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After Ashanti shared her story of a predatory producer in an interview, Akademiks is now suggesting she reveal his name.

Link Copied to Clipboard! Share this page The podcast host says the vocalist is doing other women a disservice by not name-dropping someone in the industry who made unwanted advances at her. Shortly after Ashanti revealed that a music producer asked her to shower with him in exchange for records he worked on for her, Akademiks entered the chat with his own opinion. Saying that the singer is doing a disservice to other women by not name-dropping the unknown producer, the hip-hop commentator also brought up rapper Latto to validate his point. A post shared by The Neighborhood Talk (@theneighborhoodtalk) Heres my problem with her saying this, I wish she revealed the name. Its like when Latto said thisAnd then everybody thought it was Kodak. Prior to the release of her 777 album, Latto shared that a man she collaborated with refused to clear the record after she rejected his advances. Though some fans suspected Kodak Black, she never confirmed who the artist was. READ MORE: DJ Akademiks Trashes Lil Baby Its like, yo Ashanti. Youve been in the industry for 20 years now. Just say the name, Akademiks fired at the New Yorker on his live stream. Just say the f**king name. You know what I mean? Because I dont think you do any service to any other woman who might work with this n***a later. If some sh*t like that happened and youre trying to speak about it on an interview for awareness, why not just say the n***a name? the podcaster added. As HotNewHipHop previously reported, the Foolish singer recently stated on The Breakfast Club that an unnamed music producer requested a shower or a date with her in exchange for a musical working relationship. We did two records together. He was like, Okay, Im not gonna charge you, you know you my homie. But when she was assembling her album content, he then switched up and asked her to shower with him. I thought he was joking, she then shared. And then he was like, Nah, Im dead serious. Lets go out, or lets take a shower together, and Ill give you the records. If not, I need 40 racks per record. What are your thoughts on Ashantis account? Do you agree with Akademiks that she should drop the name of her past producer? Sound off in the comments with your take. [ Read more