Comedian Marlon Wayans is aware of his price and isn’t accepting something much less, no matter what “culture vultures” may suppose.

However, as a member of certainly one of Hollywood’s most proficient households, he has not too long ago been thrust into a public back-and-forth with the favored road journalist DJ Vlad over his worth, demanding $40,000 and 30 p.c of all future income for showing on Vlad’s platform.

The negotiation went public a week in the past when Vlad launched a almost four-minute clip of an interview with fellow comedian Aries Spears, the place they questioned Wayans’ asking value, noting that he hasn’t gone viral or gained vital traction in earlier interviews.

Marlon Wayans hits again at blogger DJ Vlad for blasting his asking value for an interview. (Photos by Arturo Holmes/FilmMagic; Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

The two laughed and blasted Wayans, saying the world is aware of that Wayans doesn’t deserve that a lot cash for a sit-down.

However, the “White Chicks” actor and film producer stands by his success as an entrepreneur and comic to justify his value.

“@MarlonWayans you a good one cause @djvlad would have to pay me 500,000 for a[n] interview with 55% of all revenue made from the video on all platforms!” wrote one one that co-signed his choice on X.

“See, I tried to tell him I was giving him a deal… oh well,” Wayans replied, although he was solely asking for 30 p.c.

After the tweet began to acquire traction, Vlad took to the X platform with a rebuttal. He stated, “Marlon Wayans found someone with 200 followers to agree with him. LOL. Nobody on earth is going to pay Marlon $40K for an interview when he gets 100k-300k views on any platform he interviews on.”

Marlon Wayans discovered somebody with 200 followers to agree with him. LOL. Nobody on earth goes to pay Marlon $40K for an interview when he will get 100k-300k views on any platform he interviews on. This man is admittedly delusional.https://t.co/xMtfKShL3c pic.twitter.com/sARe77u9Zr

— DJ Vlad (@djvlad) August 16, 2024

“This guy is really delusional,” Vlad added after, posting a few of Marlon’s interviews to present the low viewership these main platforms acquired from his followers, numbers that seemingly bolstered his argument in his dialog with Spears.

But once more, Wayans has launched his personal manufacturing firm and 4 stand-up specials on his personal dime over the past 4 years, promoting to main networks like HBO and Amazon Prime, in accordance to his IMDB.

The “In Living Color” forged member hit again asking, “You mad? You unprofessional my guy. If you don’t like the number keep it moving. You look BAD.”

Not mad at all. I discover all this amusing since you actually suppose that you just’re price $40K for an interview. I stated there’s no person on earth that may pay you that and I’ve but to be confirmed unsuitable. Throwing out a silly ass quantity for an interview is unprofessional my man -…

— DJ Vlad (@djvlad) August 16, 2024

“You should fall back. mad at a Black man stating his number?” he continued.  “And now you go public and use your platform to try to drag me. I never in my life dealt with this silly negotiating tactic.”

The back-and-forth continued with Vlad insisting he wasn’t “mad” however that he discovered it “amusing” Wayans thinks somebody would pay him that a lot for an interview.

“I said there’s nobody on earth that will pay you that and I have yet to be proven wrong. Throwing out a stupid a— number for an interview is unprofessional my guy because your interviews don’t even make 5% of that on every platform you do. And bringing up race when there was no mention of it throughout all our discussions shows how weak of a man you really are,” he defined.

But Marlon said clearly, “So yes this has become about race. You trying to turn us into crabs in a barrel. I see your angle now. I watched you play your hand. You want us to talk s—t, beef and tear each other down while you sit back and make money. Meanwhile you don’t even show your face.”

Vlad then selected to share screenshots from each of their interviews on “The Breakfast Club” within the final yr. Each interview was a month aside, although Marlon’s interview barely acquired 300,000 views, whereas Vlad’s was nearer to 800,000 views.

He continued blasting Marlon saying, “You reached your peak 20 years ago and have been on a decline ever since. There’s nothing wrong with that, but you seem to think that this is still 2004. I’ve been dropping facts with actual numbers this entire time, and all you can do is play the lame-ass race card in response. So keep looking in the mirror and lying to yourself about who you think you are – the numbers don’t back it up.”

Vlad is considered as somebody who is taken into account to have an obsession with exploiting Black tradition to any extent. Many have deemed him detrimental to the Black group, and even some white folks have referred to as him on his habits. He has additionally threatened to finish folks’s careers. But Marlon will not be fazed or moved by his phrases or previous actions.

“I’m worth whatever I say. People like you don’t make or break me champ. I’m self made,” Marlon declared. “I go where I choose. I don’t like your tactics. I’ve been a gentleman. I didn’t express my grievances with other people. You trying to turn other black men in my field on me. Asking them about my money?”

He concluded his collection of responses, “You been teetering on disrespect and I’ve been a gentleman up until this point. This was tactless, unprofessional and petty. You out here trying to tear down a king. You trying to instigate beef within my community and peers. It won’t happen fella. I’m loved.”

If Jimmy Kimmel had paid Marlon $40K for that interview, he would have had a $39,500 loss. LOLLLLL

— DJ Vlad (@djvlad) August 16, 2024

Fans appeared to fall on a number of sides of his battle.

“I hate DJ Vlad bruh,” one fan stated, earlier than including, “I get if you don’t agree to the terms but sh—ting on Marlon Wayans like this n—ga hasn’t been doing this s—t for damn near 35-40 years at a high level is ridiculous.”

Another was rocking with the “Good Grief” comic informed Vlad, “You make your money off black men period, pay them their worth! But like the culture vulture you are, you have a problem with that. You pray on the young and ignorant who don’t even have a clue to how you get down or don’t care. Pathetic. Blk ppl stop fw this weirdo.”

It’s unclear what DJ Vlad’s subsequent transfer can be however this makes the second time he’s confronted scrutiny in the previous few months. The final time the content material creator was attacked on-line was final May after sharing his tackle the Kendrick Lamar vs Drake beef.

“Kendrick’s ‘Not Like Us’ needed a better mix. It takes away from the song,” he posted in a since deleted submit on X.

Princeton University professor Morgan Jerkins, who labored at the Lewis Center for the Arts inventive writing program, replied, “You are WHITE. This is a BLACK FOLK AFFAIR.”

Black Professor speaks up as Blogger DJ Vlad threatens to get her fired from Princeton throughout on-line spat. (Photos: MorganJerkins/X ; Johnny Nunez/WireImage)

The former Princeton graduate merely defined that his “opinion in a discussion that’s not needed. This conversation is and should center Black people, not you.” Vlad responded by threatening that attain out to the varsity and have her fired over their trade.

“Good luck being a professor at @Princeton again. I doubt the university supports their faculty telling non-black students to shut the f—k up about anything Hip-Hop related because of their skin color,” Vlad wrote in certainly one of his many now-deleted posts.

My pal Thank you https://t.co/dvEbBCLeKP

— Morgan Jerkins (@MorganJerkins) May 5, 2024

He later apologized for tagging Princeton in his posts however not for what he stated.

“DJ Vlad tryna dox & intimidate a black woman professor at Princeton is funny. but what’s hilarious is that she’s Darkchild’s niece lol,” one X person famous, referring to Grammy-winning music producer Rodney “DarkChild” Jenkins.

Fans on-line supported the professor then the identical manner they help Marlon now.

“And but a Vlad interview would bring him down several notches. Like there’s Godfrey and then there is Marlon Wayans. You see the difference? His presence would help you and uh you gotta pay for that,” the fan stated.

Godfrey, who used to be a common on VladTV has since come out to say that he’ll now not work with the Russian DJ as a result of he’s what some folks name a tradition vulture.

In a 2022 interview with Pierre’s “Panic Room,” he stated that how he handled the Black group was one of many explanation why he stated he stop.

Vladimir #vlad you simply mad trigger black individuals are lastly exposing you for the fraud you’re @GodfreyComedian stated it finest you’re keen on creating wealth off our tradition then need to disrespect us !
We ought to have been boycotted Vlad
You ain’t nothing however the police !
You convey black… pic.twitter.com/bJwhmQD9st

— ¥O D££ (@Realyodee1) August 16, 2024