DJ Vlad on Being the Godfather of Youtube, Issues with China Mac, Eminem vs Dr. Umar & More

Vlad talks about being a solidified pioneer in the Youtube space, timeless interviews vs clickbait, ending business relationships gracefully, his views on streamers, his opinion on Elliott Wilson, Kai Cenat, Bootleg Kev, Joe Budden, Math Hoffa, Tasha K and much more.

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0:00 Vlad wants to know about N3on! "What's his deal" 

2:44 Adam on DJ Vlad business, way more competition and pods now

5:45 Going to Florida to interview Vanilla Ice, Vanilla Ice is super rich

14:09 Adam says it's easy to start a podcast, but everything that comes after that gets harder

16:45 Including different hosts other than Vlad that the audience will take to, Sean Prez is doing pretty good

18:10 Gloria Velez was always going off script so it didn't work out, Saigon podcast didn't really work either 

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22:15 Vlad says even Joe Budden and Joe Rogan go viral when they have guests 

25:08 Joe Rogan income is not based on his views, he has a Spotify deal, he doesn't operate like Adam and Vlad who are big on Youtube

28:05 Adam and Vlad getting success "later" in their adulthood and never give up and being successful now

29:45 Tiktokers stealing videos and reposting it, some do more views than the originals, Vlad tryna find ways to stop it, claim, copyrights etc: "It's almost criminal!"

33:32 "If you spend millions on your content and see it floating everywhere and you can't do anything about it, you would be mad too!"

34:25 Rainwater told Adam to pay Youngboy millions for an interview 

35:25 Gillie and Wallo NBA Youngboy interview was super dry

36:05 Youngboy tweeted after the fact: "I don't wanna be on camera when Im f up"

38:23 Vlad knew when Game went back 20 years earlier of his life for their convo, that it would be a timeless interview

40:00 Nicki and other rappers going on Kai's platform to avoid tough questions from journalists: "I admire what Kai has created!"

42:25 Vlad says he always supports up and coming interviewers, and squashing beef w Nore, Ak, Shawn, Charlamagne, Math Hoffa, etc

43:10 Adam felt great about being mentioned by Vlad and Hoffa during their pod: "You earned it! Look around you!"

44:25 Traditional radio hosts not asking any messy questions just to keep their jobs, Vlad says Adam is now way more controversial than he is now, says he would have never had put out the Big U narrative 

46:00 Vlad says Luce Cannon's ex got on the phone with him and Big U and said what Luce said is not true

47:23 Vlad says Tasha lied about him before, and her bringing on a guest who lies can lead to a defamation suit very easily

51:12 Vlad says O'Block is not doing well right now, says he told Duck to move out and Duck was arguing he wouldn't 

57:09 Duck knew there was a target on his back, he was feeding into it, why stay in Chicago?

1:04:50 Adam interviewing men saying they're straight while dating tr--s women 

1:14:05 Vlad says he hasn't watched the full Katt Williams/Shannon Sharpe interview yet

1:21:40 Vlad said no to go on Bootleg Kev coz his platform wasn't big enough at the time

1:26:38 Vlad says there's an audience for everything

1:31:30 Bhad Bhabie was Adam's biggest interview at some point, but the way she flipped it to her advantage and made millions is commendable  

1:35:05 Joe Budden interview with Math Hoffa never came out 

1:36:45 Vlad doesn't interview ppl who are banned from Youtube, why would he take that risk? 

1:42:30 China Mac vs Vlad 

1:44:45 China Mac asked Vlad to come on his livestream, Vlad said ok, Vlad asked if needed security China Mac said no, things went left until Vlad realizes it was a prank 

1:47:25 Vlad thinks it could've gotten real ugly if he had moved differently 

1:50:05 They talked after the fact, Vlad has no beef with him, but after that he doesn't feel comfortable working with him,Vlad felt disrespected 

1:51:40 The fight with AD wasn't real, and China Mac told Vlad that it was 

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