{"id":438619,"date":"2022-04-27T23:49:05","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T20:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/joe-budden-tells-dj-akademiks-the-real-reason-he-quit-everyday-struggle\/"},"modified":"2022-04-27T23:49:05","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T20:49:05","slug":"joe-budden-tells-dj-akademiks-the-real-reason-he-quit-everyday-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/joe-budden-tells-dj-akademiks-the-real-reason-he-quit-everyday-struggle\/","title":{"rendered":"#Joe Budden Tells DJ Akademiks The Real Reason He Quit &#039;Everyday Struggle&#039;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40a42e9b51d\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a40a42e9b51d\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/joe-budden-tells-dj-akademiks-the-real-reason-he-quit-everyday-struggle\/#%E2%80%9CJoe_Budden_Tells_DJ_Akademiks_The_Real_Reason_He_Quit_Everyday_Struggle%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Joe Budden Tells DJ Akademiks The Real Reason He Quit &#039;Everyday Struggle&#039;&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CJoe_Budden_Tells_DJ_Akademiks_The_Real_Reason_He_Quit_Everyday_Struggle%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Joe Budden Tells DJ Akademiks The Real Reason He Quit &#039;Everyday Struggle&#039;&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div class=\"image large\">\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.hiphopdx.com\/2022\/04\/Joe-Budden-1200x675.jpeg\" alt=\"Joe Budden Tells DJ Akademiks The Real Reason He Quit 'Everyday Struggle'\" class=\"large\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"news-caption\">\n<span><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><\/span>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"body-copy  js-entry-text\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\nDJ Akademiks and Joe Budden were former co-hosts of the popular Complex show <em>Everyday Struggle.\u00a0<\/em>But the show as fans knew it came to an unceremonious end in December 2017 when Budden quit, just eight months after landing the gig. Both Akademiks and Budden have gone on to establish themselves as media juggernauts. Akademiks hosts his own podcast, <em>Off The Record,<\/em> while Budden helms <em>The Joe Budden Podcast.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>While Budden and Akademiks have certainly had their share of disagreements, the two finally converged for a conversation about what led to <em>Everyday Struggle<\/em>\u2018s demise. In a recent episode of <em>Off The Record,<\/em> Budden talked about fighting for both Ak and former co-host Nadeska to be paid fairly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDo us right,\u201d he began. \u201cThat\u2019s the other misconception. I\u2019m never going in there yelling and screaming so Joe can be done right. I\u2019ve been homeless. I\u2019ll be fine. I have people\u2019s houses I can sleep at if times get hard. I\u2019m fighting for y\u2019all to do the right thing by us, the people who made show.\u201d\u00a0Ak interjected, \u201cBut no matter what, you don\u2019t leave,\u201d to which Budden said, \u201cThat\u2019s not true. You have to leave.\u201d Akademiks argued had Budden been patient, their salary demands would have eventually been met.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know in business \u2014 and unfortunately this exists \u2014 you have to be realistic, especially when there\u2019s a contract already in place, that you operate in good faith,\u201d he said. \u201cAfter you completed a contract, the subsequent deals, offers and contracts will be better. You stopped playing ball at nine months.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Joe Budden &quot;Everyday Struggle Broke Up Because Complex Wouldn&#039;t Pay a Extra $10K per Month&#039;\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UldNUSulaHk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Akademiks admitted he tried to sacrifice part of his salary so it could go to Budden, which Budden said to \u201cnever\u201d do again. Ultimately, Budden left over $10,000. As he explained, \u201cI was getting $22,000 a month, $19,000 a month after I paid Ian.\u00a0The next cycle, I wanted it to double. When my contract was up, I wanted $50,000 a month. They came back and said something like $40,000. I said, \u2018Forty?\u2019 [\u2026] They didn\u2019t and they wouldn\u2019t.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In November 2020, Akademiks offered his own theory as to why <em>Everyday Struggle<\/em> fell apart. Taking to Twitch at the time, he said it was simply a case of having a different vision than the media giant.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ll answer the why in case anyone does care,\u201d he said. \u201cThe \u2018why\u2019 of why the show is ending, I think me and\u00a0<em>Complex<\/em>\u00a0are going in different directions. At least how we see\u00a0<em>Everyday Struggle.<\/em>\u00a0Mainly my employment for\u00a0<em>Everyday Struggle<\/em>\u00a0as how we see my brand and how they see me as someone who\u2019s worked there for a while \u2026\u00a0I will say overall I have nothing bad to say about\u00a0<em>Complex.<\/em>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But it sounded like there was more to the story. Akademiks was\u00a0temporarily suspended\u00a0from the show in July 2020 after he referred to John Legend\u2019s wife Chrissy Teigen as a \u201cbitch.\u201d He also engaged in an online sparring session with Freddie Gibbs, which didn\u2019t do him any favors either. He alluded to both situations as being factors in the show\u2019s dissolution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, it was a very weird moment with the Chrissy Teigen thing, but it wasn\u2019t only that,\u201d he continued. \u201cI received calls from them about other content that they felt I probably shouldn\u2019t been engaged in. I specifically told them, \u2018Listen, while you may look at me as the \u2018guy\u2019 on your show, I have a whole different brand to run.\u2019 When Freddie Gibbs was on his thing \u2026 remember I got suspended for my little Twitch thing and I referred to Chrissy Teigen \u2026 whatever, whatever.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"author\" itemprop=\"author\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/Person\">\n<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Kyle Eustice\"><br \/>\nby Kyle Eustice\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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