"The Hip-Hop Media Cold War" — Akademiks vs Charlamagne | blankSLATE Radio

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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