satisfying to hear someone intelligent on vlad not saying everybody not intelligent but he's more articulate with his.

[@louisianaplayer05]

imagine getting robbed by a guy with an accent like this..."give me money or i'll let my pistol pop a wee bit"

[@michaelcorleone4731]

Trus me bro it sounds nothing like that over here 😂😂

[@michaelcorleone4731]

You Americans need to go and explore the world hahaha you're all trapped inside some little box thinking you are the only country that's violent hahha your country is just retarded with it , I'd love you yanks to have met someone like the krays

[@2012supermusik]

+Michael Corleone we're meant to uplift each other not attack each other

[@michaelcorleone4731]

+Money Mays I would love it to be like that but every American comment I come across when it comes to the uk is just negative

[@007Fusiion]

"Pip Pip, my son. Give us ya weapon or i'll be forced to unleash my unthinkable upon you."

[@simonog8384]

Thank fuck for Akala. Finally we have some people that are both intelligent and CAN SPEAK CLEARLY

[@QUEENBEEHOODSTAR]

This was hella interesting

[@lengduke6777]

YO VLAD IM ALWAYS CUSSING YOUR FOOLISHNESS BUT I TOLD U GET AKALA AND YOU CAME THRU. MAD RESPECT. BIG UP THE UK

[@maureendefoe7462]

It would have been nice if he had longer than 9 mins though

[@NoodleNinetySeven]

ABOUT TIME VLAD

[@Jondep23]

Liked this video before watching. Big up Akala

[@Jayskizx]

VLAD YOU DONE GOOD

[@LaCheleWallace]

I like yo' accent, Akala. And you're very well-spoken. You were handsome when you had yo' lil' fro goin' on. Really good interview, fellas. I enjoyed learning a little more about the U.K. Imma go check on yo' music now.....

[@corneliussmith4907]

it's his white side.

[@Scoobay]

He has 4 Fire in the Booths which is a set on the BBC 1xtra radio channel. Start with the first one, it will most likely blow your mind. Very meaningful and his flow is great.

[@corneliussmith4907]

Scoobay but he talks a shitload of bollocks. you people lap it up because you want it to be true. example : ' sus law and police treatment has caused crime' nope, the crime caused by blacks causes police to be racist. dealing with aggressive feral youth make them heavy handed or racially profile. akala doesn't talk about the lack of fathers in the black community. the gangster black culture which has caused and influenced crime.

[@Scoobay]

+Cornelius Smith - Judging by your comment it's plain to see you're very pro-white and have a biased opinion. If you were to listen to Akala's first Fire in the Booth session and then you were to cite which facts you believed to be falsified or exaggerated then I'd be more likely to take what you've said with any credibility. I don't agree with everything Akala says but he's extremely talented and incredibly intelligent for an autodidact. Don't be so presumptuous in future.

[@corneliussmith4907]

Scoobay well i don't have the time to analyze and make points for everything he has said. but he has been wrong a shit load of times. 'you have a biased opinion'. like akala then? who is a pro black pan africanist? who quotes elijah muhammad, malcolm x? he failed going mainstream and decided to pop back up and reinvent himself as a race baiter. for the record i'm half white but that doesn't make my opinion invalid. most recent example? that video where he confronted edl leader tommy robinson. it was a disgusting display by him. akala started with ad homnieum attacks. ' you're a racist'. the crowd always applaud, they have a mob mentality. nothing tommy robinson said was racist. he's never been on record for saying anything that is racist. in fact. the first edl rally had black people there. tommy robinson has black friends. but i digress.- instead of confronting him with logic and reasoning, he shouted racist and racist time and time again along with that bitch sairia khan. when tommy robinson brought up the grooming gangs, akala brought up white peadophiles. it was a strawman ( a logical fallacy) how can you compare pedophiles who get convicted for one crime to systematic rape, molestation of thousand english girls over a period of ten years across several towns in britain? how can you compare that to isolated incidents? the grooming of them, getting them addicted to drugs and geting them drunk, with the youngest age 12? the police covered this up because they were afraid of being called racist. yet akala's main argument for years, has mainained that police are more racist and target people of colour. this disproves him. he also never critcises islam despite it believing in arab supremacy (in the quaran) and the fact that MUSIC IS HARAM. fact is, if fundemental islam ever had it's way, music will be banned. then he bangs on about slavery non stop and yet the arabs started it. SLAVE= SLAV. slavs are white (slavic people). muslims countries still have slaves today, millions of them. fuck islam and fuck any other religion. 'sus laws' have not contributed to the disproportionate crime commited by blacks and he knows it. he even said this at another interview. he also stuck up for mark duggan aka mark thuggan. a vicious criminal with a long rapshot, monitored by englands elite gun unit. he was a thug that terrorised his community. yet akala paints it as injustice. good riddance, black or white- scum need to die. i can go on and on. but i've gone off him. he is a bigger racist. he has a preoccupation of race.

[@danielcharman9550]

It's nowhere near the level here in the UK and it's an absolute reach to make any comparison.

[@forfoxacheman]

100% true. It still exists though, just not as obvious as in the US

[@samzino.1852]

*London. London is very cosmopolitan but outside of it, you see how racist it is.

[@XCILE625]

you're a white guy what do you know? And he was mostly comparing UK racism from the 80s

[@danielcharman9550]

Right, because I'm white I know nothing. I'm well aware he was comparing mostly the 80's but he was also making modern day parallels.

[@danielcharman9550]

forfoxacheman Aye sadly, at least we can say it's much better though.

[@KeanuTrees1]

How is this getting dislikes? This was a great snippet from what looks to be a great interview.

[@rudiesan_89]

Glad 2 see this.. Akala fan since early 2000s. Up up!

[@cosmicsconscious7242]

PEOPLE who hate on Akala Mad cause he SMARTER THAN THEM BET HE WOULD DESTROY YOU ON AN I Q TEST HATER... PUT YOUR ADDRESS OUT THERE IF YOU ARE HARD.

[@mattmcg7561]

Excellent interview. Now interview DISL Automatic please

[@Tao-fp3yr]

Akala made it to Vlad... I can die happy now...

[@retroSTAAR]

please post moreee!! Big up Akala we learn alot from this guy

[@cherelled6419]

So happy to see Akala here, very intelligent and knowledgeable man. Look forward to hearing rest of interview

[@Prod_by_Svengali]

VLAD can finally hold the W after this interview! #AKALA

[@UnseenSpirit]

I'm Vietnamese from the UK. Born in 1985 when the national front was strong. I'd say there was racism, and I suffered from it, and my dad got arrested for fighting against racists etc... But it's not as bad as in the USA from what I've read. I grew up in Hackney and school was mixed. We had Indians, West Indians, Africans, Chinese, other Europeans etc... Hackney was truly mixed. I knew I was different though when a white girl I fancied at age 6 told me that I can't be her brother because I'm not white and that this white guy could be lol. In terms of police, just avoid gangs and shit. If you're in a gang, then you're much more a target. Police will try and find a weakness in you to arrest you. Obviously don't get aggressive when they come to you. You play into their hands.

[@craigward7691]

Finally a sensible comment........... England is mixed everywhere int he country. Akala just makes his money talking verbosely about racism so it suits him to lie about the way England really is

[@Swaygooy]

I thought this was gonna be some BLM bullshit, but man was I wrong this dude is very intelligent

[@TooBluntTV]

yes bro Akala studies a lot bro

[@misterbrown1664]

I'm not with BLM but I know you mean all blacks against police killing unarmed blacks. With that said, go fuck yourself. Hard

[@misterbrown1664]

I'm not with BLM but I know you mean all blacks against police killing unarmed blacks. With that said, go fuck yourself. Hard

[@liamsmith311]

+TooBluntTV big up u man helping grime spread 2 da u.s respect u clearly appreciate grime.

[@1pro1don23]

+Mister Brown #FACTS

[@tm8895]

Akala never fails to drop gems

[@maigirma1686]

Cant wait for the full version, great job getting Akala over

[@FreshRose-z3s]

I'm grateful that I saw this. I'm from the US, planning to move to London soon and I was naïve to think that there was way less racism in Britain than the US. This really opened my eyes. Sadly, it's all over the world. But I'm still going to London.

[@mysterymaverick1982]

There is definatley still racism in the UK very subtle compared to America. Having said I live in London and it is much more multicultural than most parts of the UK. Don't let it put you off not all white people hate black people. I have a very mixed family and lived in London all my life.

[@woodchip543]

@Hollywood Don't go to London. It's a shit hole. Move to a working class town and no one gives a fuck about your race, gender or religion as long as you aren't stupid or lazy.

[@mysterymaverick1982]

@@woodchip543 What are you going on about I am working class as they get third generation Irish immigrant to London. I live in one of the most ethnically diverse boroughs in England.

[@woodchip543]

@@mysterymaverick1982 wasn't talking to you was talking to the original commenter but KZbin is shit

[@mysterymaverick1982]

@@woodchip543 well you're talking shit yourself mate.

[@abkr2k11]

Expecting a comment from Lordie soonish

[@DOOM-ir6wg]

Man these comments on these UK artists interviews give me cancer

[@SethLonDon]

Good interview but it felt too short.

[@pablo27930]

really good to see Akala on this.

[@vladtv]

What UK artist should I interview next?

[@yeahisaidit5633]

none keep it American !

[@SirBastianPatrick]

Lowkey

[@JORDAN4401]

Aj tracey

[@JORDAN4401]

aj tracey

[@JORDAN4401]

Aj tracey

[@OriginalGriimz]

If u don't know who akala is check out his ' fire in the booth pt 4' smashed it💥💥💥

[@marlymarz]

Akala = bars bars and more bars

[@marlymarz]

Check out he's fire in the booths for those who don't know

[@abshir44]

We need his full interview man. Pronto

[@tldatroof]

cant wait for this full interview I have seen a few interviews from Akala before people can really learn alot from this guy

[@p-vision]

66 dislikes🤔. We all know who you are.

[@hoodoowarrior7261]

lol...you already know

[@mikeyounis80]

lol... you dun know!!

[@motivatepeople4110]

true how can you hate akala

[@capz5583]

Listened to the words of Akala... and then had to hear 21 Savage speak at the end... SMFH... Wake up people

[@RichyDYupYup]

Too much gender and race politics in the west today. When people get over themselves then maybe we can all advance as a species.

[@TheBossssssssssss]

Exactly man its tools like this that keep the racist shit alive the victim hood mentality in these deluded clowns is unreal.

[@Smoke1]

+Johua He's never said whites are bad, stop lying - his mum is white ffs

[@e13kid]

Joshua you're clearly an ignorant person. Perhaps you should leave these types of discussions to grown ups?

[@Smoke1]

***** That's not what I said, what I said is that he's never called white people bad - why lie?

[@blaccbeard]

Easy to say when you're a white man, you have the privilege to never have to worry about social issues like that.

[@OneOrder1]

Big Up Akala One Love my Brother Spreading the Message Worldwide.

[@gkbgodmode5811]

PLEASE DROP THIS WHOLE INTERVIEW VLAD