Marlon Wayans Exposes DJ Vlad’s ‘Stupid Negotiation Tactics’ in Online Spat After Being Denied an Interview

Comedian Marlon Wayans knows his price and won’t accept less, regardless of what the “culture vultures” think.

But as a member of considered one of Hollywood’s most talented families, he recently engaged in a public dispute with popular street journalist DJ Vlad over his price, demanding $40,000 and 30 percent of all future earnings to look on Vlad’s platform.

The negotiations became public per week ago when Vlad released an almost four-minute clip interview with fellow comedian Aries Spears, where they questioned Wayans’ asking price, noting that he had not turn out to be popular or gained any significant traction in previous interviews.

They each laughed and criticized Wayans, saying the entire world knows Wayans doesn’t should receives a commission that much just to take a seat there.

However, the “White Chicks” actor and producer says his success as an entrepreneur and comedian justifies his price tag.

“@MarlonWayans you are right because @djvlad would have to pay me 500k for the interview if he had 55% of the video revenue across all platforms!” wrote the one who signed off on his X decision.

“See, I tried to tell him I was giving him a good deal… well,” Wayans replied, although he was only asking for 30 percent.

When the tweet began to realize traction, Vlad responded to the allegations on Twitter on X. He said“Marlon Wayans found someone with 200 followers who agrees with him. LOL. No one in the world is going to pay Marlon $40k for an interview when he gets 100k-300k views on whatever platform he interviews on.”

“This guy is seriously delusional,” Vlad added, posting several of Marlon’s interviews to indicate how low his viewership was amongst his fans on those major platforms, which seemingly bolstered his argument in his conversation with Spears.

But Wayans has re-established his own production company and produced 4 stand-up specials at his own expense over the past 4 years, selling them to major networks like HBO and Amazon Prime, According to to his IMDb.

The “In Living Color” forged member responded by asking, “Are you mad? You’re unprofessional, buddy. If you don’t like the number, move on. You look BAD.”

“You should have backed off. Angry at a black man who gave out his number?” he continued. “And now you’re taking the stage and using your platform to drag me in. I’ve never had to deal with this stupid negotiation tactic in my life.”

Vlad continued the exchange, insisting that he wasn’t “mad” but found it “funny.” Wayans believes that somebody would pay him that much for an interview.

“I said there’s no one in the world that would pay you that much and I haven’t been proven wrong yet. Throwing out a stupid number for an interview is unprofessional, mate, because your interviews don’t even make 5% of that on every platform you’re on. And bringing up race when it hasn’t been mentioned in our discussions shows how weak a person you really are,” he explained.

But Marlon was clear: “Yeah, it’s become a race issue. You’re trying to turn us into crabs in a barrel. Now I see your attitude. I’ve seen how you play your hand. You want us to talk shit and beef and call each other names while you sit there and make money. You don’t even show your face.”

Vlad then decided to share screenshots of each interviews on “The Breakfast Club” last 12 months. Each interview was a month apart, although Marlon’s interview only had 300,000 views while Vlad’s interview had near 800,000 views.

He further criticized Marlon, saying, “You peaked 20 years ago and have been in decline ever since. There’s nothing wrong with that, but it still feels like 2004. All this time I’ve been giving you facts with real numbers, and all you can do is play the pathetic race card in response. So look in the mirror and lie to yourself about who you think you are – the numbers don’t support it.”

Vlad is seen as someone who’s obsessive about exploiting black culture in any way he can. Many have seen him as harmful to the black community, and a few have even white people brought his behavior to his attention. He also threatened to finish the profession of the humans. But Marlon shouldn’t be moved or affected by his words or past actions.

“I am worth what I say. People like you don’t make me or break me. I am self taught” – Marlon decided“I go where I want. I don’t like your tactics. I’ve been a gentleman. I haven’t expressed my grievances to other people. You’re trying to screw other black men in my field over me. You’re asking them for my money?”

He Completed his series of responses: “You were being disrespectful, and I’ve been a gentleman up until that point. It was tactless, unprofessional, and petty. You’re trying to overthrow a king here. You’re trying to incite conflict in my community and among my peers. That’s not going to happen, buddy. I’m loved.”

Fans clearly shared different sides of the conflict.

“I hate DJ Vlad, man,” said one fan he saidbefore adding: “I understand if you don’t agree to the terms, but shitting on Marlon Wayan like that n***a hasn’t been doing this shit in almost 35-40 years at a high level is ridiculous.”

Another one rocked out to “Good Grief,” the comedian told Vlad: “You make money off of black men, period, you pay them what they’re worth! But as a culture vulture, you have a problem with that. You pray to the young and ignorant who have no idea how you are or don’t care. Pathetic. Black people stop this weirdo.”

There’s no telling what DJ Vlad’s next move might be, but that is the second time he’s come under fire in the past few months. The content creator was last attacked online in May of last 12 months after sharing his opinion on the Kendrick Lamar vs. Drake feud.

“Kendrick’s ‘Not Like Us’ needed a better mix. It takes away from the song,” he wrote in a now-deleted post on X.

Princeton University professor Morgan Jerkins, who worked in the creative writing program on the Lewis Center for the Arts, responded, “You’re WHITE. This is a BLACK PEOPLE ISSUE.”

The former Princeton graduate simply explained that his “opinion was in a discussion that was unnecessary. This conversation is and should be about black people, not you.” Vlad responded by threatening to contact the college and fire her over their exchange.

“Good luck being a professor at @Princeton again. I doubt the university would support its professors telling non-black students to shut the hell up about anything hip-hop related because of the color of their skin“- wrote Vlad in considered one of his many, now deleted, posts.

He later apologized for tagging Princeton in his posts, but not for what he said.

“DJ Vlad trying to expose and intimidate a black female professor from Princeton. It’s hilarious. But the funniest part is that she’s Darkchild’s niece, lol,” wrote one X user excellentreferring to Grammy Award-winning music producer Rodney “DarkChild” Jenkins.

Online fans supported the professor back then in the identical way they support Marlon now.

“But an interview with Vlad would take him down a few notches. Like Godfrey and Marlon Wayans. See the difference? His presence would help you and uh, you have to pay for that,” the fan said he said.

Godfrey, who was once an everyday guest on VladTV, later admitted that he would now not work with the Russian DJ because he’s, as some say, a “culture vulture.”

In 2022 interview In Pierre’s book Panic Room, he stated that his treatment of the black community was considered one of the explanations he left.