Akademiks on Drake's Fake Rapper Friendships, ATL Rappers Won't Cross Future for Drake (Part 18)

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DJ Akademiks and DJ Vlad discussed Drake's approach to rapper friendships and highlighted the complex dynamics within the rap community. Akademiks argued that Drake tends to form superficial friendships with rising rappers, distancing himself once their popularity wanes. This, he claimed, is a strategic move to maintain his own status by consistently associating with hot acts. Vlad added that Drake's alliances often lack depth, exemplified when Quentin Miller, after being jumped by Meek Mill's crew, only received a brief, dismissive message from Drake. Further, Akademiks noted that Atlanta rappers tend to avoid crossing Future, who holds significant influence in the city, even over Drake. He cited 21 Savage's statement that in Atlanta, Future's prominence surpasses Drake's, making local artists cautious about supporting Drake over Future. The discussion sheds light on the transient and politically charged nature of relationships in the rap industry.

[@lemonsuier5943]

Ak face is shaped like Quagmire off family guy. 😂

[@TheDetroitLion313]

All the good eating

[@lamarlashley8738]

​@@TheDetroitLion313 not good eating lack of healthy eating and lack of exercise lol

[@DreMurrz]

Giggity😂

[@pla4825]

😂😂😂😂

[@6atinn]

@@TheDetroitLion313oh u def fat if u think he’s good eating

[@mrdenaste]

AK storing food in his cheek pouches like a hamster 😂

[@MavDillain]

DJ Diabetiks

[@ODDCONFIDENCE1973]

@@MavDillainWhere did you get that from.

[@MavDillain]

@@ODDCONFIDENCE1973 I just made that up?...

[@ODDCONFIDENCE1973]

@@MavDillain Figured.

[@MavDillain]

@@ODDCONFIDENCE1973 Fatteh boom boom, get it?

[@alexremus7419]

People forget how Rihanna wouldnt even kiss drake on camera but when asap came into the picture she openly loved him and had 2 kids back to back with him plus drake went on a subliminal run mentioning Rihanna, he was hurt 😂😬

[@JaeRocReacts]

nah she curved ASAP Rocky live on stage 😂 the “open love” came years later

[@keezemojito1278]

He was hurt Rihanna never claimed him always played him she saw him as corny

[@george-ft9kw]

😂He tried tongue kissing her at the vmas and got rejected bad

[@ronniephilpot1682]

@@george-ft9kwdamn lol I forgot that bro

[@royalty843]

​@@george-ft9kw thats his dumbass lol

[@mmbeas]

Atlanta was breeding so many rappers back then, but Vlad think the Migos wasn’t gon be big without Drake 😂😂

[@YoungYemen470]

This nigga said migos wasn’t hot in Atlanta lmao. That’s the craziest statement I’ve ever heard

[@SpeakHerMusic]

You haven't had a million views in like a year and you havent done 2.5 million for like 6yrs but marlon just did it in 2 days. You should've signed the dotted line culture vulture

[@CashanovaXTREME]

Shoulda paid that money. He’s always talking about how much shopping at Gucci and LV he does. Would have been a smart move.

[@eazzyblue3755]

“Nawmsayin”- VLAD

[@Uredsun1]

Akademiks needs to show his tax returns. Until then, he's officially on Drake's payroll. The greaseball sounds like a walking bot.

[@jayheha0053]

It’s easier to be a Rapper than Influencer (depending on the type of influencer)

[@KBTheStoner]

Zaytoven did Versace beat…we was listening to Bando and all that shit before Drake hopped on that song! Glad be running and pushing these false narratives

[@drogramadanjohnson1061]

so the question remains, WHY DOESN'T FUTURE ROCK WITH DRAKE ANYMORE? and I doubt it's because of metro lol

[@Youngxfatal93]

over a girl

[@notreallyafamousartist695]

2:47 I ain’t never heard vlad laugh like that what tf😹😹😹☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️ Ak got bro dying

[@Chrisaaad]

Damn Akademics looking like a heart attack candidate

[@CoogiGaming]

Migos workin at Home Depot is crazy 🤣🤣

[@zoesunkid]

Al needs intervention AAA that alcohol kickin his a$$

[@leonelchavarria9347]

Take a shot every time he says Drake. You'll be wasted in no time.

[@vladtv]

Watch the full interview now as a VladTV KZbin Member - kzbin.infojoin

[@LjAnderson219]

Ak remind me of the big back gals with the Kool aid stains on her school shirt 😂

[@Ms.Federally.Official-Matthews]

A lot of people have fare weather friends. Rappers aren't the only ones. But, if your friend will allow someone to speak ill about you, then go run and tell you is not a friend. You can not sit before me and negative on any of my friends.

[@TharsanJeyachandran]

Great ep

[@capo-amg6755]

21 savage gon stick beside drake

[@citypopradioFM]

Sir 21 will side with him since they're both colonizers.

[@cloudsurfer67]

Migos was lit before Drake

[@mikestahl2112]

Drake is a cover artist. He has been making the best covers, tho

[@SP2Crazy]

Drake has literally rapped about all the fake relationships he’s had for so long, I’m not sure why the stans are surprised about it😂

[@ssj-rose4572]

Future fake raps about drugs

[@SP2Crazy]

@@ssj-rose4572Hate to break it to you, Rap is like the WWE, it’s entertainment 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@WesleyChase-x1d]

​@@SP2Crazy programming

[@RizzyRapz]

He literally spoke about it in his Zane Lowe interview back in like 2016😂

[@SP2Crazy]

@@RizzyRapz Definitely, it’s just funny seeing the stans going crazy especially recently because J Cole has a collab with Rocky. It’s like these people pick and choose and create made up narratives.

[@Martinez_Got_Jokes]

Vlad be soundin like he’s tryna convince his guest that they’re friends lol

[@zenassolomon]

😂😂😂he really does

[@mindyourbusiness1934]

Diddy Vibes

[@Inferno9978]

Marlon Wayans whooped you

[@user-fl5cs6nq5l]

Get off your knees 😂😂

[@JustSayiin]

Already on 4m+ between all the videos. Vlad is sick, not gonna speak on that man again.

[@user-vg9kv3xd8o]

​@@user-fl5cs6nq5lyou demons are funny lmao

[@user-vg9kv3xd8o]

Jew already knew he would

[@23lopedogg]

😂😂 definitely

[@ratchett20gz]

He just described Drake as a colonizer 😂 like Kendrick said 😂

[@mmbeas]

Drake fake friends with other rappers, just like they fake with him. Let’s not make Drake a victim

[@BigWilt2000]

Exactly

[@joojoobaw]

Maybe not for that, he was a victim in May of 2024 tho

[@disturbedconfessions]

You can't be fake if you put niggas on.

[@JoeNeely]

​@@joojoobawfacts. Got abused ..

[@NeonKue]

He did say “No new friends”

[@choiceda5920]

expecting Atlanta rappers to go up against KENDRICK LAMAR for Drake's sake is crazy

[@6IGHOT]

They already did they doing songs an posting pictures with him

[@2zdaysound473]

Atlanta is for sale bro. They not riding with Kendrick like you think.

[@user-jh6kl8jq8l]

I'm sorry I'm a 90s dude why do you have his name on Caps?

[@G82Watts]

21 would 😂 21 can u do some for me

[@royalty843]

Sav said nah bro im not in it

[@rashawnglenn535]

This guy said migos wasn’t popping bro Texas was definitely rocking with YRNxMigos

[@joojoobaw]

He’s also said he did Migos first interview, but KZbin shows VladTV’s interview as 10 years ago, and Breakfast Club’s first at 11 years ago 🤔

[@olliesmith4997]

That’s true but Versace did bring them into the commercial mainstream but they definitely had the streets on lock before Drake

[@jzw55]

Vlad acts like Drake invented rap. Migos was going to blow regardless

[@kj5394]

Truss tf he talkin bout 😂😂

[@jonsnow300]

I guess we’ll never know 😂😂

[@olliesmith4997]

But that Drake feature definitely sped up the process. Whether you love or hate him, give him his flowers

[@1mus305]

the drake version is the first time i heard versace

[@christianjames92]

I live in the south. Versace and Hannah Montana were already bubbling here and they were about to launch them singles nationwide on MTV and BET. This is pre- streaming so you actually had to soft launch music. The Drake Versace feature helped, but that song was hot regardless.

[@chrisdacrisis4670]

Ak on the thumbnail chillin like a Jamaican Pound Puppy. 😂

[@iveywebb]

BWAHAHAHA

[@Keepurheadup7]

Vlad and Ak sounds like two old ladies, gossiping about the soap operas they just watched🤣😂🤣😂

[@Darryldesiderium]

Yet ur here listening to the same gossip..Guess who is making money...Am sure not you

[@bignumbanine]

7:52 bro migos was already wayyyyy turnt up, they was already stars Drake just expedited the process

[@ethermac9015]

Was just about to say the same thing. Vlad has no idea what he’s talking about

[@cauSEVAS]

Maybe in america they were. But drake push them global

[@Kristopherberry]

They wouldn’t have had the star power that he gave them

[@Emmanuel-ne3oi]

Donald Glover did more for Migos than Drake

[@awsohmvision]

VLAD a idiot

[@charminwilliams2179]

Rip quan

[@chrisdacrisis4670]

Surreal. He had airwaves on lock for a moment.

[@livingproof.]

Marlon Wayans club shay shay interview did over 1.8 million views 🙌🏾

[@parlayprince]

Bruh did more views in a day than any Vlad interview ever😂 and all the ones on his page this year

[@Ditshwancho]

It was not gonna do as good on Vlad, Vlad will release clips of the interviews for a month then drop the whole interview, no one was gonna watch it by then.

[@parlayprince]

@@Ditshwancho sounds like vlad has a bad business strategy and should adjust to the current climate or keeps losing to shay shay idm either way to me lol

[@ceejay4076]

@@livingproof. Shannon is a better interviewer, he’s not constantly interrupting and patting his own back.

[@BarelySocialExperiment]

1.8 million views is maybe worth 17 thousand dollars in views depending if it’s monetized to the max. So far I ain’t seen dj vlad selling anything during his shows so at those numbers definitely a loss still . Plus club Shay is using bots so the numbers is probably even lower and Marlon already been doing free interviews forever he was just trying to come up on vlad cause he thinks he’s a culture vulture

[@ceejay4076]

Culture doesn’t need Vlad or Ak. They need the Culture.

[@user-fl5cs6nq5l]

You thought you was smart with that one 😂😂

[@Sol-ev6dv]

​@@user-fl5cs6nq5lspoken like a true outsider. Keep exposing yourselves.

[@Taydee1193]

What is the culture exactly?

[@PrinceCortezJones]

The "culture" is the problem. Low intelligence, monkey see monkey do, selective outrage, no snitching and gender wars is the culture. Let's eliminate the "culture" and grow up.

[@MonstrMash123458943]

Yall just hate on vlad and ak because its the popular thing to do

[@SrealG]

Ak look like he got a BBL in the face.

[@calimike9240]

😂

[@RahmaIbi]

😂😂😂

[@BigChooch8787]

Ak is really saying drake is a user and a dirtbag..that's all

[@Dakid4rmdade]

No, he's saying all rappers are users and dirtbags.

[@oladeebiazazi4538]

Yup

[@audiofeinz5754]

He literally helps them you sissy

[@researchaccount999]

@@Dakid4rmdadeno only drake bad.

[@BigChooch8787]

Kenny murked drake. BBL drizzy M.I.A.

[@1Eashawty]

Migos would not be workin at Home Depot if drake never got on Versace

[@davidjordan7274]

Drake was paid for that song and migos probably used drake because he was poppin music wise so not bad for coming up

[@dwillwilliams1240]

The song was already poppin

[@drocartiero2483]

That was crazy & a lie

[@mikebears4954]

I'm not trying to be funny but I forgot drake had a verse om that

[@dwillwilliams1240]

@@mikebears4954 exactly……drake jumped on their wave, the song already had motion

[@brianasmith1876]

I thought Marlon Wayans wasn’t gonna do numbers

[@kingrambo519]

He only doing numbers because y’all are hate watching him just to come talk shit to Vlad like he cares 💀 NOBODY was thinking about no Marlon Wayans two months ago & y’all only FAKE care about him now because of Vlad

[@dantexshelby]

drake did quentin miller wrong wrong 😔💔

[@ariel-y-e-m]

Did Drake or did Meek? According to Quentin, Meek was mad Quentin wouldn't write for him 😂

[@dantexshelby]

@@ariel-y-e-m they both did him wrong his leg was amputated & he could have been helped a lot more

[@ariel-y-e-m]

@@dantexshelby For sure

[@eddieuardo]

Vlad….you are not the media. Please get that straight. You’re simply a KZbinr for entertainment

[@ozidiced]

21 savage and Future treated Drake the same way he treated Makonen and Quentin Miller. Karma at its best.

[@QDaGhost_]

That’s not the same I feel like

[@ozidiced]

@@QDaGhost_ it's the same. Indifference.

[@therealgothamcityny424]

Vladimir. Marlon Wayans did a million views in one day and you sitting here with bj Ak talking about his rap man crush.

[@CmarieWelch]

VLAD sounds so goofy at the start 😂❤

[@CoffeeBoss602]

21 Savage still rocks with Drake

[@bobbyromanczuk]

21 isn't from Atlanta lol

[@6IGHOT]

@@bobbyromanczuklil baby quvao thug still rocking and playboi

[@ceddygee6673]

@@bobbyromanczukso what he grew up there

[@CoffeeBoss602]

@@bobbyromanczuk Nobody in ATL cares only outsiders say that.

[@JustSayiin]

@@6IGHOTthey never stood with him is what Ak is saying. Nobody played reposted or even said anything besides yachti who said Dot won.

[@citypopradioFM]

Lol Ak has spent literally every single day of his life within the last few months inventing arguments and loopholes to make excuses for Drake.

[@juicemyster3578]

So that would indeed make Drake the fake friend.

[@King-sm4tg]

Vlad! Take notes from Club Shay Shay. Pay the $40,000 next time.

[@King-sm4tg]

Stop being a culture vulture as well.

[@kingrambo519]

Nah, don’t nobody wanna be like yo fake DL uncle 💀

[@hippieseven5582]

Not worth it

[@JaeRocReacts]

its BEEN fake on both ends. Drake usin the rappers & the rappers usin Drake. it was always an unspoken understanding. things only went bad, cause the fake ties went public.

[@rexmilli]

That is a diss vlad, Versace and Bando made their trajectory. That's what drake does with atl artist, he try to link right when they're about to peak

[@YUNGRC]

Fake friends use Drake for them features so they have hit song then turn his back on him sneak diss. Then without that Drake feat they flop 😆

[@briandh2013]

Can’t say that about Future.

[@6IGHOT]

@@briandh2013ain’t flop cuz the album was about Drake

[@iZerodark30]

​@@6IGHOTFacts

[@briandh2013]

@@6IGHOTokay meat eater, I’m saying Future can’t and won’t flop. Cause he doesn’t have fake rapper friendships like Drake do. You must be from Canada or sum

[@JustSayiin]

Drake never does a feature he doesn’t want to do, he does features that benefits him and most of the times he takes these young artists shine.

[@VRNESTX]

Everyone knows the Drake playbook: jump on a New hot rappers song or remix an already Hit, act like he’s their friend & when their buzz starts to die down, throw them to the wolves.

[@nate8604]

He not losing when it comes to streams though. 😂😂😂

[@royalty843]

Just 2 girls having 🍵 nothing to see here

[@beatfinders7736]

Aks face always look like it's finna explode. Ayo put the Henny down my g HEALTH is WEALTH damn.

[@jt-xz6tr]

to drake fans it’s everybody turned they back on drake but not once have they thought about what drake may have done to deserve it. he’s the clear common denominator. clearly these guys don’t care drake gave em a look, it’s about the principle at the end of the day

[@MarcusWashington-v7o]

K dot crushed your man ak

[@shonhill2246]

Vlad sleep, migo’s was lit before drake. Drake was on Versace remix.

[@davontebrown4491]

Why Vlad talking like he speak for the streets or whats hot especially downsouth and in Atlanta, dude said if Drake didn’t hop on Versace migos would be working at Home Depot bruh shut up

[@ballinonabudget6229]

They weren't his friends, but he wasn't theirs either.....

[@wesleycuban8649]

Drake definitely bodied asap. I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed how he let future slide. He the only one neck he didn’t come at viciously

[@Bigohno0]

I mean this is not really just specific to Rappers to be honest, most people nowadays are like that; quick to check for ya when you’re up or when they can benefit from you, then as soon as it changes they drop you out…

[@Grosefrmchrchst]

FACTS

[@BandoLandoIII]

Migos were hot asf before drake.. they were literally on the verge of blowing up.. anyone in college/hs around 2012/13 knows this.. Drake did what ak said and caught the wave.. def helped but they wouldn’t have been working at Home Depot

[@OrgabinsOrganicCabinLifestyle]

Me and you? 😅😅😅😅. American English! Bro. This what caused the civil war. It's . " U and I". The education system is a failure.

[@vicknewman9418]

I thought L.A. said AK couldn't go there. Well hes in L.A.

[@NomadSupreme911]

Vlad is the king of having fake friends🤣

[@sandilebiyela391]

Drake cannot save everybody. They mad at Drake because of jealousy and they want his spot simple as that

[@jonniehickson5599]

Well Kendrick was right about Drake according to this conversation.

[@hueyfreeman5509]

Facts

[@kingtony4828]

They was lit I'm Atl before drake vlad you sound crazy I lived in Atl during that time stop it

[@DaFactsNoNonsense1713]

Vlad should know better than anyone about being "fake" with people

[@ezumaokoronkwo1065]

Vlad I was in Nigeria and Versace was hot before Drake jumped on it here in Nigeria

[@kennethreed7801]

Man The Drake haters is Real 🤦🏾‍♂️ Drake can do a album by himself And he been knew how fake ppl were been saying it in his music for years

[@LondellCalloway259]

The way AK says Drake name sounds like a female in the honeymoon stage of a relationship 😂😂😂😂😂

[@hectorfoster4488]

Migos was big on KZbin before the Versace remix

[@kiddhennessy9171]

but vlad... you report on rappers.. you're biggest stuff comes from rappers... no rappers.. no you... so why u keep... if hiphop died today vlad tv would go to shit

[@Kthomy401]

VLAD IS WRONG. HOW YOU SAY YOU WAS IN ATL AND MIGOS WASNT POPULAR. THEY WAS LIT BEFORE THE DRAKE FEATURE

[@shuknotonyaalonel1190]

Facts

[@PrinceTae]

VLAD SAID HE WAS IN ATLANTA AND MIGOS WASNT LIT 😂😂😂😂😂😂 boy you must’ve been in Alpharetta or sum Migos had the whole city *JUMPIN*

[@dwillwilliams1240]

How does drake make better songs, when he don’t even make them muthafuckas lol 😆 secondly, why is songwriter only measured by who can write club songs, why can’t be measured overall…..cuz Kendrick checks all boxes, there ain’t a song style Kendrick can’t make and he writes his shit….case closed

[@killasic]

I've concluded that Vlad's a name dropper.

[@ramp622]

I think drake is just smart, and he knows how to keep himself in people's minds. If everyone is fucking with a certain rapper who is blowing up, he'll take a pic with him to remind people he's still there, and he's still in the mix. Taking a pic with the new big thing even if he cools off and falls off, helps keep drake young in a way. Like he's apart of that wave.

[@ENT8801]

Drake is a wave rider and not a wave maker. Migos, future, lil baby would've been big without drake. Drake needed them more than they needed drake.

[@jonathanjolicoeur4295]

Then why did they never surpass him?

[@ENT8801]

@@jonathanjolicoeur4295 what a stupid comment. That's not my point. Drake constantly needs a host. He is like a parasite. Alone he is a goofy Canadian child start. Even AK admits this. He needed future and ATL to stop being looked at as a Cornball. Your comment is making an entirely different argument

[@e̵̊rt̀y̧̐ũ̵ị̆o̸w̌e̵̊rt̀y̧̐ũ̵]

​@@jonathanjolicoeur4295I'm waitn to find out myself also ⏳

[@adamcouto3100]

Im just trying to figure out why it took Kendrick to make a diss song to call out the obvious...no one was hating on Drake when he was with Cash Money...he wasn't labeled a white boi then ..and please believe I'm not a Drake fan but all these comments hating on him when most of y'all was/been streaming up all his pop tart wannabe hood shit for years ..💯

[@stevencampbell168]

Vlad shows everyday how much he disconnected and wrong he be about shit 😂 saying Migos was not buzzing before Drake is crazy , for someone that says they know culture he be saying dumb shit 😅

[@monkeyking371]

So he just said everything Kendrick said was true about Drake being a colonizer

[@sampsond891]

Migos was lit without Drake… Drake helped he just got with mainstream exposure all while keeping himself relevant by riding the wave at the time

[@J2FlipToMyLou]

You wrong bout the migos . They was gon be that regardless. Especially with P over there

[@tonymontez2358]

It’s funny how much of a narcissist vlad is “yea these rappers aren’t friends but let me tell you about my friends” head ass we don’t care vlad 😂

[@kennardhodgson7757]

Everything bout Vlad ..Vlad a narcissist

[@Pop_Richie]

Glad just made a beef with Migos for NO REASON, smh

[@tunchi2x8721]

Mannn yall two should find yall preference in genders and build a family together yall have future lil bloggers I can see it now

[@GaryIndianasown]

Migos wanna gonna be who there where , if Versace was they only song than yea , but they had numerous of hits after Vlad stop it u not getting a drake interview nor the 2 migos again😂

[@Godmade050]

Biggest glazing. Yeah he hit it, she didn't ask for seconds. ASAP hit it and she held it full term😆😅🤣😂.

[@OrgabinsOrganicCabinLifestyle]

Wth he just say Abt Migos? I never even heard drakes Versace verse. Sthu.

[@tomtimthough4231]

With out the rappers you guys have no jobs lol stop comparing y’all selves

[@shanebirch3764]

Ak just confirmed how fake drake is taking pics with popping people and onto the next a few months later

[@dreporter32]

Migos was on fire 🔥 wayyyy before drake got on Versace nobody even plays the remix anyway

[@captaincoon_]

3:51 Vlad’s feelings come out about not being number one

[@akhesh9256]

😂😂😂

[@Tarrik12321]

Quavo did shout out Drake on IG recently

[@JizzleDaMan]

Future is Future ain’t nobody slow 😭😭