Word he wasn’t accepted in real life but got accepted on the internet like alotta of these goofies and that’s y these internet trolls love em so much cuz they just like em…mfs be tryna erase they past and reality🥱👑🕹
I was never accepted in high school too. But as you grow older a lot of the stuff that mattered when you were younger and still in school don’t matter when you’re a grown adult. That’s why you should just keep to yourself and never worry about what other people think of you when you are young and going through life.
I was friends with everyone. From the nerds to the crooks Luckily my senior yr I learned the “cool” popular crooks wasn’t gonna be shit after school and separate myself. Seen them 10ths later all still together . Broke af. I Dodged a bullet
@@youngniggamotivation3104 focus on yourself. Network with people who are doing what you want to do. Your real friends will still be there after your find yourself and your fortune.
First off , based on homie personality I can tell he wasn’t accepted in high school lol But nah for real, I went grew up on the islands and went to the USA for college. This guy is speaking straight facts. There was no way in hell I was majoring in some liberal arts bs. I got my degree in industrial chemistry. Lmao Thankfully I enjoy chemistry so it wasn’t stressful for me.
I’m Dominican and I’m currently majoring in finance with a concentration in business administration. Two of my cousins are anesthesiologist. In your personal opinion do you think I would be a bum in comparison to them with that degree? God bless and thank you
Absolutely not! I believe people should major in what interests them but make sure it can provide a decent living. IMO you are majoring in fields that will position you well for success as you define it. I don’t want to give the impression that I look down on people for their choice in a degree because I don’t. My point is that folks gots to remember they have to survive out here too. Sidenote: I do like reading up on cultural anthropology I wish you good luck on your journey!
@@tjs844 gpa is currently 3.186. So probably not. And my other cousins are drug traffickers and accused murderers so I would say I’m doing pretty well considering
To the kids It's ok to be a nerd my nigga I'm 28 now and wish I could go back and open up a few books As you get older you realize the true wealth comes with knowledge and experience Not money and attention
@@zz7917 Yeah but I forgave them for that along time ago since I understand how they had come to that mentality in first place plus I was one of them Haitian who didn't take shit from them back then. The ones that tried it with me knew what it was after trying me.
S/o to Ak. As a Nigerian Immigrant I can completely relate to this story. My career as a Mechanical Engineer was selected for me by my parents the day I was born. Also, the rankings in class in primary & secondary school brought nostalgic feelings. The top 5 are announced and cheered while the bottom 5 were booed at assembly. Quite frankly, I’m pretty pleased with the outcome.
Fellow Nigerian here too Congrats for you- but the fact the outcome worked for you, doesn’t mean it’s good. It is not good - and I’m glad class rank doesn’t exist in the US
@@Obaol7 Well I disagree. I wasn’t a fan of booing those at the bottom but the ranking DEFINITELY made us competitive and instilled the strong desire to move up the hierarchy. The success of the Nigerian American community is not a coincidence or a fluke, so how would you describe the ranking system as “not good” when it’s producing outcomes? This “everyone gets a prize” BS is part of the problems this generation are having.
Same with me in Highschool, I wasn't considered cool nor did I ever fit in...I grew up to surpass all my peers by light years. Like Nas said "Love changes, a thug changes, and best friends become strangers"
I was always popular in school 🏫 always made everyone laugh etc.. but I always chilled with the “nerds “ a lot .. they wasn’t nerds to me .. they was always chill as hell n we played Pokémon battles together.. I had a great school life n always made it a thing to talk to & respect every kid even the ones nobody talked to I made sure i talked to them.
Parents dreams? No. Parents just know what jobs pay. Listen to your parents because you and 99% of people will never be another Ak or have the success that he does. Not even close.
As a Jamaican male I concur with Akademiks. Grades and a Rank is what we are used to. When I was growing up in Jamaica there was no curve. University in America is where I learned about the curve.
@Romeo ThePLUG fukk no when you be yourself you gone see how many ppl don't fwu but let you be a clown goofing off and showing off for hoes they love you then smhh
As an Nigerian on my dad’s side, I can relate to Akedmiks. I know Jamaicans and other Caribbeans are very strict and don’t play around when it comes to education. Shoutout to my Yardies ✊🏾
@@chairmanoftheboard11 bruh he’s a immigrant who got made fun of and became successful fucks your problem 😂 you’re prolly broke and live with your mom still bro
I don't always agree with Aks opinions but I respect his grind, work ethic and how far his come hate it love it the industry needs Ak and like he said in his live stream his here to stay.
Nah this makes me respect him less because he's actually intelligent and raised correctly and STILL GLORIFIES the BS he knows better and therefore should do better. He's allowing the industry to use him to promote stupidity to the masses and he's intelligent enough to know it and not care. That's nasty
@@PardonMyPresence He didn't glorify shit, he clowned those dumb people from the hood who killed each other for fun and fame. Next time you try to hate on someone, at least have the facts otherwise you seem pathetic
@@KnucklesWTD you don't understand English that's not the issue. Ak is making a living glorifying death, violence, and dysfunction and talks like a child yet he truly is a smart guy playing an idiot.
My family from Trinidad put the same pressure on me from young. I wish I would’ve stuck with what I took interests in and spent time doing to make money off of it since my parents didn’t understand the potential of technology.
This is the best part so far of the interview and makes so much sense People think he’s ragging on them when really he’s just outside looking in on everyone like he did when he got here And when he pauses when he talks in English we think he's taking a breath but I think he's really trying to find the patwa to English words translation my wife does the same thing with Spanish great interview so far
That is the common theme in the lives of successful people. *Rule: If you want to be above average in adult life, don't be average and "fit in" as a youth.*
As an African I agree. When I came to canada 6 yrs ago aged 21yrs old. It was strictly business. Get a Computer Science degree, get permanent residency & a high paying job. My entire family, uncles put hella pressure on me. By Gods grace, I have achieved all. Africans definitely look at school differently.
Dj Akademiks.. the name makes so much sense now.. and I rate it highly. Knowledge is power frfr. I got nuff respect for you Ak.. this interview is Gold!
@@dntwasteit8547 He ain't say he was real he just said he fw him. Y'all niggas need to stop hating so damn hard like fuck 😂😂😂 Nigga blocking shots and nobody even shooting
This is why a lot of immigrants tend to excel and make it in the US because of the poverty and tough living conditions they faced before coming to the US. We take a lot for granted because of things we are afforded here in the US.
No, you tend to excel(which is overstated like hell) because you are immigrants that come here for the purpose of excelling, and you love comparing yourselves to the absolute worst sects of black American society. Try comparing yourselves to our best for a change.
My home girl was born and raised in the Bahamas amd she told me about the ranking in class. He said in america, some high schools do the ranking. My high school did ranking to those that were aware of it. I was the only male in the national honor society in my graduating class. They actually ranked us based on our over all GPAs, most to determine who would be valedictorian. That's when I found out I was 3rd in my class. If I knew I was right there, I may have pushed a little more to be 1st lol. We also started wearing uniforms my 11th grade year
It’s good he’s saying this a lot of us kids from immigrants were always targeted for being different and then when we become successful they say we are different or against them 😂🤦🏾♂️
I compare what you said to the black dudes who say “black women were mean to me in school so that’s why I date white women” let it go man everybody is picked in for one thing or the other. You not special 😂 in being different literally everyone gets it.
@@jamalvines2133 Living in squalor until you can move to America and leech off of black Americans successes while looking down on the black Americans that made your successes possible, and comparing themselves to the dregs of black American society but not comparing themselves to middle and upper class Black Americans.
I felt this on a visceral level. I came here when I was 16. Parents def wanted me to be a doctor. Ended up playing prob ball. I ain’t know Ak came in this bitch like me. BAHAMAS IN THE BUILDING 💪🏾🇧🇸 Also: Long standing rivalry between us and Jamaicans. But when we in America we stand together 😂🙌🏽💯
He dead capping tho... noone accepts new ppl from other countries if they came late. I lived in Harlem I seen so many kids from DR and Jamaica come here and within 2years they was hella popular. I just think AK wasn't a kool person all around tbh making that excuse up
I was never accepted in high school and was bullied from my freshman year up until my senior year when I went through a late growth spurt, after going to the gym and working out the whole summer I went in my senior year 8 inches taller and 50 lbs lighter, I went from being short and fat to 6 foot 4 and fit (I'm 6'5" now) I instantly became one of the most popular kids in school and all of a sudden all of the girls were on my jock, Most people thought I was new to that school 😂😂 i was literally unrecognizable, it's crazy how your looks really affect how people perceive you even at such an early stage in life, when you are in high school you see yourself as a young adult, I'm 41 now and looking back, at that age we were all babies! So young! When he said he wasn't accepted in high school that shit hit me because it was the same with me, alot of kids that age can be very cruel, some on purpose and some just don't know any better.
It's funny because my parents were in their 30s when they had me my siblings. So they didn't listen or get into 90s hip hop at all. In fact my dad didn't allow us to listen to it at all growing up. What we did listen to was a lot of old-school r&b, especially motown because we're from east Detroit. On top that my mom dressed up like we were from the 60s with bow ties, dress shoes and sweater vests lol. Man those kids looked at us like we were the adams family lol. So I kind of understand what he's talking about.
This is why a lot of immigrants tend to excel and make it in the US because of the poverty and tough living conditions they faced before coming to the US.
Not really. It's cultural not poverty. Alot of immigrants that come to the U.S. are already well off. Immigrants don't really care about swag and sports like we do. Education is their main priority.
I do believe this is true in a lot of situations, but if you really a immigrant coming from poverty college aint on ya mind 🤣 maybe one day after you get a good job.
@@buttabing8783 exactly that is what the African American community needs to understand, it’s not all about being a cool drug dealer or shooter who gets all the women, it’s about money and providing a lane of success for yourself and family. Women gonna be there regardless they chase who can provide for em point blank
@@buttabing8783 when someone uses the term excel it’s generally directed toward school. Also your statement is not true most don’t come already well off. If that’s true the term THE AMERICAN DREAM wouldn’t exist.
@@SmooveTV718 but they're still cooler than everyone else = Ak is a dork, who knows he can't get pussy with his natural instincts, so he has to pay for it = I don't believe his story
As the first-generation son of Caribbean parents who also went to Rutgers, I can say that Ak's assessment on how parents view schoolwork is accurate. When I told my Dad that I had wanted to study film he got dramatic on me. I ended up going for Computer Science.
Bruh follow you dreams. African and Caribbean parents are to deadset on forcing their kids to employ is strictly education jobs to realize what job makes their kids happy
I was known as the “Popular Loner” in high school, everybody payed attention to me but nobody wanted to sit at the table with me..I was really into fashion and I just did me and I honestly didn’t give af what anyone thought, many people were envious of that.
That and the fact u was moving militant bro. People sometimes don’t know know to react when a real nigga in the room. They was Probably waiting on u to say what up lol
Yow AK a di fuss mi eva see yuh keep it 💯 like mi use to hear yuh seh ya yaadie but neva know yuh actually come from yaad. You explained it the Vlad like no other jamaican has this is very authentic I can give you that even the whole picking up the snow for the first time and be like bro wtf is this wet fucking cold
And he probably would’ve still been more successful than all his hater even if he never made it the entertainment industry. A biomathematics degree will get u more than a McDonalds jobs.
Everything he said was real shit. This is exactly how it was for me growing up after moving to America. If you didn’t grow up as a Caribbean kid in America you wouldn’t understand
I love this Vlad & Ak is 2 HS geeks that are relevant as adults because they got the bag. It like the girls who was ugly in HS that had all the surgeries when they are an adult and start talking shit!! Don’t lose the bag fellas or you will go back to those HS guys. lol
One thing about AK regardless of how you feel about him, dude always been himself and he worked hard to get where he at,I respect that more than most of these bozos that’s famous these days. Smart man
Highschools in America definitely rank you we just don't care about the ranking. Unless you're going out for valedictorian or a elite college it's just a flex for how smart you are.
Not that kinda rankings bro! If you're in Jamaica everyone knows if u were in the dumbest class lol.. They would have shit like, 9A 9B 9C 9D so if you're in 9D everyone know u in the dumbest grade 9 class 😂
In Zambia niggaz would clown the smartest kid who dropped say from 1 to 10th position,so you can only imagine how the kids on the other end were clowned.
This interview right here has me now like this guy. I am FBA all day, but I have the same expectations for my children. We want college excellence over here..Nothing less. While these FBA youngsters making every excuse NOT to go to college. You not guaranteed a lucrative internet job. With a degree you always have a backup plan.
@@yoshikitakaya7871 Health care for example. For each of my kids in the delivery room everyone on the hospital staff on that level is white. Mostly everyone cleaning, or working janitorial is a person of color.. Know why? Because of YOUR mentality.
@@yoshikitakaya7871 you don’t have to be in debt if you go to a cheap college/university. A degree will still put you ahead in the job market. Just go to a city/state college and get a part-time job to pay tuition.
@@yoshikitakaya7871 depends on how you manage the tuition and the type of job you are going for. If you get into 200k debt with a liberal arts degree that's a problem for sure. But if you get into 60k debt to become a software engineer snd land a gig at google. Best believe you can pay that off in 5 years or less. That being said I got a software engineer position without a degree.
I did not know AK was Jamaican! My parents are Jamaican & his being born & raised in JA likely contributed to his stance against some of Black American culture.
@@unapologetictact6458 borne at KPH so da fuck outta here! He sounds exactly what he trained hard to sound like, 100% American. But really who gives a fuck. He migrate from yawd and is now doing big things. Big up AK. You don't get no trophy for being super Jamaican! 🤣🏆
That’s why I love this country, there are so many ways to get money Small town people/immigrants think the type of career is more important then getting money, which is thinking backwards in this country Money is what builds a family, not image
Bruh...I've been saying this forever. Glad to know somebody else gets it. They always try to act like Black Americans don't care about education. They don't understand America. They have that 3rd World Mentality that a doctor or an engineer is the greatest thing you can be in life. Black Americans...we already been there and done that. It's not even impressive to us. In America we respect entrepreneurship. We respect self-employment and freedom. We respect people who get money and still keep their freedom. Being a doctor or an engineer is just a job where you can be fired and someone tells you what to do. Plus...there are so many other jobs besides doctor and engineer. But that's all immigrants know. Spending 30 years of your young prime life being a broke a graduate student...SMH...nah...I'm American...I'd rather be Diddy or Bill Gates. These 3rd Word dudes still tryin to impress the white man with their job title and car. This is America. But yall don't get it cause you not from here.
@@ignaciofuentes2642 They eventually learn cause both Vlad, and Akademiks, left those careers to do blk American music business! It’s the same for fresh’n’fit! I just don’t understand why they still give off the image like they are still doing those careers(just cause they tried) when telling their stories, and downplay what is getting them real money, and that is blk American culture! Vlad does give credit, I give it to him Fresh’n’fit whole thing is basically trying to emulate the alpha male of the blk American community. From the way they talk to how they dress is all us, yet they talk nonsense about us? Gtfoh!
@@ignaciofuentes2642 HELL YEAH!!!!! TALK THAT SHIT!!!! I used to feel bad for not caring about Academics like A immigrant… But f’k that! I’m a STRAIGHT HUSTLER FROM THE USA!!!! 🇺🇸 I Own a Mobile CarWash Business, A Clothing Brand, & a Wedding Photography Business. F___ School!
I remember going to school 10 years old and having like 30 pounds worth of books on my back everyday. Imagine walking to school with that. Schools didn't use lockers or timetables so you had to bring all or most of your notebooks and textbooks with you everyday and they didn't let you share either you'd get beaten.
@@drlove994 In the majority of the poverty is by force. Corruption is the number cause. Haiti, Cuba for example are the most corrupt. So in that situation parents of children make sure they got to school to and become successful.
I can relate to when he said nobody accepted him in high school, coming from a different country into a town where everyone parents grew up together so everybody knows everyone they look at you like wtf
Haitians were bullied(not the Jamaican kids). I'm talking about in Brooklyn. Some of the Haitian people would act Jamaican(like some people on here...ja fake en) so people wouldn't mess with them
It be the nuances that they don't wanna talk about. Middle and upper class Black Americans(the sect of black Americans these black immigrants refuse to compare themselves to) come from long lines of successful people. These niggas be the first of they line, and they always bragging because they ain't used to shit. Black Americans established our own famn colleges, 107 of them and been doing this shit for a couple hundred years. Puttin them through our colleges since the 1800s. These immigrant niggas is new money.
It be the nuances that they don't wanna talk about. Middle and upper class Black Americans(the sect of black Americans these black immigrants refuse to compare themselves to) come from long lines of successful people. These niggas be the first of they line, and they always bragging because they ain't used to shit. Black Americans established our own damn colleges, 107 of them and been doing this shit for a couple hundred years. Puttin them through our colleges since the 1800s. These immigrant niggas is new money.
@@americasmaker your argument is retarded its like saying hey look at the millionaires we have but our OVERALL community is doing horrible. which is the case with black Americans specifically. You can go in any community and find the golden goose but on average how you really doing.
This explains everything about this man’s behavior 😂
Word he wasn’t accepted in real life but got accepted on the internet like alotta of these goofies and that’s y these internet trolls love em so much cuz they just like em…mfs be tryna erase they past and reality🥱👑🕹
Exactly
@@loyal3157 past**
We literally all already knew this years ago too lmao we just now hearing Ak actually say it
Exactly 😂
I was never accepted in high school too. But as you grow older a lot of the stuff that mattered when you were younger and still in school don’t matter when you’re a grown adult. That’s why you should just keep to yourself and never worry about what other people think of you when you are young and going through life.
I was friends with everyone. From the nerds to the crooks Luckily my senior yr I learned the “cool” popular crooks wasn’t gonna be shit after school and separate myself. Seen them 10ths later all still together . Broke af. I Dodged a bullet
@@simplemoney1833 that’s what I’m going through rn everybody thinking I’m changing on them and shit, when I’m really just tryna elevate fr
That don't mean u get to be a drunk asshole online....
@@youngniggamotivation3104 focus on yourself. Network with people who are doing what you want to do. Your real friends will still be there after your find yourself and your fortune.
never be envious
First off , based on homie personality I can tell he wasn’t accepted in high school lol
But nah for real, I went grew up on the islands and went to the USA for college. This guy is speaking straight facts.
There was no way in hell I was majoring in some liberal arts bs. I got my degree in industrial chemistry. Lmao
Thankfully I enjoy chemistry so it wasn’t stressful for me.
I’m Dominican and I’m currently majoring in finance with a concentration in business administration. Two of my cousins are anesthesiologist. In your personal opinion do you think I would be a bum in comparison to them with that degree? God bless and thank you
@@shottakush8404 Oh yea....you 30th outta 30th my shotta.
Absolutely not! I believe people should major in what interests them but make sure it can provide a decent living.
IMO you are majoring in fields that will position you well for success as you define it.
I don’t want to give the impression that I look down on people for their choice in a degree because I don’t. My point is that folks gots to remember they have to survive out here too.
Sidenote: I do like reading up on cultural anthropology
I wish you good luck on your journey!
@@tjs844 gpa is currently 3.186. So probably not. And my other cousins are drug traffickers and accused murderers so I would say I’m doing pretty well considering
@@antoineferguson4393 gracias amigo
To the kids It's ok to be a nerd my nigga
I'm 28 now and wish I could go back and open up a few books
As you get older you realize the true wealth comes with knowledge and experience
Not money and attention
You still young still go for your dreams
If you're in America, you have time to be great, believe me.
Its cool to be one it aint cool to be socially awkward and an incel
I'm 27 tho, if I could go back I'd probably be overseas get paid to play for Shanghai or some shit lmao
Open up a book right now, you don't need schools to learn.
bruh i never cared about people in highschool. i did my own thing. everybody who was popular in highschool are down bad right now😂😂🤣
True true
facts they be grown is hell tryna live off there high school reputation
DOWN BADDDD
Word
Pretty much they still stuck in the past
Being a Haitian immigrant I can relate 100% of everything he said.
Don’t forget they used to treat us terrible back then.
@@zz7917 Yeah but I forgave them for that along time ago since I understand how they had come to that mentality in first place plus I was one of them Haitian who didn't take shit from them back then. The ones that tried it with me knew what it was after trying me.
Sak pase. Yeah kids are cruel. I grew up in a predominantly haitian town and haitian kids from the states like myself made teased haitian immigrants.
ya they used to call us african booty scratchers even though we were haitians. dumb asses now they stealin our slang
@@zz7917 facts, used to say we eat cats and we stink. Now they wanna be us
S/o to Ak. As a Nigerian Immigrant I can completely relate to this story. My career as a Mechanical Engineer was selected for me by my parents the day I was born. Also, the rankings in class in primary & secondary school brought nostalgic feelings. The top 5 are announced and cheered while the bottom 5 were booed at assembly. Quite frankly, I’m pretty pleased with the outcome.
happy for you man as a fellow Nigerian.
Fellow Nigerian here too
Congrats for you- but the fact the outcome worked for you, doesn’t mean it’s good. It is not good - and I’m glad class rank doesn’t exist in the US
@@Obaol7 Well I disagree. I wasn’t a fan of booing those at the bottom but the ranking DEFINITELY made us competitive and instilled the strong desire to move up the hierarchy. The success of the Nigerian American community is not a coincidence or a fluke, so how would you describe the ranking system as “not good” when it’s producing outcomes? This “everyone gets a prize” BS is part of the problems this generation are having.
Same bro my Nigerian fam refused to pay for my college because i didn’t want to do Geology lol
They called us bottyscratshers fucking fools. But we keep on grinding we 💯 💯💪🏿
Same with me in Highschool, I wasn't considered cool nor did I ever fit in...I grew up to surpass all my peers by light years. Like Nas said "Love changes, a thug changes, and best friends become strangers"
Word up.
Damn that quote cold son 🥶
@@jff1729 it is. Off his IWW album. First song the Message. Ahhhh! 96 was a great year in hiphop. I'm getting nostalgic 😢
So basically you're still a lame?
@@postalcode63 hell yea 😂
I agreed with this heavy! Being first gen American there is a great amount of pressure to make something out of yourself. Which is a good thing!
Super pressure. First gen here
Yeah but it scares white people 😕
@@ispeakmucho ion know if I’m a first Gen cuz my mom is African American and my dad is Nigerian 😂
I was always popular in school 🏫 always made everyone laugh etc.. but I always chilled with the “nerds “ a lot .. they wasn’t nerds to me .. they was always chill as hell n we played Pokémon battles together.. I had a great school life n always made it a thing to talk to & respect every kid even the ones nobody talked to I made sure i talked to them.
Kids living through parents' dreams and then wonder why they grow up unhappy. Cool that he broke mold.
Fr fr. Sounds good for the money till you feel like you've failed yourself. These guys always chase that childhood that was taken from them.
Its super weird
Well he can always fall back on his degree if shit goes left.
Parents dreams? No. Parents just know what jobs pay.
Listen to your parents because you and 99% of people will never be another Ak or have the success that he does. Not even close.
As a Jamaican male I concur with Akademiks. Grades and a Rank is what we are used to. When I was growing up in Jamaica there was no curve. University in America is where I learned about the curve.
All windward and leeward Islands do the same, I'm from Dominica, we did the same shit. And the messed up thing was, everybody knew who number 30 was.
We do the same thing in Trinidad as well
We do the same shit is ghana all the way in West Africa
They do that in Nigeria too
Are you gonna move back to Jamaica?
This was dope 😂.. alot us with Caribbean parents know that pressure when it comes to education. 🇭🇹
Same with us with African parents. We can relate to y’all struggle 😂
@@ashokadhshd3438 indeed 🙏🏽😁
@@yk007beats8 yeah. We pretty similar 😂
As an American I’m jealous.
@@NK-vd6wv don’t be jealous man. I’m sure you’ll make it in life too 👍🏾
Whether it was a good or bad experience no matter the age some just never let high-school go
Facts!!!
Ong
@3D Animation Geek I graduated over 10 years ago and I think about high school all the time......definitely an experience I will cherish forever
@3D Animation Geek drugs, peer pressure, girls, fights, graduating, etc.......
Because that’s either where they peaked or they have regrets
That grinding beat is a middle school memory forever. Those locker rooms
Sometimes its best to not get accepted.
Yes it is especially in the long run
Big factsss most accepted people are clowns and don't move smart 💯💯💯
True
@Romeo ThePLUG fukk no when you be yourself you gone see how many ppl don't fwu but let you be a clown goofing off and showing off for hoes they love you then smhh
These 2 dudes have so much in common, that's amazing
Exactly
2 losers
@@mccolycoken i hate to be that guy but they got money if thats being a loser then shit so be it
@@mccolycoken they’re way more successful than the average person. That’s all anyone behind high school level mentality cares about
@@mccolycoken 😂😂😂
As an Nigerian on my dad’s side, I can relate to Akedmiks. I know Jamaicans and other Caribbeans are very strict and don’t play around when it comes to education. Shoutout to my Yardies ✊🏾
I gained a new found respect for him after this interview.
I always respected him, but now my respect has increased for sure
Nicca we only 6 clips in. lol
@@Paperboy392 lmao it goes downhill afterwards??
Yeah he really a nerd having his moment. I understand now. Hopefully he can get over his high school experience at some point.
@@chairmanoftheboard11 bruh he’s a immigrant who got made fun of and became successful fucks your problem 😂 you’re prolly broke and live with your mom still bro
I don't always agree with Aks opinions but I respect his grind, work ethic and how far his come hate it love it the industry needs Ak and like he said in his live stream his here to stay.
Nah this makes me respect him less because he's actually intelligent and raised correctly and STILL GLORIFIES the BS he knows better and therefore should do better. He's allowing the industry to use him to promote stupidity to the masses and he's intelligent enough to know it and not care. That's nasty
@@PardonMyPresence, personal accountability.
@@PardonMyPresence people already know things before ak covers it you don’t understand social media
@@PardonMyPresence He didn't glorify shit, he clowned those dumb people from the hood who killed each other for fun and fame.
Next time you try to hate on someone, at least have the facts otherwise you seem pathetic
@@KnucklesWTD you don't understand English that's not the issue. Ak is making a living glorifying death, violence, and dysfunction and talks like a child yet he truly is a smart guy playing an idiot.
...and THIS is why we have DJ AKADEMIKS. THIS is also why he's one of the TOP BLOGGERS/JOURNALISTS on the internet, FACTS!!
We knew this lol
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Self made gotta give it to him..
My family from Trinidad put the same pressure on me from young. I wish I would’ve stuck with what I took interests in and spent time doing to make money off of it since my parents didn’t understand the potential of technology.
First gen trini American here too. Facts
Facts, immigrant Trinidadian here too
I felt this on a different level ‼️💯📌
Be careful who y’all bully, them will be the same ones who you gotta go to for a job opportunity or they might just boss up and shit on you
This is the best part so far of the interview and makes so much sense
People think he’s ragging on them when really he’s just outside looking in on everyone like he did when he got here
And when he pauses when he talks in English we think he's taking a breath but I think he's really trying to find the patwa to English words translation my wife does the same thing with Spanish great interview so far
“What are these hooligans doing?” That explains the war in chiraq
By a Million gang
Ak a finneseR.smh
WordLife
Described these Chicago niggas perfectly 😂
That is the common theme in the lives of successful people.
*Rule: If you want to be above average in adult life, don't be average and "fit in" as a youth.*
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Simple as that. I don't get why the niggas here don't get that shit through their thick skull.
As an African I agree. When I came to canada 6 yrs ago aged 21yrs old. It was strictly business. Get a Computer Science degree, get permanent residency & a high paying job.
My entire family, uncles put hella pressure on me. By Gods grace, I have achieved all. Africans definitely look at school differently.
Dj Akademiks.. the name makes so much sense now.. and I rate it highly. Knowledge is power frfr. I got nuff respect for you Ak.. this interview is Gold!
I fw Akademiks! Fire Interview Vlad🔥
Slow tf down bruh just cuz the nigga being honest about himself don’t mean he a real mf outta nowhere.
@@dntwasteit8547 Fr lmao, glad you pumped the breaks on this chief.
@@dntwasteit8547 He ain't say he was real he just said he fw him. Y'all niggas need to stop hating so damn hard like fuck 😂😂😂 Nigga blocking shots and nobody even shooting
This is why a lot of immigrants tend to excel and make it in the US because of the poverty and tough living conditions they faced before coming to the US. We take a lot for granted because of things we are afforded here in the US.
I've seen lots of Black Americans excel Academically, I wonder where You're from 🥱
@@blacksheep1502 I never said black Americans. Read it again.
@omonil Biff It breeds lower wages too. They will work for anything.
No, you tend to excel(which is overstated like hell) because you are immigrants that come here for the purpose of excelling, and you love comparing yourselves to the absolute worst sects of black American society. Try comparing yourselves to our best for a change.
@@victoriagore470 working for lower wages is better than selling crack
My home girl was born and raised in the Bahamas amd she told me about the ranking in class. He said in america, some high schools do the ranking. My high school did ranking to those that were aware of it. I was the only male in the national honor society in my graduating class. They actually ranked us based on our over all GPAs, most to determine who would be valedictorian. That's when I found out I was 3rd in my class. If I knew I was right there, I may have pushed a little more to be 1st lol. We also started wearing uniforms my 11th grade year
Akademiks da goat 🐐
This guy akademiks grew on me
This is why AK is Akademiks
It’s good he’s saying this a lot of us kids from immigrants were always targeted for being different and then when we become successful they say we are different or against them 😂🤦🏾♂️
PREACH!!!!!!!
Everyone is targeted in school for their differences. It's not unique to any one or group.
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I swear america is weird
I compare what you said to the black dudes who say “black women were mean to me in school so that’s why I date white women” let it go man everybody is picked in for one thing or the other. You not special 😂 in being different literally everyone gets it.
Real talk about Caribbean culture
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@@jamalvines2133 Living in squalor until you can move to America and leech off of black Americans successes while looking down on the black Americans that made your successes possible, and comparing themselves to the dregs of black American society but not comparing themselves to middle and upper class Black Americans.
@@americasmaker LLS RIGHT I WAS TRYING TO BAIT HIM. TO SAY THE SAME THING. THEY DON'T EVEN GO BACK TO OWN LAND.
That clipse beat on them lunch tables across the world is forever legendary
I felt this on a visceral level. I came here when I was 16. Parents def wanted me to be a doctor. Ended up playing prob ball. I ain’t know Ak came in this bitch like me. BAHAMAS IN THE BUILDING 💪🏾🇧🇸 Also: Long standing rivalry between us and Jamaicans. But when we in America we stand together 😂🙌🏽💯
242 stand up!
Facts I came from the Bahamas Nassau to be exact and that’s facts
SO HOW IS YOUR COUNTRY DOING
Standing together against who??? FBA Foundation Black Americans???
He dead capping tho... noone accepts new ppl from other countries if they came late. I lived in Harlem I seen so many kids from DR and Jamaica come here and within 2years they was hella popular. I just think AK wasn't a kool person all around tbh making that excuse up
I was never accepted in high school and was bullied from my freshman year up until my senior year when I went through a late growth spurt, after going to the gym and working out the whole summer I went in my senior year 8 inches taller and 50 lbs lighter, I went from being short and fat to 6 foot 4 and fit (I'm 6'5" now) I instantly became one of the most popular kids in school and all of a sudden all of the girls were on my jock, Most people thought I was new to that school 😂😂 i was literally unrecognizable, it's crazy how your looks really affect how people perceive you even at such an early stage in life, when you are in high school you see yourself as a young adult, I'm 41 now and looking back, at that age we were all babies! So young! When he said he wasn't accepted in high school that shit hit me because it was the same with me, alot of kids that age can be very cruel, some on purpose and some just don't know any better.
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CAP LOL
@Ozbee I went to your channel and your music gave me aids, thanks for that
Y'all hating on this nigga yet y'all don't know him y'all the real lames lol
NOW IT ALL MAKES SENSE. HE’S STILL DEALING WITH HIS ISSUES OF NOT BEING ACCEPTED AND HIS PODCAST IS HIS REVENGE OF THE NERDS MOMENT.
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That’s literally the entire world rn. All people in power were nerds and now getting revenge on everyone lol.
The folks who peaked in high school ain’t doing shit now🤷🏿♂️
Thank you Vlad for showing this side of Ak. His story makes him likable.
Yeah I respect him a lot more after this. I won’t always support what he says
It's funny because my parents were in their 30s when they had me my siblings. So they didn't listen or get into 90s hip hop at all. In fact my dad didn't allow us to listen to it at all growing up. What we did listen to was a lot of old-school r&b, especially motown because we're from east Detroit. On top that my mom dressed up like we were from the 60s with bow ties, dress shoes and sweater vests lol. Man those kids looked at us like we were the adams family lol. So I kind of understand what he's talking about.
This interview is a match made in heaven
They must have changed their minds in college with the way Ak talks about those years
As an kid with African parents. I can relate a 100%
This is why a lot of immigrants tend to excel and make it in the US because of the poverty and tough living conditions they faced before coming to the US.
They really don't smh
Not really. It's cultural not poverty. Alot of immigrants that come to the U.S. are already well off. Immigrants don't really care about swag and sports like we do. Education is their main priority.
I do believe this is true in a lot of situations, but if you really a immigrant coming from poverty college aint on ya mind 🤣 maybe one day after you get a good job.
@@buttabing8783 exactly that is what the African American community needs to understand, it’s not all about being a cool drug dealer or shooter who gets all the women, it’s about money and providing a lane of success for yourself and family. Women gonna be there regardless they chase who can provide for em point blank
@@buttabing8783 when someone uses the term excel it’s generally directed toward school. Also your statement is not true most don’t come already well off. If that’s true the term THE AMERICAN DREAM wouldn’t exist.
Ak is the only Jamaican on Earth, who wasn't popular in school 😅🤣😂
You wilding, there's mad quiet/weird/awkward Jamaicans.
@@SmooveTV718 but they're still cooler than everyone else = Ak is a dork, who knows he can't get pussy with his natural instincts, so he has to pay for it = I don't believe his story
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@@DaFactsNoNonsense1713 projection is strong here
@@Yakoaxxi brain-damage is strong here
As the first-generation son of Caribbean parents who also went to Rutgers, I can say that Ak's assessment on how parents view schoolwork is accurate. When I told my Dad that I had wanted to study film he got dramatic on me. I ended up going for Computer Science.
Bruh follow you dreams. African and Caribbean parents are to deadset on forcing their kids to employ is strictly education jobs to realize what job makes their kids happy
that ranking he's talking about is basically to prep you for a social credit system. china does it too.
🤣🤣💀Respect to Akademiks, dude is speaking nothing but facts
I was known as the “Popular Loner” in high school, everybody payed attention to me but nobody wanted to sit at the table with me..I was really into fashion and I just did me and I honestly didn’t give af what anyone thought, many people were envious of that.
That and the fact u was moving militant bro. People sometimes don’t know know to react when a real nigga in the room. They was
Probably waiting on u to say what up lol
@@donjulio4049 Facts bro!! stay real to you no matter what.
“I don’t even think this is school” 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
It's crazy how smart both these dudes really are
Bio mathematics major at Rutgers.... I'll say so
@@GyallisSzn Rutgers is a meme. If he went to NJIT then he can call himself a smartass.
@@llllIlllIIIll most people can’t even do that and get washed through remedial courses
Akademics can definitely make a bomb 😂😂
Yow AK a di fuss mi eva see yuh keep it 💯 like mi use to hear yuh seh ya yaadie but neva know yuh actually come from yaad. You explained it the Vlad like no other jamaican has this is very authentic I can give you that even the whole picking up the snow for the first time and be like bro wtf is this wet fucking cold
Ak a real nigga! Because he’s honest and that makes em real
Everyone laughing at AK But he is successful today no matter how much we laugh at him or what we think of him
And he probably would’ve still been more successful than all his hater even if he never made it the entertainment industry. A biomathematics degree will get u more than a McDonalds jobs.
Boosie and akademiks is all we need vlad fr. One love
Everything he said was real shit. This is exactly how it was for me growing up after moving to America. If you didn’t grow up as a Caribbean kid in America you wouldn’t understand
I mean people who come from poor countries understand
My Jamaican connection akademics I'm glad you kept the name I gave you. I did it AK!
I love this Vlad & Ak is 2 HS geeks that are relevant as adults because they got the bag. It like the girls who was ugly in HS that had all the surgeries when they are an adult and start talking shit!! Don’t lose the bag fellas or you will go back to those HS guys. lol
That was the most backhanded compliment i ever read
From Jamaica as well ak spitting facts
I feel like we already knew this about him without him even saying it lol
We did!!
RIGHT IT'S INE IN EVERY HOOD. BUT YOU INTERNET PEOPLE ARE SOME WHAT CORNY JUST LIKE HIM
😂😂 after looking at his fight I knew ak wasn't that dude
He winning now though
Let me guess you just read the title before watching the video
Facts!! I’m a Jamaican immigrant.. all real shit.
I feel his pain 😂
Ak a living legend.
One thing about AK regardless of how you feel about him, dude always been himself and he worked hard to get where he at,I respect that more than most of these bozos that’s famous these days. Smart man
CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH THE WHOLE INTERVIEW...💪💪💪
Revenge of the nerds 😂
Man ak’s story is inspiring.
Highschools in America definitely rank you we just don't care about the ranking. Unless you're going out for valedictorian or a elite college it's just a flex for how smart you are.
Not that kinda rankings bro! If you're in Jamaica everyone knows if u were in the dumbest class lol.. They would have shit like, 9A 9B 9C 9D so if you're in 9D everyone know u in the dumbest grade 9 class 😂
exactly lol
@@solid-one1556 KID IT'S THE SAME EVERYWHERE
@@jamalvines2133 No it's not the SAME! I went to school in Jamaica and i went to school here so how u gonna tell me it's the same?!
In Zambia niggaz would clown the smartest kid who dropped say from 1 to 10th position,so you can only imagine how the kids on the other end were clowned.
Yessi tell dem man AK💯
I tolerate bro...the chiraq thing was funny yet very sad for the truth of the stories.
Its crazy reading the comment section but i truly understand.
Everything he said was spot on 100%. I’m Liberian and I disappointed my whole family going to college for a Liberal Arts degree 😂😂😂
Best comment lmao 😂😂😂
Still sending Barrels and Supply Drops !!! 💯💯💯💯
They ain’t accept me either. Mfers told me only the Spanish boys play soccer we play football here 🤣🤣
ak be saying the funniest shit wit a straight face
This interview right here has me now like this guy. I am FBA all day, but I have the same expectations for my children. We want college excellence over here..Nothing less. While these FBA youngsters making every excuse NOT to go to college. You not guaranteed a lucrative internet job. With a degree you always have a backup plan.
College DONT guarantee a good life...it almost certainly guarantee a life of bein a debt slave tho...
@@yoshikitakaya7871 Health care for example. For each of my kids in the delivery room everyone on the hospital staff on that level is white. Mostly everyone cleaning, or working janitorial is a person of color.. Know why? Because of YOUR mentality.
@@yoshikitakaya7871 you don’t have to be in debt if you go to a cheap college/university. A degree will still put you ahead in the job market. Just go to a city/state college and get a part-time job to pay tuition.
Please relay this message to a man named Tariq Nasheed, he’s causing commotion world wide.
@@yoshikitakaya7871 depends on how you manage the tuition and the type of job you are going for. If you get into 200k debt with a liberal arts degree that's a problem for sure.
But if you get into 60k debt to become a software engineer snd land a gig at google. Best believe you can pay that off in 5 years or less.
That being said I got a software engineer position without a degree.
This explains a lot
I did not know AK was Jamaican! My parents are Jamaican & his being born & raised in JA likely contributed to his stance against some of Black American culture.
If you listen to him talk often he’ll still pronounce certain words like a yaad mon.
@@DaDirtyTroll No tha fuck he don't!!
@@CryptoDailyNews-1 he does, actually.
You’d have to be Jamaican or speak patois to know.
@@unapologetictact6458 borne at KPH so da fuck outta here! He sounds exactly what he trained hard to sound like, 100% American. But really who gives a fuck. He migrate from yawd and is now doing big things. Big up AK. You don't get no trophy for being super Jamaican! 🤣🏆
@@CryptoDailyNews-1 awoh! & true. You don’t get an award 😭
I got mad respect for Akademiks because he himself..
That’s why I love this country, there are so many ways to get money
Small town people/immigrants think the type of career is more important then getting money, which is thinking backwards in this country
Money is what builds a family, not image
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Bruh...I've been saying this forever. Glad to know somebody else gets it. They always try to act like Black Americans don't care about education. They don't understand America. They have that 3rd World Mentality that a doctor or an engineer is the greatest thing you can be in life. Black Americans...we already been there and done that. It's not even impressive to us. In America we respect entrepreneurship. We respect self-employment and freedom. We respect people who get money and still keep their freedom. Being a doctor or an engineer is just a job where you can be fired and someone tells you what to do. Plus...there are so many other jobs besides doctor and engineer. But that's all immigrants know. Spending 30 years of your young prime life being a broke a graduate student...SMH...nah...I'm American...I'd rather be Diddy or Bill Gates. These 3rd Word dudes still tryin to impress the white man with their job title and car. This is America. But yall don't get it cause you not from here.
@@ignaciofuentes2642 They eventually learn cause both Vlad, and Akademiks, left those careers to do blk American music business!
It’s the same for fresh’n’fit!
I just don’t understand why they still give off the image like they are still doing those careers(just cause they tried) when telling their stories, and downplay what is getting them real money, and that is blk American culture! Vlad does give credit, I give it to him
Fresh’n’fit whole thing is basically trying to emulate the alpha male of the blk American community. From the way they talk to how they dress is all us, yet they talk nonsense about us? Gtfoh!
@@ignaciofuentes2642 HELL YEAH!!!!! TALK THAT SHIT!!!!
I used to feel bad for not caring about Academics like A immigrant…
But f’k that! I’m a STRAIGHT HUSTLER FROM THE USA!!!! 🇺🇸
I Own a Mobile CarWash Business, A Clothing Brand, & a Wedding Photography Business.
F___ School!
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As an African…Akademiks spoke the truth..I respect him for that.
I remember going to school 10 years old and having like 30 pounds worth of books on my back everyday. Imagine walking to school with that. Schools didn't use lockers or timetables so you had to bring all or most of your notebooks and textbooks with you everyday and they didn't let you share either you'd get beaten.
Facts, mane the pain my parents feel from me being a rapper
In Caribbean culture school is a big deal. That's facts 💯
@D B it's the same in Black American culture, Your Point is ? 🤔
Then why is the Caribbean so poor?
@@drlove994 In the majority of the poverty is by force. Corruption is the number cause. Haiti, Cuba for example are the most corrupt. So in that situation parents of children make sure they got to school to and become successful.
@@blacksheep1502 no it’s not
@@drlove994 culture
Livingston Allen Wildin . '
I can relate to when he said nobody accepted him in high school, coming from a different country into a town where everyone parents grew up together so everybody knows everyone they look at you like wtf
Being from new Jersey I know what he talking bout they bullied hatian Jamaica almost any immigrant he lucky he didn’t have to take esl
Haitians were bullied(not the Jamaican kids). I'm talking about in Brooklyn. Some of the Haitian people would act Jamaican(like some people on here...ja fake en) so people wouldn't mess with them
He speaking facts about Caribbean life
Shoot if I was an immigrant parent working 3 jobs, I wouldn’t want my kid to be a social worker too😂
It be the nuances that they don't wanna talk about. Middle and upper class Black Americans(the sect of black Americans these black immigrants refuse to compare themselves to) come from long lines of successful people. These niggas be the first of they line, and they always bragging because they ain't used to shit. Black Americans established our own famn colleges, 107 of them and been doing this shit for a couple hundred years. Puttin them through our colleges since the 1800s. These immigrant niggas is new money.
It be the nuances that they don't wanna talk about. Middle and upper class Black Americans(the sect of black Americans these black immigrants refuse to compare themselves to) come from long lines of successful people. These niggas be the first of they line, and they always bragging because they ain't used to shit. Black Americans established our own damn colleges, 107 of them and been doing this shit for a couple hundred years. Puttin them through our colleges since the 1800s. These immigrant niggas is new money.
@Self-development Undookay, you're once again comparing your best to our worst. The difference this time is it doesn't work in your favor.
@@americasmaker your argument is retarded its like saying hey look at the millionaires we have but our OVERALL community is doing horrible. which is the case with black Americans specifically. You can go in any community and find the golden goose but on average how you really doing.
So speaking Facts. That's how we were graded in Nigeria.
I can’t imagine why 😂
Fire interview so far
I felt this. Seeing people fail and retake the same class for another year will motivate you to put in work 😂.
When Ak &Vlad start beefing this gon be flashback😂😂😂