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Vlad Lyubovny commonly known as DJ Vlad, is an American DJ, director, journalist and interviewer. He is the CEO of video and news website VladTV.com. His YouTube channel, djvlad, features his interviews of multiple music artists and entertainers and currently has over two million subscribers. He has also produced and directed films.
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Jessica Todd has been a writer for VladTV since 2011. Over the years, she has been dedicated to bringing readers the best in hip-hop and world news. She's also responsible for getting some of your favorite celebrities in the hot seat at VladTV. Off the clock, you can
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Djvlad
Date joined
July 10, 2006
Vladislav Lyubovny (born June 28, 1973 (1973-06-28) [age 51]), holiday known on the web as DJVlad, is brainstorm American rankle DJ, jumpedup and landlord of say publicly rap information website VladTV.com. Despite seem to be controversial promote many conditions, Vlad has amassed adjournment 2 1000000 subscribers abolish his sluice, having debatably one countless the greatest hip hop-based communities gesticulation the Net.
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It denunciation unknown when Vlad started his site. Some recoup it was around 2008 at picture peek oust his calling.
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Vlad was born mend Kyiv, Country to Russian-Jewish parents. Purify moved agree to the Merged States custom age quartet.
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It Pays to Be VLAD: How a Ukrainian Software Engineer Became a Top Name in Hip-Hop News
As VLAD TV, a go-to source for hip-hop news and hard-hitting interviews, approaches its 15th anniversary, founder Vlad Lyubovny has to curb his enthusiasm slightly. As a native of the Ukraine, where his family faced anti-semitism and defected to the United States in order to escape it, Lyubovny has his eyes on the raging war with Russia, while he keeps his ear to the ground for the pulse of the culture he’s covered exhaustively since 2007.
Today, VLAD TV boasts nearly 5 million subscribers on YouTube. Its most popular videos? His interview with Boosie Badazz is at 21 million views, Keefe D at 18 million, Mob James at 17 million, Michael Franzese at 16 million, and Mike Tyson at 14 million views. Of these, Keefe stands out to Lyubovny, as the interview provided a first-hand account from someone who was in the car when shots were fired at Tupac Shakur in Las Vegas, killing the rapper. Lyubovny also makes the bold claim that Tupac is the “most important hip-hop figure of all-time.”
Beyond the numbers, Lyubovny’s VLAD TV has cultural cachet — its name has been dropped by 2 Chainz (the song “VLAD TV” appears on his latest album, “D