DJ Akademiks on How His Jamaican Mom Finessed a US Citizenship (Part 5)

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  • @vladtv
    @vladtv  2 роки тому +7

    Watch the full interview now as a VladTV UA-cam Member: ua-cam.com/channels/g7lal8IC-xPyKfgH4rdUcA.htmljoin

  • @anthonybennett2837
    @anthonybennett2837 2 роки тому +307

    *If you’re family is Jamaican stories like this hit different……… It’s not until you’re older you realize the opportunity/sacrifice that was made so you could have a better shot at life…..S/O to my mom & dad💯*

    • @nigelstanford4
      @nigelstanford4 2 роки тому +10

      What he said in this video was the total opposite of what you just described lol

    • @GenXXXX70
      @GenXXXX70 2 роки тому +5

      Academics along with generation have no idea about sacrifice and gratitude to those who paid the way.

    • @catchwreck928
      @catchwreck928 2 роки тому +12

      your only over here cause of the sacrifice Black americans made.
      I dont like how you guys try to leave that part out its disrespectful .

    • @abigailb7798
      @abigailb7798 2 роки тому +9

      @@catchwreck928 enlighten and educate me plz…what was this sacrifice??

    • @Mzldy1shari
      @Mzldy1shari 2 роки тому

      Facts!

  • @KAVIARDREAMZ
    @KAVIARDREAMZ 2 роки тому +338

    In 1973... my mother pawned 2 acres of land in Guatemala for $75 to bring me to the US (illegally)... We ended up living in an abandoned building in The Bronx... she ultimately lost the rights to her land. Not sure what life would have been like had she not taken that chance but Today, I'm a citizen, with property in the US and a successful business. Long story, short.

    • @maayanaz
      @maayanaz 2 роки тому +9

      Inspiring man very happy for you

    • @RichieB40444
      @RichieB40444 2 роки тому +3

      Glad to know you made it out alright

    • @GOILL
      @GOILL 2 роки тому +11

      Dope fellow Chapin. My Dad came to Chicago on a visitors visa but he knew he was here to work. His 1st day looked around and said well I have to figure this shit out. Worked saved some money went back to Guatemala to get my mom. Brought her over they had my brother. They all got deported back but with my brother being born here they applied for their residency. I was born there. Came here at 18 months old and for ever greatfull for their sacrifice to leave everything behind and start a new life here.

    • @kevindube7096
      @kevindube7096 2 роки тому +7

      I’m just imagining somebody walking into a pawn shop with a photo of a field

    • @SkidCudi
      @SkidCudi 2 роки тому +2

      Make sure you take very good, care of your mother.

  • @wolfofallstreets3155
    @wolfofallstreets3155 2 роки тому +140

    As a Haitian immigrant living in the US I know exactly what Akademik is talking about.

    • @ggdaboss11
      @ggdaboss11 2 роки тому +4

      Facts

    • @Horussongod
      @Horussongod 2 роки тому +1

      For real doe lol

    • @javiervega1065
      @javiervega1065 2 роки тому

      What is it?

    • @wolfofallstreets3155
      @wolfofallstreets3155 2 роки тому +1

      @@javiervega1065 to understand it you would have to be an immigrant kid coming here with your parents and see what they go through and having them putting on all the pressures of success on you while you yourself trying to adapt with the American culture.

    • @javiervega1065
      @javiervega1065 2 роки тому

      @@wolfofallstreets3155 explain what do they go through?

  • @lynchtha1don
    @lynchtha1don 2 роки тому +62

    As a Jamaican this is funny af but so true.

    • @rrasta-doc8792
      @rrasta-doc8792 2 роки тому +3

      Crazy how all our life situation is similar I’m from the country also live with my grand parents, came to the U.S at 14, I am 35 now

    • @rrasta-doc8792
      @rrasta-doc8792 2 роки тому

      13*

    • @brown3460
      @brown3460 2 роки тому

      Lol this is true

    • @javiervega1065
      @javiervega1065 2 роки тому

      Not really

  • @bugsy791
    @bugsy791 2 роки тому +13

    Everything that AK say is on point.... He left out the part about money growing on trees rho

  • @anthonyval6504
    @anthonyval6504 2 роки тому +7

    Finally, I have been waiting for this interview this is so me and so much of what my friends and fellow islanders go through as a child coming to the states. Shout out the dj alademiks!

  • @kingnaldo4058
    @kingnaldo4058 2 роки тому +34

    Big up *Akademiks* we both are from the same parish of *Clarendon, Jamaica🇯🇲* with the exact same story of migration and expectations of *America🇺🇸* The struggle was real, but we quickly overcome through education and hard work. Bless 🙌 up all *Jamaicans* home and abroad...🙏

    • @jnicemint
      @jnicemint 2 роки тому

      👊🏿🇯🇲

    • @javiervega1065
      @javiervega1065 2 роки тому

      Akademiks is a culture vulture who comes from upscale Jamaica

    • @ashokadhshd3438
      @ashokadhshd3438 2 роки тому +4

      @@javiervega1065 I can’t take no one series who says “culture vulture”. Y’all sound like insecure clowns who gatekeep culture 😂

    • @Student0Toucher
      @Student0Toucher 2 роки тому

      My family in Mexico thinks we’re all rich in the U.S

  • @jnicemint
    @jnicemint 2 роки тому +2

    May pen, Clarendon. Ak u large!💪🏿🇯🇲👊🏿

  • @spicieluv
    @spicieluv 2 роки тому +3

    As a Jamaican now living in the USA,everything AK says is true. Growing up, "farin" was the ultimate paradise. I used to think the plane went in the air and landed in the clouds. Then my mom brought me here and everything was shocking. I am thankful though that I am here. I went on to being fully educated with a good job. The sacrifices our parents made to ensure we went on to leading good lives is so amazing 👏

  • @jddj8943
    @jddj8943 2 роки тому +30

    Damn you have to be an immigrant to relate. Same story here, i thought America was Paradise until i landed in the hood of Brooklyn.

    • @RichieB40444
      @RichieB40444 2 роки тому +14

      Imagine coming here in the middle of the winter. That cold hit hard

    • @AccentBwoy
      @AccentBwoy 2 роки тому

      @@RichieB40444 fr

    • @javiervega1065
      @javiervega1065 2 роки тому

      That's sad

    • @ashokadhshd3438
      @ashokadhshd3438 2 роки тому +3

      Facts. Immigrants think America is all sunshine and rainbows till they actually go there

    • @RichieB40444
      @RichieB40444 2 роки тому +1

      @@ashokadhshd3438 especially in the dead of winter... that's a huge culture shock. You come here in the spring or summer it ain't that bad but if you never experienced 20° and you just jump into that..you're really fucked

  • @dheywood75
    @dheywood75 2 роки тому +6

    Definitely can relate moms sending those barrels back home 🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧🇧

  • @GDSprodify
    @GDSprodify 2 роки тому +2

    Big Up From St. Andrew Parish 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

  • @JAllenProductions
    @JAllenProductions 2 роки тому +4

    Ak speaking my life experience. Same upbringing just to make it here to America from Jamaica. 🇯🇲 Been supporting you since war in Chi-Raq and still supporting you today Yardie

  • @deejayquan5479
    @deejayquan5479 2 роки тому +2

    Clarendon in the house 🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲

  • @shakagod3779
    @shakagod3779 2 роки тому +18

    Ak knows about those big barrels ex pat's would send back home from the US, Canada and the UK.
    The man may get on many peoples
    nerves but I have to respect his grind. Coming from a UK citizen of Jamaican heritage.

    • @blanco7873
      @blanco7873 2 роки тому +2

      Big facts!

    • @shakagod3779
      @shakagod3779 2 роки тому +2

      @@blanco7873 Appreciated my friend.

    • @rasheemthebestfirstone3274
      @rasheemthebestfirstone3274 2 роки тому +2

      Facts

    • @ashokadhshd3438
      @ashokadhshd3438 2 роки тому +2

      @@shakagod3779 shoutout to my UK black people. I can relate to y’all cuz many of y’all got African/Caribbean background, especially Jamaican and Nigerian

  • @Frenchy.
    @Frenchy. 2 роки тому +2

    As a Haitian living in FRANCE, I relate to that

  • @LeonardWashington1989
    @LeonardWashington1989 2 роки тому +43

    Yo academic story resonates so well with me because I had a similar experience myself coming from Jamaica. We thought America had roads paved with gold.

    • @kurokaizen1889
      @kurokaizen1889 2 роки тому +2

      @@TrayTrucking Marcus Garvey etc etc.

    • @AccentBwoy
      @AccentBwoy 2 роки тому +6

      @@TrayTrucking what respect y'all blk Americans dnt respect yall own self

    • @veritasnumquam2310
      @veritasnumquam2310 2 роки тому

      @@AccentBwoy 🤣🤣 facts!

    • @ashokadhshd3438
      @ashokadhshd3438 2 роки тому

      @@TrayTrucking smh will you stop centering everything around Black Americans 🤦🏾‍♂️. Insecure ass this had nothing to do with AA’s

    • @ashokadhshd3438
      @ashokadhshd3438 2 роки тому

      @Self-development facts

  • @daryldawkins3536
    @daryldawkins3536 2 роки тому +33

    All my cousins in Jamaica used to think money grows in trees here in London 😂🤣😂🤣

    • @bobgreen486
      @bobgreen486 2 роки тому +6

      Ironic enough technically money does grow on trees its paper 😄

    • @ashokadhshd3438
      @ashokadhshd3438 2 роки тому +2

      Lmao you have Jamaican cousins in London? Lmao I have London cousins who come from the Nigerian side of the family, they hang with a lot of Jamaicans 😂

  • @JJ_876
    @JJ_876 2 роки тому +113

    As Jamaicans we have to support each other we can’t just fly the flag whenever there is a Race we need to be more solidified as one

    • @johnsnow9608
      @johnsnow9608 2 роки тому +6

      Straight up that's why F with him.

    • @freestateofgrizzy1937
      @freestateofgrizzy1937 2 роки тому +19

      Jamaican aint a race its an ethnic background apart of the Black race

    • @GetOffMyy
      @GetOffMyy 2 роки тому +9

      Right I be jealous of how the Haitians be a family anywhere around the country

    • @FredHampton1619
      @FredHampton1619 2 роки тому +1

      Before you’re a Jamaican, you’re black. B1

    • @Nevgetdamoney
      @Nevgetdamoney 2 роки тому +13

      @@FredHampton1619 not really Jamaicans look out for Jamaicans regardless of race

  • @Msboochie2
    @Msboochie2 2 роки тому +33

    My mom too. She was a school teacher and overstayed her Visa. The streets were supposed to be lined with gold. She cried a whole year straight when she got to NYC and saw the truth.

    • @yalelop428
      @yalelop428 2 роки тому

      What truth

    • @WINDSORTOWNSAV
      @WINDSORTOWNSAV 2 роки тому +5

      @@yalelop428 lol really? You been to NYC? 😂

    • @yalelop428
      @yalelop428 2 роки тому

      @@WINDSORTOWNSAV lol nah

    • @BM-ff6oq
      @BM-ff6oq 2 роки тому +7

      @@yalelop428 crime violence and poverty up and down the street

    • @klscott23
      @klscott23 2 роки тому +2

      Amerikkka knows how to brand itself and sell the world some sh@$. Glad you made it to tell the story. Bigup ya self🇯🇲

  • @SunnyReignz
    @SunnyReignz 2 роки тому +24

    I remember my Jamaican neighbors were shell shocked at the level of poverty in some places. When they first got here. They would talk with such worry with the shit they saw on the news. I told them they lucked out finding the house they did next door for the price. Cause they could've easily end up on the neglected side of town.

    • @javiervega1065
      @javiervega1065 2 роки тому

      It's even worse now

    • @smilingcat6161
      @smilingcat6161 2 роки тому +2

      My father told me this exact same thing, he traveled alot because of work but when he came to the US to live he said it was a totally different world.

  • @SmileUp4
    @SmileUp4 2 роки тому +9

    Akademiks survival story!!! I felt it, the struggle is real !!!

    • @javiervega1065
      @javiervega1065 2 роки тому

      He comes from wealthy family in Jamaica

  • @sean45m67
    @sean45m67 2 роки тому +11

    I can relate to this so much I was born in Jamaica and moved to America when I was 13 and we called America foreign and it was all a fantasy land to us

    • @javiervega1065
      @javiervega1065 2 роки тому

      That's sad

    • @whiteg53
      @whiteg53 2 роки тому

      I hope 🤞🏼 they deport that MF if African Americans are so lazy why’s he emulating me I don’t hear the accent 😆

    • @Student0Toucher
      @Student0Toucher 2 роки тому

      Would you ever go back to Jamaica? I wouldn’t go to Mexico

    • @whiteg53
      @whiteg53 2 роки тому +1

      @@Student0Toucher 😆😆😆my mother said where everybody’s leaving ain’t the place to be

  • @edgarfuentes6394
    @edgarfuentes6394 2 роки тому +88

    Thank you AK for sharing this!! You see how people just come to this country and grind and go get it with no excuses!! His mom came to this country as a immigrant with no social security was able to work 3 jobs and bust her has. It grinds my gear when people from here be like oh I can’t find a job and I can’t a get job. This country ain’t paradise but there is opportunities as a Hispanic I can relate people come from other countries just come here to have a better chance in life. Live in uncomfortable situations but work hard to get out of it and get their love ones out !!

    • @cmbsoldja
      @cmbsoldja 2 роки тому +9

      America has always given opportunities to immigrants. This isn't news.

    • @peejaythegreat1704
      @peejaythegreat1704 2 роки тому +5

      @@cmbsoldja yes but citizens complain about saying their talking all the jobs but their doing most the jobs we don’t even want. They don’t make excuses they just go get it

    • @nicblank09
      @nicblank09 2 роки тому +1

      So?

    • @Ben2bwild
      @Ben2bwild 2 роки тому +1

      @@cmbsoldja Obviously. The OP was talking about Americans here who don't seem to appreciate and take advantage of the opportunities here.

    • @cmbsoldja
      @cmbsoldja 2 роки тому

      @@Ben2bwild The opportunities aren't the same. Immigrants historically have had access to resources that were denied to *certain Americans.

  • @MrKamawe
    @MrKamawe 2 роки тому +3

    I came to this country with $500 20+ years ago during the Bush Era in the summer. When the winter hit shit got real, salute to any immigrant that turned this American nightmare into the dream.

  • @CSatia
    @CSatia 2 роки тому +1

    Dj Akademics is big time!

  • @tenzinpassang4812
    @tenzinpassang4812 2 роки тому +66

    LMAO, gotta love similar immigrant/refugee stories. One of the kid in my remote village, in a third world country, heard i was going to the states so, he told me be careful of Dinosaurs because he recently saw Jurassic park. I was terrified to come to the states because of that. Another rumor was America was so rich that sometimes, Americans would leave the car on the road, call an helicopter, if they ran out of fuel if the gas stations were too far. HAHAHAHA

    • @GDSprodify
      @GDSprodify 2 роки тому

      On Me LMAO

    • @klscott23
      @klscott23 2 роки тому

      😅😅 glad you made it 🇯🇲

  • @geoffreyryan5846
    @geoffreyryan5846 2 роки тому +1

    Damn Ak you giving away all the secrets

  • @freestateofgrizzy1937
    @freestateofgrizzy1937 2 роки тому +12

    Man told on his momma 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

  • @MK-we9sw
    @MK-we9sw 2 роки тому +59

    "When you are a principal in Jamaica you get a house" I just realized that teachers don't get this in America.
    Ak's experience reminds me so much of mine 🤣🤣

    • @kevindube7096
      @kevindube7096 2 роки тому +3

      Principles get treated better than teachers here too, but yeah they aint getting that house 😂 unless it’s some weird private school arrangement maybe

    • @MK-we9sw
      @MK-we9sw 2 роки тому +1

      @@kevindube7096 🤣🤣 our teachers get housing (but of course the principal has the best one). Or a salary adjustment if housing isn't available.

  • @cgbodyauto7635
    @cgbodyauto7635 2 роки тому +16

    They actually had it better in Jamaica.

    • @tahmaskenchers1782
      @tahmaskenchers1782 2 роки тому +2

      Yeah but the opportunity that Ak has made for his family could never be achieved in Jamaica and that's just facts. There is a ceiling to how high you can reach in Jamaica. The opportunities are endless in the US. He made a career talking to his camera about his interests and expanded from there. You can do the first part here but there is no room for growth and if you try to grow, you'll eventually meet the ceiling which is crime and other issues that plague people living in Jamaica. Take it from a Jamaican living in Jamaica he didn't lose anything moving to America.

    • @javiervega1065
      @javiervega1065 2 роки тому

      @Error Report that's the biggest myth

    • @ashokadhshd3438
      @ashokadhshd3438 2 роки тому

      Debatable

    • @tahmaskenchers1782
      @tahmaskenchers1782 2 роки тому +2

      @@javiervega1065 Nah not really. My mom moved to the US and achieved everything she was fighting her whole life in Jamaica in 3-5 years. What i've realised is its hard to see the opportunities if you were born in it. Just like you have impoverished south asians and north africans moving to Jamaica and making fortunes that Jamaican people thought wouldn't be possible here. If you actively search for it and work hard at it i'm sure you'll find it.

  • @kenrickshamarjakenricksham4950
    @kenrickshamarjakenricksham4950 2 роки тому +1

    AK is a real yaad man, bless up AK.

  • @rebel4792
    @rebel4792 2 роки тому +26

    You can thank Hollywood aka Hollyweird for the miss representation of what the USA is like to the rest of the world. It’s a tricky way of attracting immigrants I guess, once you come here, it’s like Uncle Sam welcoming you saying “GOTCHA BITCH” - David Chapelle voice 😂 🤣

    • @SmooveTV718
      @SmooveTV718 2 роки тому +5

      Exactly, more workers to further expand their corporations

    • @85ssontharocz1
      @85ssontharocz1 2 роки тому +5

      Hollywood is part too blame but clearly people coming from other countries are not keeping it a buck with their family members back home or they would know better and know exactly what to expect in the USA

    • @ashokadhshd3438
      @ashokadhshd3438 2 роки тому

      @@85ssontharocz1 true

  • @Snpiedog
    @Snpiedog 2 роки тому +1

    Vladimir, it is 12am and I expect another part to be uploaded by 3am.🤝🏾

  • @chillb_igotthis
    @chillb_igotthis 2 роки тому +10

    Finally We get the introduction of Where he from😂😂

  • @kaypakaipa8559
    @kaypakaipa8559 2 роки тому +2

    my mom left zimbabwe for the UK in 2001 at 25, worked 3 jobs for a year, then bought ticket for my dad 1 year later. Me and my lil bro aged 2or3 at the time, were left to live with my Grand Parents for 4 years. we eventually moved to join them in 2005. I remember getting on the plane and lifting off, I was 12 my brother 6, it was magical lol, I thought the plane was gonna land next to london bridge😂😂😂. My mom & dad worked crazy shifts back then it was crazy.
    Its crazy how many people have this similar story. Our parents were OGs man. Gotta show em love with this life they gave us.
    I now have a degree, good job, and live in Canada.

  • @ChannelForbus
    @ChannelForbus 2 роки тому +3

    Akademiks talking that real immigrant story

  • @et6032
    @et6032 2 роки тому +1

    Welcome to the Big House.

  • @brandonderrick006
    @brandonderrick006 2 роки тому +5

    America is Heaven it’s story could never be oversold if told truthfully.

    • @toke8488
      @toke8488 2 роки тому +1

      He told it truthfully. Lol 😂 America is like every other country it has good and bad . It’s not heaven .

    • @brandonderrick006
      @brandonderrick006 2 роки тому +3

      @@toke8488 there’s no other country like America. It’s the melting pot of the world. With far superior opportunities. And I believe in Heaven on Earth. So this is it.

    • @javiervega1065
      @javiervega1065 2 роки тому

      Idk what America you live in but this is basically a 3rd world sh!thole

    • @ashokadhshd3438
      @ashokadhshd3438 2 роки тому

      @@brandonderrick006 America is not heaven at all. Ion know what fairytale your living in. But America ain’t it. Still a decent country tho

    • @brandonderrick006
      @brandonderrick006 2 роки тому

      @@ashokadhshd3438 not a decent country, the best country of all time.

  • @klscott23
    @klscott23 2 роки тому

    This is so real. Similar to so many ppl that came to the US from the islands. ✌🏾🇯🇲

  • @rocoa01
    @rocoa01 2 роки тому +89

    His story is beautiful, how he describes Jamaica is brilliant. So happy that I bought three acres there and plan to settle in soon. There are so many quite tucked away country areas that are available for foreign investment. It proves the "push-pull" immigration model. As some leave, some will come in and settle. Everyone wins.

    • @46line27
      @46line27 2 роки тому +2

      Your comment got my attention and if you don’t mind I would love to get in contact with you for a proposal. If it works or makes sense to you. Anyway I could get in contact with you? Thank you

    • @Oppelstanios
      @Oppelstanios 2 роки тому +1

      @Gabriel Ybarra 😂😂😂 This the bs that be on UA-cam that just make u laugh

    • @MC-yq6us
      @MC-yq6us 2 роки тому

      Bro I live that you did that, but bmt do some research before you go to Jamaica it can be a very dangerous place if you don’t know your shit.

    • @javiervega1065
      @javiervega1065 2 роки тому +1

      He comes from upper class Jamaica... he's exaggerating the story

    • @Oppelstanios
      @Oppelstanios 2 роки тому

      @@MC-yq6us bruh every country is dangerous 😂 everywhere has crimes that’s what I’m saying.

  • @bakie9201
    @bakie9201 2 роки тому +25

    This part of the interview answers why you see so much immigrants come here and run laps around ppl born here. Ppl born here clown around, not knowing how good they have it 💯 Jamaicans will have just came to America a year ago, and 6 months later they have their own car, a year later they have a house. Its cuz when we put our mind to it our hustle and hard work is 2nd to none.

    • @ThisisBullyTV
      @ThisisBullyTV 2 роки тому +8

      No y’all just like vanity I know a lot of Jamaicans that will buy a Benz and sleep on their friends floor 😆😂😂 buy champagne at the liquor store and sneak it in the club

    • @bakie9201
      @bakie9201 2 роки тому +3

      @@ThisisBullyTV Lmao Because it cheaper! 😂

    • @weeklyissues4424
      @weeklyissues4424 2 роки тому +3

      @@ThisisBullyTV lol that’s in any race ,any country . Italians number one for that stuff. called mafia .

    • @SmooveTV718
      @SmooveTV718 2 роки тому +3

      ​@@ThisisBullyTV What yall both saying is true, but I think Black Americans are worse tho when it comes to "keeping up w/ the joneses"

    • @catchwreck928
      @catchwreck928 2 роки тому +3

      Run laps🤣bro the countries you come from are sh1t holes and ran down so Pipe down.
      Yall not that much of hard workers cause if you were you probably wouldnt have to run here.
      Black americans were the one who paved the way. never forget that. Study history.

  • @eddieg2200
    @eddieg2200 2 роки тому +10

    Probably should keep that one on the low Ak

  • @zurimoore1915
    @zurimoore1915 2 роки тому

    Thats s Good interview of DJ vald interviewing Dj academic is Good one

  • @jettgotswagg1711
    @jettgotswagg1711 2 роки тому +18

    S/O TOO FBA WE MADE THIS SHIT POSSIBLE ✊🏾

  • @unapologetictact6458
    @unapologetictact6458 2 роки тому

    My father’s side is from Clarendon. Mother was born in St. Mary & grew up in Kingston.
    AK is so much more relatable now 🔥🔥

    • @javiervega1065
      @javiervega1065 2 роки тому

      He's a fraud snarky weasel... you call that relatable? Sure wouldn't like to see your judge of character

  • @rajackson50
    @rajackson50 2 роки тому +29

    The Immigration story of African-Americans! You realize how much you really have and give up being A “Yankee” in the United States! I love going to my grandparents plantation and appreciating the freedom it’s the best of both worlds! ✊🏿🇺🇸

    • @hollywoodpeezie1
      @hollywoodpeezie1 2 роки тому +6

      Plantation or farm my boi 😒

    • @therealspeciesunknown
      @therealspeciesunknown 2 роки тому +2

      @@hollywoodpeezie1 interesting 🤔 what you asked. .. Plantation or Farm?

    • @ashokadhshd3438
      @ashokadhshd3438 2 роки тому

      @Self-development everyone has their own problems bruh. It’s not a competition and comparing it won’t make things any better

  • @MoulaUE
    @MoulaUE 2 роки тому +1

    big up ak uzeeit

  • @RH-vw5nd
    @RH-vw5nd 2 роки тому +7

    Clarendonians find themselves in all parts of the world. Big up Maypen

    • @jnicemint
      @jnicemint 2 роки тому +1

      It’s a STATISTICAL FACT, the majority of Jamaica’s migrants are and have always been, Clarendonians.

    • @stevenbrown9212
      @stevenbrown9212 2 роки тому

      @@jnicemint Really?

    • @jnicemint
      @jnicemint 2 роки тому

      @@stevenbrown9212 really.

    • @jnicemint
      @jnicemint 2 роки тому +2

      @FOOTBALL TOP TENZ Denbigh/Glenmuir

    • @jnicemint
      @jnicemint 2 роки тому +1

      @FOOTBALL TOP TENZ large up!👊🏿💪🏿

  • @OrgabinsOrganicCabinLifestyle
    @OrgabinsOrganicCabinLifestyle 2 роки тому +2

    Yaa talk truth bro. Pure truth

  • @SBenuh
    @SBenuh 2 роки тому +35

    Jamaicans with ambition will always “make it” 🇯🇲 check the stats.

  • @blvdskino9363
    @blvdskino9363 2 роки тому +2

    My Dad ,his mother & 2 brothers fresh from Jamaica 🇯🇲 inna 70s Watch hip hop grow organically,Dey settle in Jersey & started going dumb hard owning properties,small businesses,& now we are inna Credit business 💯💯💯 I advised all foreigners from all countries to manage your personal credit 💳 LLC your business & Do Not Slowed Down Ever!

  • @IceCold420
    @IceCold420 2 роки тому +5

    I still remember when Star said Ak is JaFakin on Everyday Struggle

    • @jnicemint
      @jnicemint 2 роки тому +1

      Star used to mess with real Jamaicans in Bk back in they day but they was sum real street dudes. Ak a good kid

  • @kajegreen7864
    @kajegreen7864 2 роки тому

    Big up akademiks love seeing yaad man win! 🇯🇲

  • @thecunninlynguist
    @thecunninlynguist 2 роки тому +17

    Part 6 will be how akademiks finessed a dj career. Ain't no one ever seen him dj

    • @taiodus3401
      @taiodus3401 2 роки тому

      Bow wow Vs soljah boy he DJ'd but wasn't good.

    • @AllHailJP
      @AllHailJP 2 роки тому +4

      Nah he used to DJ way back in Jersey lol

    • @thecunninlynguist
      @thecunninlynguist 2 роки тому

      @@taiodus3401 he ain't dj shit during that verzuz. He was just in the dj booth. I watched the whole thing

    • @thecunninlynguist
      @thecunninlynguist 2 роки тому

      @@AllHailJP so he claims. Ain't no one see that shit

    • @AllHailJP
      @AllHailJP 2 роки тому

      @@thecunninlynguist I saw it cause I was there 😭

  • @Nate9ist
    @Nate9ist 2 роки тому

    (🇻🇮🇻🇮 st thomas). If ya from da Caribbean u kno exactly wat AK talkin bout. Big Up yo self king

  • @skrewnj
    @skrewnj 2 роки тому +7

    Imagine actually starting the interview in part 5

  • @gloewild7983
    @gloewild7983 2 роки тому +2

    I been through that before thinking a place was gonna be diffrent then when I got there it was basically the same but I’m glad I got the experience

  • @MoBay876rc
    @MoBay876rc 2 роки тому +4

    All my 🇯🇲 big up

  • @bmarie7309
    @bmarie7309 2 роки тому +1

    Beautifully Told!!!

  • @Justice777Allah
    @Justice777Allah 2 роки тому +18

    🇯🇲🇯🇲 BRAP!!! Gunshot!!! Typical Jamaican hustle. The lesson here is that the US does a great job of promoting their image; "land of opportunity." The aim is to get your hustle on here and buy some land back home for retirement.

  • @jamwok876
    @jamwok876 2 роки тому

    Jamaica 🇯🇲 fuck with u more now ak

  • @thecoolblacknerd
    @thecoolblacknerd 2 роки тому +63

    I’m proud of my mom getting her citizenship, she was so nervous studying for that test it’s crazy that I was born here & I couldn’t answer some of those questions 🇯🇲✊🏾also Vlad please don’t try & speak patois again 😩😂

    • @samjames807
      @samjames807 2 роки тому +1

      Word I was like in 8th and I ain’t know shit from social studies

    • @bigjesus9954
      @bigjesus9954 2 роки тому

      The constitution says we could never be U.S. citizens. Citizen means employee. The US is not a country or land.

    • @Msboochie2
      @Msboochie2 2 роки тому +2

      Right! I remember “helping” my parents prepare for the test, the night before. I was born here, I knew some of the questions, more than my American friends who had been here for generations. They were so excited to become citizens, which I was a bit surprised my father never planned to stay forever, but they bought a home and my dad bought a shop, and decided that it made sense to become citizens since they had so much invested in this country. The next time we went back to Jamaica I noticed we got to wait on the faster line at customs. I finally realized why we had to get in a different line, that seemed to take forever. We had US passports now.

    • @vladtv
      @vladtv  2 роки тому +4

      speak patois where?

    • @boysplurt7668
      @boysplurt7668 2 роки тому +6

      @@vladtv “3 jobs mon!”

  • @VR36030
    @VR36030 2 роки тому +2

    Say what you want but Akademiks is clearly a good speaker.

  • @Clayman2024
    @Clayman2024 2 роки тому +4

    I would take this down .. because they can get their papers taken away if USCIS sees this >.< & investigates.

    • @kofiboansi5789
      @kofiboansi5789 2 роки тому +1

      very true uscis can revoke his citizenship based on this

    • @rasheemthebestfirstone3274
      @rasheemthebestfirstone3274 2 роки тому +1

      @@kofiboansi5789 tell vlad to remove it anyway vlad won’t let them use it vlad will pay his lawyers so they can’t

  • @antl561
    @antl561 2 роки тому

    This is such a Jamaican story, my family is from Clarendon (not too far from May Pen) also, and they also moved to New Jersey!!!

  • @welcometotwannation804
    @welcometotwannation804 2 роки тому +4

    This is like the FBi interviewing the CIA

  • @BRENTFAVORS
    @BRENTFAVORS 2 роки тому

    SHOUTOUT TO ALL MY GOOD IMMIGRANT PEOPLE MANE I LOVE YALL

  • @one8192
    @one8192 2 роки тому +13

    Immigrants can relate. Salute to AK

  • @michaeltatum8453
    @michaeltatum8453 2 роки тому +1

    You can see the resentment for his half brother and dad in how he refers to them

  • @ScottBurnhard
    @ScottBurnhard 2 роки тому +18

    🇯🇲🔥

  • @a-tre8798
    @a-tre8798 2 роки тому +2

    Now Vlad is reversing interviews

  • @Jodi_Crypto_Leader22
    @Jodi_Crypto_Leader22 2 роки тому +5

    Can you put out the Full interview please. Love AKademics. He's the man.

  • @iffysd9864
    @iffysd9864 2 роки тому +2

    Vlad got akademiks to tell on himself damn

  • @s4mp_founder
    @s4mp_founder 2 роки тому +5

    Now it makes sense as to why he acts the way he does to this culture and why he'd hail someone like a vlad when both are a mockery being synonymous to black culture.

  • @Jac735
    @Jac735 2 роки тому

    ✋ he is 🇯🇲 ya mon bless 🙌 🙏 👏 I respect di bwoy even more

  • @timmyggztv
    @timmyggztv 2 роки тому +17

    DJ akademiks one of the greatest of all time this guy a legend for real

    • @rcfresh4345
      @rcfresh4345 2 роки тому +2

      🙄

    • @javiervega1065
      @javiervega1065 2 роки тому

      He's a culture vulture scum bag who just knows how to act like a snivling weasel to 15 year old nerds

  • @de.talemusic
    @de.talemusic 2 роки тому

    Broke it down beautifully 👏🏿 👏🏿 👏🏿

  • @abovetherim8000
    @abovetherim8000 2 роки тому +5

    Went from living a beautiful life with a maid and a cook to being dropped in the middle of the hood 😂😂 people don’t know some immigrant stories are us going from what seems like a good life to canada/America for the opportunity to live a GREAT life. Our parents sacrificed their comfort for our futures.

  • @dozieog
    @dozieog 2 роки тому

    Your work just started 💯

  • @timmyggztv
    @timmyggztv 2 роки тому +5

    He is one of the greatest of all time

  • @TheNotoriousKID
    @TheNotoriousKID 2 роки тому +2

    Big up all my immigrant brothers and sisters that had to take that huge risk for a better future in the land of the free. Mom and dad I love you forever and forever am I grateful for the position I am in today because you risked so much for a crumb of the pie…. I swear some of us don’t know how good we got it.

  • @paulkbb
    @paulkbb 2 роки тому +8

    Facts!! We all thought American 🇺🇸 was heaven 😭

    • @slumprince
      @slumprince 2 роки тому +1

      I mean it is compared to other countries. By no means is a America perfect but there are very few countries I’d rather live

    • @IAMYAMSBOY
      @IAMYAMSBOY 2 роки тому

      @@slumprince same I glamorised it since I was a kid but now as a young adult I rather go to an other country developed

    • @ashokadhshd3438
      @ashokadhshd3438 2 роки тому

      @@IAMYAMSBOY I’d suggest you Caribbean immigrants go to the UK, cuz there are many Caribbean and Africans there

    • @IAMYAMSBOY
      @IAMYAMSBOY 2 роки тому

      @@ashokadhshd3438 lol I'm south african not carribean lol don't you want us in America

    • @ashokadhshd3438
      @ashokadhshd3438 2 роки тому

      @@IAMYAMSBOY I’m half Nigerian and half Black American. The UK is a better place to live cuz racism is not as much of a problem as it is here in America. The UK is full of people with Africans and Caribbean heritage that you’ll prolly get along with better

  • @Miyahmocash
    @Miyahmocash 2 роки тому

    Damn I might actually like akademiks now .. very good story teller

  • @khairt1731
    @khairt1731 2 роки тому +16

    I agree with this. I'm from Europe and America is NOTHING like how they advertise it around the World. It's a lie

    • @ashokadhshd3438
      @ashokadhshd3438 2 роки тому

      No cap. America is still a more well off country than a portion of others countries, but it’s not as cracked up as it’s made to be

  • @TheAshamakka
    @TheAshamakka 2 роки тому

    A k mom is a real 🇯🇲⭐

  • @Blessing031
    @Blessing031 2 роки тому +6

    “Its your first time here so I want to get into your whole story.” If you bet 100 dollars on part 5 you would have won $10000000

  • @terelltorrance
    @terelltorrance 2 роки тому

    my boy AK. we love you boa 🦂🦂🦂🦂

  • @Screwheili
    @Screwheili 2 роки тому +4

    Type of nigga to snitch on his mom's 😂😂😂

  • @texxx876
    @texxx876 2 роки тому

    Well said dj aka... this gonna be a good interview.

  • @AuburnFanSince2010
    @AuburnFanSince2010 2 роки тому +15

    I’m a proud Foundational Black American 🇺🇸 who family members didn’t have to scam in order to have a decent life.

    • @shottakush8404
      @shottakush8404 2 роки тому +14

      Yeah they just had to go through 400 years of slavery and Jim Crow and continual issues caused by yourselves. You can be proud of everything you guys have managed to overcome but there’s nothing to be proud of when it comes to being born in a country that honestly doesn’t even want y’all here

    • @juliangreen9930
      @juliangreen9930 2 роки тому +1

      If they can get away with it, good for them. Salute the initiative.

    • @youngdirtyali
      @youngdirtyali 2 роки тому +1

      nigga you commented twice

    • @urbansurvivalnetwork
      @urbansurvivalnetwork 2 роки тому +8

      @@shottakush8404 FOH. We don't give a damn if they want us here. At least we ain't kissing ass and when it's time to ride we Ride! Yall flee from oppression 🤣🤣 We physically fight, die and kill for this.

    • @rasheemthebestfirstone3274
      @rasheemthebestfirstone3274 2 роки тому +1

      Dude you hurt or something. You need something to do my guy

  • @arkitekbeatzify
    @arkitekbeatzify 2 роки тому

    Bless mama Ak💯 she sacrificed so that you could be great

  • @bodybagbricks5821
    @bodybagbricks5821 2 роки тому +17

    You gonna get her deported fool 🤦🏾‍♂️ 😂

    • @MahagonyAlaye
      @MahagonyAlaye 2 роки тому

      exactly

    • @jnicemint
      @jnicemint 2 роки тому

      Definitely would miss the hate he get from yall😒

    • @ChrisTheDreamchaser
      @ChrisTheDreamchaser 2 роки тому +2

      He has enough money to provide her with a comfortable lifestyle wherever. Or get her a business visa in the US investing millions.
      As long as you bring money to a country, the law will be easy on you.

    • @ashokadhshd3438
      @ashokadhshd3438 2 роки тому +1

      No cap I never realized that 🤦🏾‍♂️

  • @kashmorningstar9609
    @kashmorningstar9609 2 роки тому

    Big up AK🇯🇲

  • @xKmasterAtVideosx
    @xKmasterAtVideosx 2 роки тому +5

    Vlad doesn’t know that AK is wearing a wire but Ak doesn’t know that vlad is wearing a wire, but vlad secretly knows Ak is wearing one and Ak secretly knows Vlad is wearing one….they definitely rubbed bodies after this

  • @Kojogh
    @Kojogh 2 роки тому

    Thank you telling your story … ppl think it’s a joke

  • @dylananderson8360
    @dylananderson8360 2 роки тому +3

    Ak why you exposing yo momma haha

  • @kojodareaper
    @kojodareaper 2 роки тому

    Deep.. “you didn’t make it cuz you got there, the work just started.”

  • @fangoonsportz76
    @fangoonsportz76 2 роки тому +1

    Ak is really a GOAT so is VLAD! SALUTE