An album that was originally going to be a mixtape before releasing his bigger solo project, The Widow’s Son. Instead, the tracks turned out great and Apathy decided to make it a full length LP discussing the many problems in the rap industry. The album was released on June 10th 2016 while ‘Rap Is Not Pop’ and ‘Moses’ were released as singles before. In an interview with Hartford Courant, when questioned “You have a new project coming out, Handshakes With Snakes. What is the goal of this new project? What do you have to say about it?” Apathy said: “This album is about me being committed to the hip-hop traditions, trying to represent what I do best. "Handshakes With Snakes” represents me overcoming having to deal with shady industry cats, owning my independence as an artist, and still standing strong for the underground. This project actually started out as an EP to tide the fans over, but became an whole project as the songs started coming out phenomenal — I pushed back my whole release schedule to put this one out. I’ve got a posthumous verse from the great Pumpkinhead, rest his soul, verses by B-Real of Cypress Hill, Twista, Bun-B. I’m excited for the fans to hear it.“