According to reports, popular podcaster Adam22 (center) was arrested by federal agents on Wednesday.
Adam22, real name Adam Grandmaison, is best known as the founder and owner of the “No Jumper” podcast.
Adam is pictured above with jailed Crips gang members Bricc Baby (left) and Big U (right).
Adam was accused of being a federal snitch for years.
At least 18 rappers, including Lil Durk, have been arrested by feds after they appeared on Adam and DJ Vlad’s podcasts.
Rappers had nicknames for Adam, including “Adam 12” and “Adam FIVE-0.”
Adam, 41, is mentioned multiple times in a RICO indictment charging Crips gang leader Eugene “Big U” Henley Jr. with racketeering, fraud, extortion and murder.
Big U and “No Jumper” co-host Zihirr “Bricc Baby” Mitchell (pictured right with Adam22) were arrested in a drug sting last week. They are being held in jail with no bond.
Record executive Cash “Wack 100” Jones claims Adam was “picked up” by the FBI, just a day after the podcaster teased a “crazy update”.
“The feds came knocking on my door today. Will be filling yall in on what they wanted from me at 4 pm Wednesday on YouTube,” Adam wrote on his Instagram stories.
Adam also shared a short clip of himself speaking to the camera, “So much for being fresh if the feds watching. I made it 41 years into this life before I had involvement, conversations with federal agents, and when they showed up, I was wearing a red Nike tech. Not exactly the definition of fresh but…”
He continued: “I got a crazy update. I’m gonna do the good, diligent podcaster thing and I’m gonna save it for tomorrow at 4 pm with Lush and some surprise guests.”
However, Adam was a no-show on his podcast on Wednesday.
“He was supposed to go live today, right? They came and got him this morning,” Wack 100 said by phone during a No Jumper episode on Wednesday.
“I just called my attorney. Tryna to get him down there so Adam don’t be doing no telling, bro,” he said.
Adam faced intense pressure from the hip-hop community following the arrests of Bricc Baby and Big U.
For years, rappers whispered that Caucasian podcasters Adam22, DJ Vlad, DJ Akademiks, Trap Lore Ross, and others were federal snitches.
Gang bangers-turned-drill rappers were eager to appear on their platforms to snitch on themselves or their gang associates.
An El Monte gang banger had a lot to say about Adam22 being a federal snitch.
He said Latino gang members would never speak to Adam22.
“He’s a wolf in sheep’s clothing,” the OG gang banger said. “He’s gotten so many people in trouble… Wake up and smell the coffee and donuts, people.”
He added: “This individual’s tipped up with somebody – and it definitely ain’t with the homies.”
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