I hate when they CAP and talk about guns, then somebody DIES, they turn into Nuns, talking about just pray for my City....Drake and AK better be careful...
Facts. But unfortunately his followers like him for those reasons, I believe. How can we cancel him? He is definitely bad news. It's scary he recently received praise though
@@KSharpIAmAks followers aren’t really of the culture. I’m willing to bet my house and car that most of Akademiks’ fans are Adain Ross looking @$$ dudes, vultures and voyeurs of hip hop.
I commented that I dm’ed the Royal Canadian mounted police and Toronto PD about this and a Drake stan responded that I was a RAT. To which I replied, fool I’m neither a gangster or a criminal - rather a fine upstanding citizen doing my civic duty. lol
Are black american's fools or something? Where were you lot when Kendrick threatened to snatch Drake chains, banned him from coming to Oakland and also said Drake should die 3 times in 2 different songs? Do you really refer to yourself as a journalist when all you do is twist narratives to make Drake look like the bad guy?
@@AdamEdn thing is, Top5 is a lost yute. My concern and primary beef is with Livingston and the other dummies platforming and egging this on. Ak somehow got away with involving himself in Chi politics and instigating other beef he has zero to do with…at some point, he needs to be held accountable
@@thatupperhand I hear you but nah. If you are grown enough to catch a murder charge and then detail exactly how you’re a detriment to society as a means of manipulating optics before immediately returning to the same behaviors - I don’t want to hear the immaturity as a disability angle. Akademics is what he is and has been, that’s a completely independent issue that should have no bearing on Top5’s idiocy.
Definitely comfortable and reckless. Drake's going to realize (crazy credit being given here lol) the public association isn't good for him and he has very high potential to crash out and turn on Drake once he's politely and slowly snubbed.
It’s funny how Ak always screamed Kendrick or his team made a “big mistake” when he released his untitled song.. or when Q spoke up when his show got canceled last minute.. yet he doesn’t see the mistake in his dealings with goons to incite violence or Drakes association with a self declared killer-
Nope fuck that. My brother was murdered in front of my parents house 2 years ago. It was tragic and the worst time of my life for me and my family. If I went on social media one day to see that he was free, and that a celebrity helped him pay his lawyer fees, I would be sick. All for what? Street cred? Nope fuck that. This makes me so angry.
@@TheCompanyMan I am so sorry that you had to deal with this type of loss as well. I appreciate the kind words and prayers, and I hope you and your family are doing as well as they can be given the circumstance. Now that I understand you went through that, I have immense respect for the way that you handled this subject. You remained positive and objective in the face of something you could be justifiably livid about--and nobody would blame you. You set an example for an opportunity for me to learn grow from this that I had not understood before this. Thank you.
This right here... Top five is so thirsty for attention he is willing to jeopardize his own freedom for temporary attention and relevancy.. You would think in the time he was behind bars he would have learned.. When artists do dumb shit like on adds to stereo types and increases police pressure in black communities..
And I been posting on different post about Toronto police arrested as the reporter said an affiliate female rap name SB and three guys for human trafficking, Kendrick told us the predators move in flocks!if you know how to contact a prodcaster please let them know about this it just happened this week they can Google Canadian news and it will pop up or Drake affiliate arrested.
I havent seen anyone mention the fact that a few months ago this dude way saying OVOK and saying drake never did anything for the streets of toronto 😂 Drake is so desperate for street cred hes willing to help and associate with someone who disrespected him like that.
Notice that in his wholesome, positive, kumbaya run, he never mentions his- i mean a random "driller's" victim's name. Saying justice for the kid or anything.
Meanwhile Missouri executed Marcellus Williams Tuesday despite the fact that even the original prosecuting attorney worked to have the conviction overturned because of the way the trial was handled and the DNA evidence pointing to William's innocence. 😔
@@JC_Fuh_KC so glad it seems to be getting a lot of attention. I am in Utah, are you in MO? It took me 30 calls between Friday and Tuesday afternoon to finally get through to a live person at Governor Parson's office to voice my opposition. Before that it was just answering machine which was full so you couldn't even leave a message. I finally talked to them a couple hours before the execution but of course he was never gonna overturn it anyway. This is just disgusting.
As a black American who lives in Canada as a citizen this ish rubs me the wrong way.. The kid top five or whatever his name is a complete fool for bigging himself up to be a goon after the life of a civilian.. Yet there is video footage of the kid top five getting done dirty outside a corner store in his own hood . Now suddenly he is a goon drake single handling has the worst of one worse people within his camp or wanting to be attached to his camp.. One thing you do notice is the lack of validation from actual Toronto legends giving Drake any form of support or even attention to his run in the industry..
Over here it's finally dying out the sooner the better people not streaming these song like they use to or videos Lil Durk post the rap game is weird when your whole career was about killing opps!
@@moneyhawk9920 kardinall offishall, the rascalz, classified, there’s a few more I can’t recall. But those are industry legends from Toronto. Definitely no street kats biggin drake. Not many single street kats from Canada cuz it’s the HA and mafia who run it.
Yeah but the three of them still are all to blame. They act like teenage boys at best, but they're what, pushing 40? Thank God Kendrick and co finally stood up against this BS
I reported his channel to RUclips and they hit me back yesterday and said investigators are combing through his content. I asked what they mean by that and he said "enough complaints will definitely have the channel shutdown" SOONER THAN LATER. LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN PEOPLE. REPORT THAT DRUNK!!!
AK needs to be canceled too. He has done more to poison. The culture than WTD ever did. WTD in a very disgusting way i insulted Justin, but AK is not from here either. And he gets off on Black Americans killing each other. Top five has the same kind of energy as Tekashi69, which is probably why he’s in love with him. You noticed any rapper that is actually friends with him had nothing positive at all to the community? Drake knew this was going to happen if he thought this was going to make him look like Canada’s biggest gangster and a way for American hip-hop to respect him it backfired horribly. This really makes that whole team over there. Look like middle school kids that are trying too hard to be hard.
Once a LAME Always a LAME BBL Drizzy affiliate with Angels who don't want him J Prince dropped him quicker than he Drop drop drop dropped for Diddy And this what he's supporting? Goofy asf Smh
Ak is not a journalist, he’s a clout chasing clown and culture vulture. And Audrey Fake Graham is so desperate to be accepted by the culture that he does everything he can to try to fit the CARICATURE of what he thinks the Black and Hip Hop cultures are. Kendrick was right, the circus is well at work.
They young guy he killed neighbor and friend spoke on AK podcast he said he was his mother only son and she let him walk down the street to get pizza and was murdered the young man stated his mum was strick and had just closed on a house to move from projects but they call the the estates 😢
I'm sorry, but I respectfully disagree with Dr. Jabari. We are setting a very VERY dangerous precedent by not being able to have social media posts and music lyrics admissible in court rooms when a murder happens. If the other circumstantial evidence matched, those should have been able to be used. If this happened in America, this rapper Top 5 would be out and there would be no chance to re-convuct him due to double jeopardy. It's things like this that R Kelly and P Diddy were able to get away with hurting people for so long.
I could not agree more, honestly I'm pretty disappointed in his take. He's basically saying "hip hop shouldn't be on trial", but this is not hip hop anymore. It's a bunch of kids who say they're committing crimes in songs and on social media, and then going out and doing it, in some cases they are committing actual murder & then going online or in the studio and bragging about it. They should absolutely be held accountable. This is a horrible take from him, I'm disappointed.
@generaldiscernment I felt like I was going insane watching this interview. Nobody is convicting rappers just for saying gun bars without evidence of a crime (like... just for instance... a dead body). The only logical conclusion of this argument is that no artist can ever be held accountable for any threats, admissions, etc because they might be just crafting a persona. Love Kidz In The Hall and I'm sure Dr Jabari is a smart dude but this just felt insane to me and I would have liked to see Justin challenge it more tbh.
Keep in mind, during the height of the beef with Kendrick, Top5 said he was OVOK or OVO Killer, because he said Drake did NOTHING for the streets of Canada. Now he's out, and he's riding hard for the person he said did nothing for him. Just a clout chaser.
He said the man paid his lawyer bills so the newly formed alliance is obvious. Plus, these L's his new bestie has been catching are hurting the money piles.
Keep in mind, in the same day he made a post laughing at people (like you) running with that post because it was jokes and he had love for Drake. But run with whatever narrative you want 😂😂
Kendrick got way more important things to focus on now he ain’t got time for Drake and his goons. There’s no round 2. And these guys still crying over it, objectifying women and as Curtiss said “flexing on another man’s Johnson” 💀 they gotta get a life 😂
This is one of the major things thats always angered me about Drake as someone from Ontario. Drake is very clearly not a street guy yet constantly uses Toronto gangs as clout. If he was actually from that life thats one thing because you could understand him bringing drill rappers into his orbit as a connection born from shared experiences or upbringing but thats clearly not the case- in other words he would have a connection *in spite* of the association with violence. When it seemed like Toronto was getting noticeably more violent in the 2010s Drake did nothing, instead he starts bringing lots of drill (or quasi drill) rappers into his orbit seemingly *because of* their association with violence and nothing more. Americans were surprised seeing Toronto not being super loyal to Drake during the beef but I dont think yall understand that Drake is only a status symbol to many people because he's never built meaningful and lasting connections with the community as a whole. He talks about how much he loves Toronto but exploits the legitimate deteriorating material conditions of Toronto in an attempt to boost his own street credibility while never actually doing anything for the community or at the very least giving people something to aspire towards. And I don't think this is some unrealistic ask, just listen to Kardinal Offishall's albums; Kardinal shows a legitimate empathy for Torontonians that Drake never has.
Thank you as a Canadian from the other side of Canada.. It's even worse the trash rappers who got involved with the drake beef with Ross has me like the worse of the worse are trying to gain clout.. The guy who swung on his dropped the most trash video bragging about the chain he got which even Ross chain it's the DJ chain..
Stop capping for American likes. Drake put Toronto on the map, he’s been giving so much back to Toronto but you American wannabes come here snaking our legend. You just a snake
😒Can't fix stupid unfortunately 🤷♂️. They couldn't get him on the 1st degree murder but he talks so damn much that they'll have enough evidence to put him back in. Drake just making donations at this point to his defense team🤦♂️.
What Black man in the history of this world has ever thought to himself “Damn, I can’t go to Toronto no more!” Drake dudes keep making Drake look weak😂
I's the man 'round these parts when they aint know you yet, which kinda makes me your OG in Toronto and I ain't charge once, that's for free in Toronto I'm unsure how that came to be in Toronto nigga, I don't even be in Toronto
There's literally a vid of dude being tested in the past, goofed on and kicked out of a restaurant by someone too. He looked embarrassed af, it's on RUclips "drake artist top5 gets confronted by Toronto goons"
I'm happy everyone is taking this seriously, it just take one crazy person to off someone, if he talks this reckless online, I can just imagine what they say in private. Drake is complicit and should be ashamed. This is not a joke!
He had a channel called "The War in Chiraq" where he made fun of murders going on in Chicago. He's a sociopath who will gladly mock other ppl suffering for clout, views, and ad revenue.
How did Top5 get to Los Angeles? In a private jet, likely with a fake passport. You can do your own math for figuring out who could provide both of these things.
IMO I'm fine with the videos and lyrics not being admissible as evidence in a court of law. BUT i can't be ok with channels and platforms that promote such content being monetized, while innocent people die and their families are denied justice Drake could have paid a top lawyer to represent the victim's family. He has chosen a side. As FD Signifier said, he's (So Far Gone) Anakin Skywalker..
I was thinking the same thing. He’s clearly not the think before you speak/act type. Dudes like him always get caught slipping due to their recklessness.
I believe they are all part of the same media apparatus with agendas to distract, keep negative and destructive behavior going/normalized. Even in the face of these crumbling industries they cant help but run the same play book. Just think, if this was the 90s without the internet that goon saying not to come to Toronto would definitely lead to some altercations whether with involved parties or better yet young impressionable fans. The devils are being exposed, follow where the money goes.
Are black american's fools or something? Where were you lot when Kendrick threatened to snatch Drake chains, banned him from coming to Oakland and also said Drake should die 3 times in 2 different songs? Do you really refer to yourself as a journalist when all you do is twist narratives to make Drake look like the bad guy?
With respect to Dr Evans, he definitely has not been involved with the legal system enough. When a person says they committed a crime it’s a confession. Now unless the confession was given directly to law enforcement, WITHOUT any coercion, rarely is it enough for a conviction. However, even giving a wide bit of latitude to the creative license granted to art, we have passed the point of using “it’s just an image” and “fake it until you make it” as a defense for excluding character evidence. There is a line, it is when the music stops. Social media, live streams, etc. these are not the “art”. While these artist may be “performing” and displaying enhanced versions of their persona… What happens when someone like Top 5, who just made a threat to Kendrick, gets killed because the person threatened saw them as a “clear and present danger” and “feared for their life”? Provide guidance and solutions not excuses.
THANK YOU! I fear that Dr. Evans is trying to protect Hip Hop as an art form, that he’s willing to sacrifice the common sense of allowing people with ill intent to confess to crimes, threaten people, and distasteful make money of someone’s death, … all behind the protection/disguise of “art”.
Hey I’m a huge fan, just want to specify something from a Canadian perspective. Top5, by no means, is considered a staple in Canadian rap from a musical perspective. He’s basically a dollar store/canadian version of 6ix9ine. A clown by definition. Attaches himself to any type of clout, especially if it’s negative. For context, his come up was basically him taking pictures with celebrities and claiming they were friends. An embarrassing representation for Canada that no one takes seriously.
This is exactly why he needs to be canceled. And Adin Ross too. Inserted himself in some street shit now wanna get lawyers involved cause some L.A. dudes told him the truth security get shot everyday. Nah Adin let wakademicks and bottom 5 keep gassing you up.
This time it is Kendrick and different. Kendrick is a global superstar who is loved by the culture. He also has the support from really powerful people AK doesn’t have any clue what he is going up against.
The case is only stayed / suspended and the Defense has up to a year to re-file the charges and bring a case. Bottom5 is not off yet. Justice for Hashim! 🖤
Kendrick said "I think men like him should die" on Meet the grahams. Drake financially supporting this guy is indirectly endorsing this behavior, and personally, for me, i'm starting to think Kendrick's words might be of value. Drake's power is being misguided and damaging what beautiful people are trying to build. Fuck this narcissistic pieces of the industry, we're tired Edit: I don't really advocate Drake's literal demise, it just seems at this point that he doesn't understand good values and isn't interested in seeking help or self reflect, so it's like when will this guy stop?
@@dominicthelordkabinga My guy, where did you hear me say that Kendrick is the example? Where did you read my take on Kendrick's exempt line of action? You are more focused on attacking the other side rather than objectively judge the subject in question. But go on, let's continue ignoring people's wrong behaviors and justify it with everyone else's lack of purity
This is a bit odd for me. Though I directionally agree with Mr. Evans’ point about persona and actual character in life, I believe it’s very irresponsible to make these points in the court of law. I think that using music as a form of testimony is tricky, because there are individuals that “fake the funk”. Yet, I also believe that there is a responsibility that comes with embodying that persona.
Yeah, he completely lost me when he got to acknowledging the clout-chasing aspect of this. I don't think I understand how someone is no longer responsible for the things they say (online or otherwise) simply because they're an artist and they're willing to do anything for attention.
And they (lyrics/social media) should be considered admissable on a case by case basis for that exact reason. Shame on Dr. Jabari.But then again he is from that poisoned soil, the birthplace of Drill: Chi-raq
Dr Evans is wrong. If a rapper raps or posts about killing someone then someone ends up dead and they are involved then they shouldn’t be able to hide behind artistic expression to evade responsibility for those words….connected to actions. As if people didn’t die around lyrics in drill rap. Him saying it’s all a created persona assumes that everyone is pretending when the bodies say otherwise.
Two things 1. Canada stay losing as of late. You beat the case and decide to threaten a famous rapper if not one of the most well known rappers on live. 2. Canada being corny. Y'all can't avoid it for some reason.
Akademiks smiling and laughing at the perpetuation of violence against Kendrick that is being sponsored by Drake through Top 5 is incredibly dangerous. Drake who is from no hood is reaching into the hood pulling people up and creating very real issues that will extend beyond this performance of hyper masculinity.
@@waynewayne8419 well when I see a guy who is tough talking online get punk by some guys at a subway literally get chased down the street got a bottle of water thrown at him wearing flip flops is pretty soft to me so yea he’s a soft azz dude who’s obviously never had real smoke if he had he wouldn’t be disrespecting certain people.
It takes a real journalist to have the instinct to not just report on the event. He looked beyond the drama and dug into the original case for those details. He may end up with details that could send dude back in ans convicted. He only posted when he had answers because we all had questions and content has to contain some information.
For Transparency, I'd like to know how much Dr. Jabari Evans was paid to be an Employee expert witness. "Expert witnesses are paid a daily rate of $100, plus reasonable travel expenses." Or ...... "Contract amount A party may pay the expert more than the amount they are entitled to under the law, if the expert incurs expenses or losses attending the proceeding."
The professor with all due respect has a severe misunderstanding about this drill culture and this is NOT in fact "Clout chasing". Young people are being offed at a alarming rate and he shouldn't have used his voice to get this guy off. Peace to the Victims family.
Killer get out of jail thanks to drake, then hops on a live strean with clowns like adin and ak, bragging about doing more Let the party die was exactly about this
"He beat a first degree murder charge which is hard to do in Canada" Man I wish this was true...Our justice system is probably more fucked up than yalls and we let way too many people walk. Letting a killer walk is what resulted the death of Pat Stay. RIP.
This is a great example of the pendulum swinging too hard in one direction, I think if lyrics are the ONLY evidence then yeah it shouldn't be enough but to say all those things are inadmissible is fuckin wild.
I feel like that meme: “we’re going to give back to the kids, we’re gonna stop the violence”…FIVE MINUTES LATER…””Kendrick better not cross the boarder, I’m gonna slap Kendrick when I see him. If Kendrick comes to New Hope, it’ll be the last place he will be seen”. It makes me sick to my stomach that this guy was let off, by a technicality. I wish this negativity wasn’t supported by our own community. Disgusting.
Kdot got all gangs together and created peace. Different gang members danced together. He is a peaceful guy and God and angels are with Kdot. This is a war between good and evil. It’s a spiritual war. We all need to stay prayed up. God bless you Kdot.
I appreciate Dr. Evans' point of view but I strongly disagree. I think we're past the point of accepting "faking it till you make it" as an excuse for how artists behave. And at what point do you, the artist, decide that you don't want to engage or further perpetuate this? Where is the responsibility to one's community and people? Does anyone care about what their art inspires in the world anymore?
11:42 it’s “killies/killy” which is the Jamaican version of killas….. the part speaking on the “bun skin” is very accurate. Bun is the Jamaican word for burn, so they are saying “you will bun their skin” is basically saying the bullets that hit you will be so hot they will burn your skin
His whole argument is predicated on an assumption that everyone is playing a character when there are piles of bodies of people that have dies as a result of lyrics in a rap song.
@@youknowme661he didnt threaten him. He described how they could've, but dont want escalation.... others who arent known or affiliated could end up hurting someone. Q described Drake being an irresponsible sucker.
If guys are posting and rapping about crimes it should be admissible because these guys are self incriminating. But if they are just rapping and storytelling then I get it because they are just rapping a story. Thin line I guess
Justin giving me news about my own city. Thank you! Love it to hear Friday snapping on Top5. The whole city is tired of this. People who are promoting this garbage or paying to set killers free...never had to suffer so they take this as a joke. Just a note - the case is stayed. The crown has a year to file again. Top5 isn't free.
Im loving the way content writers are begining to come together in a positive way. Soon you will be able to join together and change RUclips for the better.🎉🎉❤👵🏿🤷🏽♀️
My ex knew the man who was killed and it's honestly awful that someone, who for all intents and purposes, is the one of the most heinous, disrespectful, ignorant and toxic people I've ever seen has been protected by Drake, whether or not he was guilty. I'm fully aware that trials and cases are based upon the evidence presented, part of me is just baffled as to how this man is allowed to behave the way he does. Why shouldn't his social media be used as evidence? Maybe it was that there was no concrete evidence for the murder so his social media was irrelevant? Even so, you will never get me to think that some drill rappers, lying or not, are not incredibly detrimental to their audience. (Top5) Hassan's brother Said Ali was killed and less than three days before the shooting of Hashim Hashi he was on social media talking about getting revenge. Hashim Hashi had absolutely no ties to any criminal activity, this was likely a case of revenge and mistaken identity. They have CCTV footage of the shooting, I think it just wasn't clear enough to show the perpetrators. They said that Hassan was just an accomplice though. As far as I'm concerned whether or not he shot the gun he should be punished appropriately for what he did if that was indeed him which I think it was. I know that you don't have any emotional ties to this case Justin but it really isn't "dope" that Drake paid for his lawyer fees, whichever way you swing it. Either Drake paid the lawyer fees of a conspirator in a murder that took the life of an innocent man or Drake paid the lawyer fees of someone who promotes death, hedonist capitalism and gang violence that drives the cycle of death and destruction. Drake is a prime example of the negative power of this gang violence culture. Drake was never hard and that's okay, he doesn't have to be. Like Lil Wayne said he should've kept it to what he knew but thanks to fragile male egos we have to be the biggest and the baddest, helped along by this arms race of rap personalities. Now Drake really does have criminal ties. Drake, one of the biggest musicians in Canada and one of the biggest in the world. I'm not saying Drill/Trap/Gangsta Rap has hypnotic abilities and strips people of their autonomy or anything but it's not a positive force and we really need to start standing up and saying this isn't right. There's a big difference between recounting your own personal experiences and actively promoting death. I have no qualms with rap about crime as an idea but the balance isn't there, apparently nobody wants to hear the actual consequences of that kind of life and that's the problem. If we're really saying these are anecdotal pieces of art entertainment where are the atrocities, the horrors? Anything other than that seems extremely irresponsible to me. I used to think street raps were either anecdotal if true or like a horror/action film in song form if fictional but I'm genuinely seeing the negative effects of this kind of culture. If you watch Nightmare on Elm Street Freddy Krueger never says that he's going to kill anyone that actually exists in real life, it's ludicrous to me to imply that it's remotely the same thing. It's not just the music though, in my eyes it's a mixture of; the music, established gang culture, the fans with no criminal ties, capitalism and social media. The music began from the genuine expression of the disenfranchised, then came capitalism to snatch it up and commodify it, leading to suburban youth and outsiders gravitating to the hyper-masculine, violent Gangsta Rap being heavily marketed in the 90s. A big part of Hip-Hop is its competitive nature and focus on authenticity. All of this comes together in a gigantic cultural movement being adopted by outsiders who did not grow up in gangs emulating gang culture to show how "hard" they are and feeling like they have to back up their claims, resulting in them escalating their behaviour to either engage in it themselves or promote/support it. All because everything in our society says you must make as much money as possible or your life doesn't matter. You have to have the perfect life with money, women, cars, clothes, mansions, guns, chains or you're irrelevant. I understand that it's not as easy as just saying "Gang violence culture is bad guys, you need to stop", it's a symptom of something much bigger, but something that I feel like a lot of people can do is realise what they're actually listening to, buying and promoting. In our society people only want to hear the extremes, if it's not; immediate, extreme, vulgar, shocking or controversial it doesn't get engagement because of the way our brains are being wired by technology in capitalism. We need to distance ourselves from these cancerous sirens that lure us in and stimulate our brains but offer us no humanity or sustainable life.
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I hate when they CAP and talk about guns, then somebody DIES, they turn into Nuns, talking about just pray for my City....Drake and AK better be careful...
He’s faking for likes and digital “thugs”…😂😂
I swear Kendrick is a fckn Time Traveler
@mgradiant Lol! Boy ain't phucking with Kendrick.😂 Talking about Dot might even get him touched in Toronto.
Kendrick tells them, they don’t listen and can’t humble themselves to hear God or truth
@@Nothingatall1984’humble to hear god and the truth’
You guys are actually a cult😂
Murdering an accounting student is the least gangster shit I’ve ever heard of. Who’s Aubrey gonna bankroll next? Someone who punches grandmas?
Right.
Probably crodies who like playing the Knockout game
@@opinionladyyI mean, he’s already bankroll a trafficker!!🫤
His petty ass would totally do that 💀
Man has zero shame
😂😂😂😂😂
Akademiks is beyond sad for instigating this crashout. 'Watch the party die' was spot on 💯👊🏾
BIG TIME FED BEHAVIOR
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Bro I love the word crashout
I don't want to hear anything from KDot, he's a fraud and a false prophet
We gotta cancel Ak, he’s doing nothing productive for the culture.
Been saying this forever. But people keep feeding him... Like WTF.. people act like they can't do nothing about it. 🤔
Facts. But unfortunately his followers like him for those reasons, I believe. How can we cancel him? He is definitely bad news. It's scary he recently received praise though
He’s not FBA, they do anything to denigrate our culture.
@@KSharpIAmAks followers aren’t really of the culture. I’m willing to bet my house and car that most of Akademiks’ fans are Adain Ross looking @$$ dudes, vultures and voyeurs of hip hop.
@@KSharpIAmWhy are people so scared of him in America? It was easier to catch Tekashi 69...
I always hate that Drake's team, especially Akademiks, will instigate things but when Kendrick's side responds they play the victim.
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Where I’m from they call that “throwing rocks and hiding your hands”. Also known as “Heaux A$$ behavior”.
I commented that I dm’ed the Royal Canadian mounted police and Toronto PD about this and a Drake stan responded that I was a RAT. To which I replied, fool I’m neither a gangster or a criminal - rather a fine upstanding citizen doing my civic duty. lol
@BR-qq2gb And a criminal’s biggest fear in life is the police 🤣 gangsters become victims when boys in blue show up
Are black american's fools or something? Where were you lot when Kendrick threatened to snatch Drake chains, banned him from coming to Oakland and also said Drake should die 3 times in 2 different songs? Do you really refer to yourself as a journalist when all you do is twist narratives to make Drake look like the bad guy?
Story about the victim got me emotional.
Me too.
same
RIP
Yup same here honnestly, really humanized him and made you hate Top5 even more
Remember when King Combs dropped the diss antagonizing the Feds saying they were untouchable? This is right up there with that 😂
Too much truth.
LMFAOOO
@@AdamEdn thing is, Top5 is a lost yute. My concern and primary beef is with Livingston and the other dummies platforming and egging this on. Ak somehow got away with involving himself in Chi politics and instigating other beef he has zero to do with…at some point, he needs to be held accountable
@@thatupperhand I hear you but nah. If you are grown enough to catch a murder charge and then detail exactly how you’re a detriment to society as a means of manipulating optics before immediately returning to the same behaviors - I don’t want to hear the immaturity as a disability angle. Akademics is what he is and has been, that’s a completely independent issue that should have no bearing on Top5’s idiocy.
And look what happened.....smh
“The radio personality pushing propaganda for salary let me know when he’s a casualty.”
That part!
That shid hurt Ak’s feeling too 😂😂😂!!!!
Definitely comfortable and reckless. Drake's going to realize (crazy credit being given here lol) the public association isn't good for him and he has very high potential to crash out and turn on Drake once he's politely and slowly snubbed.
I saw your video on that last night. This isn't a good look for him at all.
“Drake… doesn’t know what he’s doing.” 😂
He’ll end up snitching like snitch 9ine to save his life 😬😂
It’s funny how Ak always screamed Kendrick or his team made a “big mistake” when he released his untitled song.. or when Q spoke up when his show got canceled last minute.. yet he doesn’t see the mistake in his dealings with goons to incite violence or Drakes association with a self declared killer-
@@TheCompanyMan 💯✊🏾 ... Great Video Bro! Solid interview!
Nope fuck that. My brother was murdered in front of my parents house 2 years ago. It was tragic and the worst time of my life for me and my family. If I went on social media one day to see that he was free, and that a celebrity helped him pay his lawyer fees, I would be sick. All for what? Street cred? Nope fuck that. This makes me so angry.
I'm sincerely sorry to hear that, mattd. My brother was murdered too. My prayers are with you.🙏🏿
Well they hide behind artistic expression according that professor if they are rappers.
@@TheCompanyMan I am so sorry that you had to deal with this type of loss as well. I appreciate the kind words and prayers, and I hope you and your family are doing as well as they can be given the circumstance. Now that I understand you went through that, I have immense respect for the way that you handled this subject. You remained positive and objective in the face of something you could be justifiably livid about--and nobody would blame you. You set an example for an opportunity for me to learn grow from this that I had not understood before this. Thank you.
@@mattd.8775 We always have the opportunity for a better tomorrow. Thank you, too, Mattd. 🙏🏿
Leave it to Drake to hang around reckless people who will only further tarnish his reputation 🤦🏽♂️
This right here... Top five is so thirsty for attention he is willing to jeopardize his own freedom for temporary attention and relevancy.. You would think in the time he was behind bars he would have learned.. When artists do dumb shit like on adds to stereo types and increases police pressure in black communities..
And I been posting on different post about Toronto police arrested as the reporter said an affiliate female rap name SB and three guys for human trafficking, Kendrick told us the predators move in flocks!if you know how to contact a prodcaster please let them know about this it just happened this week they can Google Canadian news and it will pop up or Drake affiliate arrested.
I havent seen anyone mention the fact that a few months ago this dude way saying OVOK and saying drake never did anything for the streets of toronto 😂 Drake is so desperate for street cred hes willing to help and associate with someone who disrespected him like that.
And not even like it’s people he grew up. He pays to hang around these dudes. Highest levels of pathetic
@@user-nn7ct3hk7c wasn't that a couple of years ago
There is a difference between drill and literally incriminating yourself and your boys on stream. Top 5 is the biggest dummy alive.
Pretty sure the Boondocks did it first 😂
All drill artists do is implicate themselves on Twitter. No real difference.
Notice that in his wholesome, positive, kumbaya run, he never mentions his- i mean a random "driller's" victim's name. Saying justice for the kid or anything.
I caught that too.
Top5 murdered a civilian…
And thinks that its tough. Sad case
And brags about it. Corny asf.
...and because of Audrey, he's back out on the street?!? 🤬🤦♂️ Dude is THE WORST!
even worse, a child
a teenager at that.
Meanwhile Missouri executed Marcellus Williams Tuesday despite the fact that even the original prosecuting attorney worked to have the conviction overturned because of the way the trial was handled and the DNA evidence pointing to William's innocence. 😔
Not enough likes on this!!! 🙌🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
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Idk if you're local but I hope it's getting national attention. Thousands of letters, faxes and calls and they were ignored.
@@JC_Fuh_KC so glad it seems to be getting a lot of attention. I am in Utah, are you in MO? It took me 30 calls between Friday and Tuesday afternoon to finally get through to a live person at Governor Parson's office to voice my opposition. Before that it was just answering machine which was full so you couldn't even leave a message. I finally talked to them a couple hours before the execution but of course he was never gonna overturn it anyway. This is just disgusting.
@karaminalee yea the bad publicity didn't start early enough to make him really look bad for not granting at least a delay
As a black American who lives in Canada as a citizen this ish rubs me the wrong way.. The kid top five or whatever his name is a complete fool for bigging himself up to be a goon after the life of a civilian.. Yet there is video footage of the kid top five getting done dirty outside a corner store in his own hood . Now suddenly he is a goon drake single handling has the worst of one worse people within his camp or wanting to be attached to his camp.. One thing you do notice is the lack of validation from actual Toronto legends giving Drake any form of support or even attention to his run in the industry..
I'm an American and I saw it too,I keep posting about it hoping someone pick it up because what I saw was weak as water!
Over here it's finally dying out the sooner the better people not streaming these song like they use to or videos Lil Durk post the rap game is weird when your whole career was about killing opps!
@@crushsytle who are the Toronto Legends?
@@moneyhawk9920 kardinall offishall, the rascalz, classified, there’s a few more I can’t recall. But those are industry legends from Toronto. Definitely no street kats biggin drake. Not many single street kats from Canada cuz it’s the HA and mafia who run it.
AK really instigated the whole shit. Take AK off the air. He’s wrong for doing that.
No lie detected ☝🏾
Yeah but the three of them still are all to blame. They act like teenage boys at best, but they're what, pushing 40?
Thank God Kendrick and co finally stood up against this BS
I reported his channel to RUclips and they hit me back yesterday and said investigators are combing through his content. I asked what they mean by that and he said "enough complaints will definitely have the channel shutdown" SOONER THAN LATER. LET'S MAKE IT HAPPEN PEOPLE. REPORT THAT DRUNK!!!
AK needs to be canceled too. He has done more to poison. The culture than WTD ever did. WTD in a very disgusting way i insulted Justin, but AK is not from here either. And he gets off on Black Americans killing each other. Top five has the same kind of energy as Tekashi69, which is probably why he’s in love with him. You noticed any rapper that is actually friends with him had nothing positive at all to the community? Drake knew this was going to happen if he thought this was going to make him look like Canada’s biggest gangster and a way for American hip-hop to respect him it backfired horribly. This really makes that whole team over there. Look like middle school kids that are trying too hard to be hard.
Great comment
He`s doing a great job of cancelling himself, he no longer has any credibility among his peers, artists, rap fans. Keep up the bad work Ak 👌🏾
Once a LAME
Always a LAME
BBL Drizzy affiliate with Angels who don't want him
J Prince dropped him quicker than he Drop drop drop dropped for Diddy
And this what he's supporting?
Goofy asf Smh
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Ak is not a journalist, he’s a clout chasing clown and culture vulture. And Audrey Fake Graham is so desperate to be accepted by the culture that he does everything he can to try to fit the CARICATURE of what he thinks the Black and Hip Hop cultures are. Kendrick was right, the circus is well at work.
I believe he’s guilty, after seeing him on the platform with Ak and Adin.
Exactly!!! The lawyer said the case can be reactivated within 1 year. They need to lock him back up. Out here bragging about beating a body. 😢
@@rockymcgee1If they don't lock him up, someone is gonna catch him lacking one day. I can't show empathy for lames like "Top 5".🤷🏾♂️
@@wedontagelikemilktho.7839 exactly 💯..then his momma will be talking bout..he was a good boy🙄
They young guy he killed neighbor and friend spoke on AK podcast he said he was his mother only son and she let him walk down the street to get pizza and was murdered the young man stated his mum was strick and had just closed on a house to move from projects but they call the the estates 😢
@@rockymcgee1 Really? Cuz once you beat m 1 in the states they can’t ever try u again
I'm sorry, but I respectfully disagree with Dr. Jabari. We are setting a very VERY dangerous precedent by not being able to have social media posts and music lyrics admissible in court rooms when a murder happens. If the other circumstantial evidence matched, those should have been able to be used. If this happened in America, this rapper Top 5 would be out and there would be no chance to re-convuct him due to double jeopardy. It's things like this that R Kelly and P Diddy were able to get away with hurting people for so long.
I could not agree more, honestly I'm pretty disappointed in his take. He's basically saying "hip hop shouldn't be on trial", but this is not hip hop anymore. It's a bunch of kids who say they're committing crimes in songs and on social media, and then going out and doing it, in some cases they are committing actual murder & then going online or in the studio and bragging about it. They should absolutely be held accountable. This is a horrible take from him, I'm disappointed.
@generaldiscernment I felt like I was going insane watching this interview. Nobody is convicting rappers just for saying gun bars without evidence of a crime (like... just for instance... a dead body). The only logical conclusion of this argument is that no artist can ever be held accountable for any threats, admissions, etc because they might be just crafting a persona.
Love Kidz In The Hall and I'm sure Dr Jabari is a smart dude but this just felt insane to me and I would have liked to see Justin challenge it more tbh.
I was really wondering if anybody else felt like this
Yeah when it bleeds into actions then music as well as social media posts should be used, wth??@@generaldiscernment
VERY dangerous precedent, indeed!
Keep in mind, during the height of the beef with Kendrick, Top5 said he was OVOK or OVO Killer, because he said Drake did NOTHING for the streets of Canada. Now he's out, and he's riding hard for the person he said did nothing for him. Just a clout chaser.
That was a big part of the case.
He said the man paid his lawyer bills so the newly formed alliance is obvious. Plus, these L's his new bestie has been catching are hurting the money piles.
Apparently he paid his legal fees tho?😂
Keep in mind, in the same day he made a post laughing at people (like you) running with that post because it was jokes and he had love for Drake. But run with whatever narrative you want 😂😂
Your approach to this was masterful! Keep up the good work! 👍🏽
Thank you🙏🏿
@@TheCompanyMan You're welcome!
Kendrick got way more important things to focus on now he ain’t got time for Drake and his goons. There’s no round 2. And these guys still crying over it, objectifying women and as Curtiss said “flexing on another man’s Johnson” 💀 they gotta get a life 😂
You will never be black homie
This is one of the major things thats always angered me about Drake as someone from Ontario. Drake is very clearly not a street guy yet constantly uses Toronto gangs as clout. If he was actually from that life thats one thing because you could understand him bringing drill rappers into his orbit as a connection born from shared experiences or upbringing but thats clearly not the case- in other words he would have a connection *in spite* of the association with violence. When it seemed like Toronto was getting noticeably more violent in the 2010s Drake did nothing, instead he starts bringing lots of drill (or quasi drill) rappers into his orbit seemingly *because of* their association with violence and nothing more.
Americans were surprised seeing Toronto not being super loyal to Drake during the beef but I dont think yall understand that Drake is only a status symbol to many people because he's never built meaningful and lasting connections with the community as a whole. He talks about how much he loves Toronto but exploits the legitimate deteriorating material conditions of Toronto in an attempt to boost his own street credibility while never actually doing anything for the community or at the very least giving people something to aspire towards. And I don't think this is some unrealistic ask, just listen to Kardinal Offishall's albums; Kardinal shows a legitimate empathy for Torontonians that Drake never has.
I appreciate your perspective ✌🏽😊
Extremely well said.
Thank you as a Canadian from the other side of Canada.. It's even worse the trash rappers who got involved with the drake beef with Ross has me like the worse of the worse are trying to gain clout.. The guy who swung on his dropped the most trash video bragging about the chain he got which even Ross chain it's the DJ chain..
@@crushsytle’as a Canadian’ you ain’t no Canadian shut it downnnn
Stop capping for American likes.
Drake put Toronto on the map, he’s been giving so much back to Toronto but you American wannabes come here snaking our legend.
You just a snake
"Smoking on your Top 5"
First thing I thought of 😂
Toniiiggghhht toooniiiggghhhtt
69 likes as I wrote this😂
STOP PLAYING I’M THAT GUY
@@lg3385 Same here HOMIE!
It all makes perfect sense........
😒Can't fix stupid unfortunately 🤷♂️. They couldn't get him on the 1st degree murder but he talks so damn much that they'll have enough evidence to put him back in. Drake just making donations at this point to his defense team🤦♂️.
FRAUDREY GONNA END UP SELF-INCRIMINATING OR IN THE POWER CEMETARY!
The way Ak changes his accent to try to sound like them is hilarious to me 😂😂😂😂 what a clown 🤡
Why you would EVER want to sound like a Canadian is lost on me
BRUH!!
@@joeblowe3180right? Talking like that unironically? On purpose??? C’mon man lmaooo.
He's such a loser
The Vill said the canadian police were asking questions about those videos. Hopefully they will do something about it.
@TheVill 🐐😈🔥💯🔥
they were its on x.
Yall really the police😂😂😂😂
@@waynewayne8419 good 😈🔥💯 this shit needs to get knocked off
@@waynewayne8419Drake baby oil daddy is here y'all!💀
What Black man in the history of this world has ever thought to himself “Damn, I can’t go to Toronto no more!” Drake dudes keep making Drake look weak😂
Look like he in middle school and talk like it too
I's the man 'round these parts when they aint know you yet,
which kinda makes me your OG in Toronto
and I ain't charge once, that's for free in Toronto
I'm unsure how that came to be in Toronto
nigga, I don't even be in Toronto
Facts 😂
There's literally a vid of dude being tested in the past, goofed on and kicked out of a restaurant by someone too. He looked embarrassed af, it's on RUclips "drake artist top5 gets confronted by Toronto goons"
@@Shyknit - I jus seen that 😂 man couldn't even get a $5 sub on his own block lmao
I'm happy everyone is taking this seriously, it just take one crazy person to off someone, if he talks this reckless online, I can just imagine what they say in private. Drake is complicit and should be ashamed. This is not a joke!
Facts. Top 5 is a clown but he's actually tapped in with street dudes. One of those dudes might see the stream and take it as a green light
Ak is a problem. Why is “the #1 hip hop journalist” (YAWN) promoting this killing culture with his fake Toronto accent. Cancel this person.
He had a channel called "The War in Chiraq" where he made fun of murders going on in Chicago. He's a sociopath who will gladly mock other ppl suffering for clout, views, and ad revenue.
Oh shut up when Kendrick affiliates said the same thing about Drake yall ain’t have this energy
@@richardmack9995 Not true and has nothing to do with any of this. You just want to find some outside defense to protect your rich baby daddy 😂
@@GhostOfKenshin what’s not true about it? dj hed literally told ak not to come to LA
"Smoking on your top 5 tonight", just got a whole new meaning. Yet another kendrick entendre lol
How did Top5 get to Los Angeles?
In a private jet, likely with a fake passport. You can do your own math for figuring out who could provide both of these things.
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That was my first thought!!!
IMO I'm fine with the videos and lyrics not being admissible as evidence in a court of law. BUT i can't be ok with channels and platforms that promote such content being monetized, while innocent people die and their families are denied justice
Drake could have paid a top lawyer to represent the victim's family. He has chosen a side.
As FD Signifier said, he's (So Far Gone) Anakin Skywalker..
Top5 will get murked in a couple years or less. Watch.
I was thinking the same thing. He’s clearly not the think before you speak/act type. Dudes like him always get caught slipping due to their recklessness.
Bad boys move in SILENCE!!
it’s probably what he wants. dude got punked in his own city in a viral video so now he’s over compensating by acting over the top
Happened to YBCDuhl
@@cantu7214you get it bro
can everyone agree to rid of the clout goblin, Adin Ross. Why does he even have an in with all these rappers, being good at 2k? 🤨
21 savage scammed him online 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@RanelK_1 he's just an easy target? 😆
I believe they are all part of the same media apparatus with agendas to distract, keep negative and destructive behavior going/normalized. Even in the face of these crumbling industries they cant help but run the same play book. Just think, if this was the 90s without the internet that goon saying not to come to Toronto would definitely lead to some altercations whether with involved parties or better yet young impressionable fans. The devils are being exposed, follow where the money goes.
he's a Tate clone and an absolute thunderchud
No. He’s backed
Tell 5top that its safe for him all over California. May God bless him. 👊🏽😇
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Lmmfao
DJ Hed energy 😂
@Orac11e in my DJ Hed voice, "West coast" 😅
The rock him to sleep 😂
Thank you for the super detailed and nuanced coverage. You’ve been my go to for most things going on throughout the hip hop community.
Thank you🙏🏿
Are black american's fools or something? Where were you lot when Kendrick threatened to snatch Drake chains, banned him from coming to Oakland and also said Drake should die 3 times in 2 different songs? Do you really refer to yourself as a journalist when all you do is twist narratives to make Drake look like the bad guy?
I don’t understand why y’all are still watching Ak and adin’s channels.
Never started
I've never watched either, just saw clips on other channels, I would NEVER😮
Not guilty. I don't understand the fascination, but I'm not part of his target audience, so...🤷🏾♀️
Everything I know about Ak and Adin I've learned against my will
🤡 behavior...back to prison soon
Or deleted
With respect to Dr Evans, he definitely has not been involved with the legal system enough.
When a person says they committed a crime it’s a confession. Now unless the confession was given directly to law enforcement, WITHOUT any coercion, rarely is it enough for a conviction.
However, even giving a wide bit of latitude to the creative license granted to art, we have passed the point of using “it’s just an image” and “fake it until you make it” as a defense for excluding character evidence.
There is a line, it is when the music stops. Social media, live streams, etc. these are not the “art”.
While these artist may be “performing” and displaying enhanced versions of their persona…
What happens when someone like Top 5, who just made a threat to Kendrick, gets killed because the person threatened saw them as a “clear and present danger” and “feared for their life”?
Provide guidance and solutions not excuses.
THANK YOU! I fear that Dr. Evans is trying to protect Hip Hop as an art form, that he’s willing to sacrifice the common sense of allowing people with ill intent to confess to crimes, threaten people, and distasteful make money of someone’s death, … all behind the protection/disguise of “art”.
Hey I’m a huge fan, just want to specify something from a Canadian perspective. Top5, by no means, is considered a staple in Canadian rap from a musical perspective. He’s basically a dollar store/canadian version of 6ix9ine. A clown by definition. Attaches himself to any type of clout, especially if it’s negative. For context, his come up was basically him taking pictures with celebrities and claiming they were friends. An embarrassing representation for Canada that no one takes seriously.
war on chiraq akademics has made his return…
This is exactly why he needs to be canceled. And Adin Ross too. Inserted himself in some street shit now wanna get lawyers involved cause some L.A. dudes told him the truth security get shot everyday. Nah Adin let wakademicks and bottom 5 keep gassing you up.
He never left he just went on vacation
@@Rieky22right?!?
Vic Mensa needs to pull up on him again
This time it is Kendrick and different. Kendrick is a global superstar who is loved by the culture. He also has the support from really powerful people AK doesn’t have any clue what he is going up against.
The case is only stayed / suspended and the Defense has up to a year to re-file the charges and bring a case. Bottom5 is not off yet.
Justice for Hashim! 🖤
This makes me wonder if XXXtentacion was right all along?
Kendrick said "I think men like him should die" on Meet the grahams. Drake financially supporting this guy is indirectly endorsing this behavior, and personally, for me, i'm starting to think Kendrick's words might be of value. Drake's power is being misguided and damaging what beautiful people are trying to build. Fuck this narcissistic pieces of the industry, we're tired
Edit: I don't really advocate Drake's literal demise, it just seems at this point that he doesn't understand good values and isn't interested in seeking help or self reflect, so it's like when will this guy stop?
Kendrick brought up Murderers and pimps on his Pop Out show. He ain't a saint.
@@dominicthelordkabinga My guy, where did you hear me say that Kendrick is the example? Where did you read my take on Kendrick's exempt line of action? You are more focused on attacking the other side rather than objectively judge the subject in question. But go on, let's continue ignoring people's wrong behaviors and justify it with everyone else's lack of purity
@@dominicthelordkabingahe brought rival neighborhoods together. That says a lot for Cali culture.
@@gabrielborges551 the kettle can't be calling the pot black
@@royalconquest742 he's a hypocrite he wasn't bringing any gangs together
This is a bit odd for me. Though I directionally agree with Mr. Evans’ point about persona and actual character in life, I believe it’s very irresponsible to make these points in the court of law. I think that using music as a form of testimony is tricky, because there are individuals that “fake the funk”. Yet, I also believe that there is a responsibility that comes with embodying that persona.
Yeah, he completely lost me when he got to acknowledging the clout-chasing aspect of this. I don't think I understand how someone is no longer responsible for the things they say (online or otherwise) simply because they're an artist and they're willing to do anything for attention.
And they (lyrics/social media) should be considered admissable on a case by case basis for that exact reason. Shame on Dr. Jabari.But then again he is from that poisoned soil, the birthplace of Drill: Chi-raq
Corny gangster that sounds like Korg from Thor Ragnarock.
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@@trollof229antthevariable9 😅😅
Don’t disrespect Korg like that. At least he be standing on business lol.
If Drake paid for his lawyer,is it possible he helped him get to LA🤔 Yeah IT'S ALL HAPPENING 💥
Exactly
Definitely
IT'S ALL HAPPENING 💥
Dr Evans is wrong. If a rapper raps or posts about killing someone then someone ends up dead and they are involved then they shouldn’t be able to hide behind artistic expression to evade responsibility for those words….connected to actions.
As if people didn’t die around lyrics in drill rap. Him saying it’s all a created persona assumes that everyone is pretending when the bodies say otherwise.
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Just remember Justin, "Not Guilty" does not mean "Innocent." It's an important distinction. Just ask OJ
And Michael Jackson.
Two things
1. Canada stay losing as of late.
You beat the case and decide to threaten a famous rapper if not one of the most well known rappers on live.
2. Canada being corny. Y'all can't avoid it for some reason.
Why you say fuck me for? 😅
😂😂😂@@chefbaxter2211
These clowns stand on their own, the rest of Toronto, and Canada are sick of them.
@@LDH777💯...they always try to lump us as one group.
@@chefbaxter2211
Wise words from 50 Cent
Top 5 crash dummies of all time.
Crashing out for the sake of someone else is stupid especially when it's more of clout based currency being exchanged..
And Top 5 goof balls of all time too.
Excellent coverage, as always, Justin! We are so lucky to have you. Keep it up.
Akademiks smiling and laughing at the perpetuation of violence against Kendrick that is being sponsored by Drake through Top 5 is incredibly dangerous. Drake who is from no hood is reaching into the hood pulling people up and creating very real issues that will extend beyond this performance of hyper masculinity.
Smokin’ on top 5s…..
Tonight
All this nonsense because Drake lost a rap battle to Kendrick. SMH 🤦♂️. These OVHOEs gotta do better and stop being so sensitive.
Right? These Moist-Ass Canuckleheadz crying like they got their Bussy took from them at one of P-Shitty's Freak-Offs..........
......."allegedly".
I hate that this is even a conversation BUT Thank you for covering this topic responsibly Justin.
Nobody likes him up there from what I seen he’s actually pretty soft and imitating violence
Why do women be talking tough online calling people soft😂
@@waynewayne8419 well when I see a guy who is tough talking online get punk by some guys at a subway literally get chased down the street got a bottle of water thrown at him wearing flip flops is pretty soft to me so yea he’s a soft azz dude who’s obviously never had real smoke if he had he wouldn’t be disrespecting certain people.
@@waynewayne8419a lot these chicks tougher than a lot of you niggas --Kendrick
I agree
@@tiffanythurmond9600 you see clips, go ask the GGs how’s soft they are and see if they spare you just because you’re a woman.
@@waynewayne8419You are constantly on these comments talking smack. It's kinda weird.
It takes a real journalist to have the instinct to not just report on the event. He looked beyond the drama and dug into the original case for those details. He may end up with details that could send dude back in ans convicted. He only posted when he had answers because we all had questions and content has to contain some information.
I already thought AK was questionable. Now, I give him no grace. He is a problem.
For Transparency, I'd like to know how much Dr. Jabari Evans was paid to be an Employee expert witness. "Expert witnesses are paid a daily rate of $100, plus reasonable travel expenses." Or ...... "Contract amount
A party may pay the expert more than the amount they are entitled to under the law, if the expert incurs expenses or losses attending the proceeding."
Kendrick Lamar has been one step ahead of Drake and his crew of flunkies this entire time. It’s embarrassing 🙈
If the DA can proves these lyrics are facts, they should be applicable. Period.
14:50 one of the most consistent and solid journalists in Hip Hop 💯
I'm praying for Drake's downfall.
The professor with all due respect has a severe misunderstanding about this drill culture and this is NOT in fact "Clout chasing". Young people are being offed at a alarming rate and he shouldn't have used his voice to get this guy off. Peace to the Victims family.
Yes, he sounds like an industry sell out because while people continue to die from rap beefs the industry continues on making money off death.
That Henny got Ak cheesed bro 😂
Ak didn’t learn anything from ChiRaq. One day karma will teach him.
Killer get out of jail thanks to drake, then hops on a live strean with clowns like adin and ak, bragging about doing more
Let the party die was exactly about this
"He beat a first degree murder charge which is hard to do in Canada" Man I wish this was true...Our justice system is probably more fucked up than yalls and we let way too many people walk. Letting a killer walk is what resulted the death of Pat Stay. RIP.
This is a great example of the pendulum swinging too hard in one direction, I think if lyrics are the ONLY evidence then yeah it shouldn't be enough but to say all those things are inadmissible is fuckin wild.
I feel like that meme: “we’re going to give back to the kids, we’re gonna stop the violence”…FIVE MINUTES LATER…””Kendrick better not cross the boarder, I’m gonna slap Kendrick when I see him. If Kendrick comes to New Hope, it’ll be the last place he will be seen”. It makes me sick to my stomach that this guy was let off, by a technicality. I wish this negativity wasn’t supported by our own community. Disgusting.
Tuna on a Bagel acting tough out here😂
I’ve said this over and over again. Drake is really not an intelligent person. He maybe witty but light years from intelligence
It's his ego. He dealing with things he has no understanding of
"Rap snitches tellin' all they business..." - MF DOOM
Kdot got all gangs together and created peace. Different gang members danced together. He is a peaceful guy and God and angels are with Kdot. This is a war between good and evil. It’s a spiritual war. We all need to stay prayed up. God bless you Kdot.
I was sooo waiting for your take on this. 🙏
I appreciate Dr. Evans' point of view but I strongly disagree. I think we're past the point of accepting "faking it till you make it" as an excuse for how artists behave. And at what point do you, the artist, decide that you don't want to engage or further perpetuate this? Where is the responsibility to one's community and people? Does anyone care about what their art inspires in the world anymore?
Great video!!! Glad I found your channel off the beef but your videos are very enlightening. Makes me love hip hop all over again.
These bottom-energy goons don't understand the power of hiding your hand. TopGoofy out here...
Very nuanced and informative
that interview was DOPE AF. Pay attention Culture. This is how you do a hip hop interview to lay out the nuance of culture and justice.
Thank you🙏🏿
11:42 it’s “killies/killy” which is the Jamaican version of killas….. the part speaking on the “bun skin” is very accurate. Bun is the Jamaican word for burn, so they are saying “you will bun their skin” is basically saying the bullets that hit you will be so hot they will burn your skin
I disagree that social media should be inadmissible, this will allow for more nefarious behavior from “creators”! Pandora’s box
His whole argument is predicated on an assumption that everyone is playing a character when there are piles of bodies of people that have dies as a result of lyrics in a rap song.
Drake and his people are the only ones that can’t let the music beef go.🤷🏽♀️🤦🏽♀️
BIGFAX. It was sad at one point, but now it feels dangerous.
@@TheCompanyMan where were you when schoolboyQ threatened Drake?
@@youknowme661 That was part of the no fly zone story. I covered that too.
@@youknowme661he didnt threaten him. He described how they could've, but dont want escalation.... others who arent known or affiliated could end up hurting someone. Q described Drake being an irresponsible sucker.
You should have a much bigger following - glad I found your channel! Properly nuanced takes
If guys are posting and rapping about crimes it should be admissible because these guys are self incriminating. But if they are just rapping and storytelling then I get it because they are just rapping a story. Thin line I guess
Appreciate you for awesome coverage as always Justin!
Shout out to journalism!
I believe everything Kendrick said about Drake, the guys the ultimate cornball. People got to stop supporting that mediocre music and him in general.
I love your content.❤
Thank you!
Justin giving me news about my own city. Thank you! Love it to hear Friday snapping on Top5. The whole city is tired of this. People who are promoting this garbage or paying to set killers free...never had to suffer so they take this as a joke.
Just a note - the case is stayed. The crown has a year to file again. Top5 isn't free.
Sorry to tell you, drill is here in Chicago just like House Music. We don’t call none of that other trash drill or house.
Im loving the way content writers are begining to come together in a positive way. Soon you will be able to join together and change RUclips for the better.🎉🎉❤👵🏿🤷🏽♀️
My ex knew the man who was killed and it's honestly awful that someone, who for all intents and purposes, is the one of the most heinous, disrespectful, ignorant and toxic people I've ever seen has been protected by Drake, whether or not he was guilty.
I'm fully aware that trials and cases are based upon the evidence presented, part of me is just baffled as to how this man is allowed to behave the way he does. Why shouldn't his social media be used as evidence? Maybe it was that there was no concrete evidence for the murder so his social media was irrelevant? Even so, you will never get me to think that some drill rappers, lying or not, are not incredibly detrimental to their audience.
(Top5) Hassan's brother Said Ali was killed and less than three days before the shooting of Hashim Hashi he was on social media talking about getting revenge. Hashim Hashi had absolutely no ties to any criminal activity, this was likely a case of revenge and mistaken identity. They have CCTV footage of the shooting, I think it just wasn't clear enough to show the perpetrators. They said that Hassan was just an accomplice though. As far as I'm concerned whether or not he shot the gun he should be punished appropriately for what he did if that was indeed him which I think it was.
I know that you don't have any emotional ties to this case Justin but it really isn't "dope" that Drake paid for his lawyer fees, whichever way you swing it. Either Drake paid the lawyer fees of a conspirator in a murder that took the life of an innocent man or Drake paid the lawyer fees of someone who promotes death, hedonist capitalism and gang violence that drives the cycle of death and destruction.
Drake is a prime example of the negative power of this gang violence culture. Drake was never hard and that's okay, he doesn't have to be. Like Lil Wayne said he should've kept it to what he knew but thanks to fragile male egos we have to be the biggest and the baddest, helped along by this arms race of rap personalities. Now Drake really does have criminal ties. Drake, one of the biggest musicians in Canada and one of the biggest in the world. I'm not saying Drill/Trap/Gangsta Rap has hypnotic abilities and strips people of their autonomy or anything but it's not a positive force and we really need to start standing up and saying this isn't right. There's a big difference between recounting your own personal experiences and actively promoting death. I have no qualms with rap about crime as an idea but the balance isn't there, apparently nobody wants to hear the actual consequences of that kind of life and that's the problem. If we're really saying these are anecdotal pieces of art entertainment where are the atrocities, the horrors? Anything other than that seems extremely irresponsible to me. I used to think street raps were either anecdotal if true or like a horror/action film in song form if fictional but I'm genuinely seeing the negative effects of this kind of culture. If you watch Nightmare on Elm Street Freddy Krueger never says that he's going to kill anyone that actually exists in real life, it's ludicrous to me to imply that it's remotely the same thing. It's not just the music though, in my eyes it's a mixture of; the music, established gang culture, the fans with no criminal ties, capitalism and social media.
The music began from the genuine expression of the disenfranchised, then came capitalism to snatch it up and commodify it, leading to suburban youth and outsiders gravitating to the hyper-masculine, violent Gangsta Rap being heavily marketed in the 90s. A big part of Hip-Hop is its competitive nature and focus on authenticity. All of this comes together in a gigantic cultural movement being adopted by outsiders who did not grow up in gangs emulating gang culture to show how "hard" they are and feeling like they have to back up their claims, resulting in them escalating their behaviour to either engage in it themselves or promote/support it. All because everything in our society says you must make as much money as possible or your life doesn't matter. You have to have the perfect life with money, women, cars, clothes, mansions, guns, chains or you're irrelevant.
I understand that it's not as easy as just saying "Gang violence culture is bad guys, you need to stop", it's a symptom of something much bigger, but something that I feel like a lot of people can do is realise what they're actually listening to, buying and promoting. In our society people only want to hear the extremes, if it's not; immediate, extreme, vulgar, shocking or controversial it doesn't get engagement because of the way our brains are being wired by technology in capitalism. We need to distance ourselves from these cancerous sirens that lure us in and stimulate our brains but offer us no humanity or sustainable life.
Thank you for bring someone who give us knowledge, I learned something today
From reading the title I was worried TCM was becoming just another countdown channel on RUclips😆🤣
Nah. Never that.
@@TheCompanyMan I should’ve known better
Prayers for Hashim and his family. Tragic story. I pray his family receives a miracle soon. 🙏
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