[Radio] "The Hip Hop Media Cold War" + Akademiks vs Charlamagne | blankSLATE Radio (Ad-Free Version on Patreon)
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🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
There's a Cold War brewing in hip hop media, and nobody's calling it what it is.
DJ Akademiks says nobody's off limits. But watch how he moves — the gloves are only really off for two people.
Joe Budden, DJ Akademiks and Charlamagne Tha God are on a crash course, and they're not even fighting the same way. Joe Budden fights with his independence and fame. Charlamagne Tha God fights with the media, the network, the press. DJ Akademiks fights with Henny and violence.
Here's what nobody's saying: when these guys talk, they're not talking to us. They're talking to each other. Joe Budden and Charlamagne have even been flirting in public — that's not friendship, that's positioning.
Nobody's swung clean yet. Everybody's loaded.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome in. This is Blank Slate Radio. There's a Cold War brewing in hip-hop media, and I am here to talk about it. I'm talking about the guys at the top. I'm talking about the Joe Buttons, the academics, and the Charlemagne, the gods. Yes, I understand. A lot of you may not consider Charlemagne in that class because, you know, he's |
| 0:22.7 | behind the paywall. |
| 0:23.6 | He hasn't been asked provocative. |
| 0:25.4 | But I believe there's a three-headed monster in this hip-hop media thing. |
| 0:29.5 | And these are the three guys who have been avoiding each other at all cost. |
| 0:34.8 | It feels a little bit like to Drake, Kendrick, and Jay Cole situation, but we're going |
| 0:40.0 | to break that down in this episode. Before we get into it, though, I'm not by myself today. |
| 0:45.6 | I'm joined by my guy. This is my guy. He's been a part of damn to everything that I've done. |
| 0:51.6 | He's also a part of Blank Slate, the actual podcast when that comes out. |
| 0:55.9 | Not my official co-host, but he's definitely a feature voice on the pod. Pee, what's going on, man? Pierre. Drum roll. Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes. What's up people? I appreciate you for having me on, bro. It's been a while. Of course. to touch uh touch the pause i was about to say touch the mic but it's good to um did you was about to say |
| 1:14.3 | on the mic, but it's good to, um, was you about to say on the mic. In the first sentence of you being here, it's good to touch the mic. Unfortunately, I think I was. It's all good. But it's good to be back. Yeah, for sure. You're also a real big academics fan for anybody who doesn't know. So I figured why not have you on for this episode. |
| 1:30.3 | Let's do it. |
| 1:31.3 | All right. |
| 1:32.3 | Hold on, hold on, hold on. |
| 1:33.3 | You got to put a disclaimer. |
| 1:34.3 | Do not get on here and start disclaiming like, rep your set, gang. |
| 1:38.3 | Rep your set. |
| 1:39.3 | Don't do that, Pete. |
| 1:40.3 | No, he's, he's, I don't hate him as much as much as some people. |
| 1:44.3 | You don't hate him at all. |
| 1:46.1 | Yeah. |
| 1:46.3 | I mean, |
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