AK

austin
stanford alumnus

[AK @akfourtyfive]

“hero 4 hire!” - @qthahero
mixed by AK

Q JUST GOT THE CO-SIGN BY @tylerthecreator

LIFE IS GOOD. WOW 🥴

[Genius @Genius]

Genius has been pro artist from Day 1. We have built a community for them and their impassioned music fans who deeply love words, lyrics, and creative storytelling. We listen to artists, and what we're hearing is simple: They don't want their work stolen or impersonated, and neither do we. Hiding behind the guise of fair use is like a wolf in sheep’s clothing.

[AK @akfourtyfive]

i <3 album rollouts bruh.

[Buzzing Pop @BuzzingPop]

Tinashe spotted smashing & vandalizing a car in Silver Lake, CA.

[AK @akfourtyfive]

@oldmanebro @Rosenbergradio :/

[AK @akfourtyfive]

@alextumay 🥹🥹🥹🥹

[AK @akfourtyfive]

best way to reach eddie? trying to intern/assist. engineer for bro

[Alchemist Type Beat @Alchemist]

Talk to me. Go!

[AK @akfourtyfive]

this is weird to demand from any artist, especially one you don’t know

[C² @clydetheconnect]

In 2024 I rapped on an @ovrkast beat from For All The Dogs while sitting in my home with absolutely zero expectation of being noticed by anybody. Somehow the freestyle landed on his timeline, he liked it, then unliked it two minutes later like he accidentally touched the screen or something.

Cool.

Fast forward a couple years and I hit him with an opportunity most underground artists would kill for: access to a feature from an artist 8x as popular than him for only $250. A verse from my homie worth thousands of dollars handed to him on a silver platter.

Instead of either taking the play or respectfully declining, he decided to act weird.

No response would've been cool.
"No thanks" would've been cool.

Playing in my face for no reason was corny.

I still let it rock.

One day later, this man marks my tweet as spam because I answered his rhetorical question with actual logic.

That's strike three.

I swear some of y'all get a little buzz and immediately develop celebrity syndrome. Suddenly basic respect becomes optional and everybody beneath your follower count is irrelevant. This is why I don't fit in with you high-nose rappers or pretentious producers on the West. The ego be louder than the résumé. You were literally on IG Live making beats with someone who's producing my entire album. This industry is very small.

You're 28 years old, bro. Too grown to be moving like the popular kid in homeroom because a few rappers used your beats. Congrats by the way.

Keep making beats. That's what you're good at. I respect your work but not your arrogance.

But don't mistake my restraint for submission or silence for admiration. Some of y'all got successful before you got mature and it shows.

[AK @akfourtyfive]

need dat putnam merch

[kenneth blume @kennybeats]

ii 🔜

[AK @akfourtyfive]

Fight back @nothing

[YT @tolafolaa]

for example nothing

[AK @akfourtyfive]

They need you more than you need them. Never forget that.

[Pop Base @PopBase]

Meta is removing Instagram’s latest AI feature following a negative response from users:

“Earlier this week, we announced that one way for people to generate images in Meta AI is by @-mentioning public Instagram accounts that they want to reference. Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control over whether their public content could be referenced in this way. We've heard the feedback that this feature missed the mark, so it's no longer available.”

[AK @akfourtyfive]

@kennybeats yethh

[AK @akfourtyfive]

@RepublicRecords company that wants to hire a new a&r say "what"? 👀

[AK @akfourtyfive]

@kennybeats 9pm tmrw we eating

[AK @akfourtyfive]

sometimes you gotta stunt

[alejandro 🇵🇷🌺 @boricuabro0]

why are we shirtless at graduation

[AK @akfourtyfive]

@NipplesInKorea GANG. LFG

[AK @akfourtyfive]

that was @Alchemist ?!?!?!?

[WAV Archive @WAVArchive]

Welcome to Los Santos — The Alchemist, Oh No (2013)

[AK @akfourtyfive]

@kennybeats 2

[AK @akfourtyfive]

@Brennan_Lup say less!

[AK @akfourtyfive]

@TrentJordanFan I hate you bruh

[AK @akfourtyfive]

@zacarip yezzirrrr

[AK @akfourtyfive]

@alextumay them delays lmaoooo