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DJ Akademiks begs Megan Thee Stallion not to respond Eminem

During his recent livestream, DJ Akademiks talked about Eminem’s Megan Thee Stallion lines on Slim Shady’s new single “Houdini,” from his upcoming 12th solo studio album, Th Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grace).

In the song, Eminem raps: “If I was to ask for Megan Thee Stallion if she would collab with me / Would I really have a shot at a feat? (Ha!) / I don’t know, but I’m glad to be back, like Abra-abracadabra..” Em says that he would be unlikely to get a feature from Megan, while referencing her shooting incident with Tory Lanez, using a double entendre for “shot at her feet” and “shot at a feat”— an abbreviation of “feature.”

During the livestream, Akademiks said: “This is kind of how I always felt about, even when Drake said it and other people have made mention to it, if you don’t believe Megan got shot, I think it’s a joke but if you do believe Meg got shot, for Eminem or Drake, to make a line about it, is f–ked up. Now, if you don’t believe she got shot, it’s like ‘I don’t believe you, I’m just rapping about something that you lied about or you were not necessary ruthful. It’s not necessary a diss.” said Akademiks.

Then he continued: “By the way, Meg, let me tell you this. Eminem is not Nicki Minaj. Do not respond back. If anything, you could comment on this in an interview but do not rap back. Please do not rap back. Please, please, please do not rap back. You would be more sympathized if you in an interview saying ‘yeah, I was going through a lot turmoil and pain. I was crying every night and here comes this white man wo don’t really rap. He just start rapping about getting shot in the foot as a joke.’ That will work more than you trying to rap back at Em. Because if you rap back at Em, it’s all fair game and we all know what Em is down for. Em is a ni–a who had bunch of classic moments. Classic man. You gotta realize this guys is the guy! This ni–a is the GOAT. Eminem will always be a legend. That ni–a introduced Stan as a f–king noun in hip-hop. Shout out to Em.” You can watch the livestream below:

DJ Akademiks reacts to Benzino crying over Eminem, says Hailie can be proud of her dad, not Coi Leray

During one of his recent livestreams, DJ Akademiks addressed Benzino crying over Eminem on Drink Champs interview and gave some friendly advices. Akademiks also implied that Hailie Jade can be proud of her father, but he can’t say the same about Coi Leray.

“Okay, lets actually put some logic to it. Yo, Benzino, the beef between you and Eminem is one-sided. Eminem don’t give two f–ks about you, whether you’re living, breathing, talking, nothing, okay? Let’s get that out of the mix. What we do and I think we all could appreciate about you and also discuss about you is that you have a daughter that’s actually thriving and we are gonna say she’s a relevant hip-hop star.” said DJ Akademiks.

Then he continued: “Here is a thing. I think you are going though issues that you probably created over time. Your relationship with your daughter that she has spoken about, your demeanor in hip-hop, how you probably even treated women themselves and also how people view you in terms of your peers, you’re seeing it all manifest because your daughter is in this game. And you’ve said it yourself that your daughter feels like she gotta be cool with Eminem because you hated Eminem and it prevented a lot of opportunities for you.”

“I have to say to Benzino…I think the problems that you have are not hip-hop problems. he problems are family problems. Eminem is not talking about you now. Eminem does not have beef with you now. Most of these things are the reflection of your daughter being a star. Most of these things are your daughter reacting to you different type of way. So you need to fix your family problems first and foremost. Eminem don’t got beef with you my guy. The bigger issue now is you and your family. Fix your family issues. I don’ think Eminem is someone who is a threat to Benzino at this point. I could be wrong but I don’t see it. He has a daughter [Hailie] who is successful and everybody want to be a superman for their kids. His daughter probably looks at him, well, you’re the guy that’s not liked in hip-hop and I wanna be liked. So, I wanna look up to my father but people don’t like you, people look at you in certain ways so now I gotta move a little different. I pray for you Benzino.” – DJ Akademiks added.

You can watch Akademiks’ livestream below:

Dr. Umar responds Ed Lover, MC Shan & DJ Akademiks for defending Eminem

Dr. Umar is back as MC Shan, Ed Lover and DJ Akademiks defended Eminem against Umar’s comments that Slim Shady can’t be considered one of the greatest rappers of all time because he’s white. Umar responded both hip-hop icons on social media.

“My Dear Brother Ed, are you serious? You question my credentials and as to where I earned my doctoral degree because I stand, unapologetically, in defense of Afrikan culture against co-optation, usurpation and colonization by outsiders. I’m not the expert on hip-hop but I am an expert on the exploitation of Black culture by non-Afrikans. I said what I said and I meant every word of it. I’m pretty sure Mr. Mathers can speak for himself. He doesn’t need Negro Gate Keepers voluntarily playing defense attorney without being asked to do so. I never questioned the man’s talent, I rejected any attempt to anoint him as the G.O.A.T. I never personally insulted him. Your comments about Fat Joe and Big Pun make absolutely no sense as being Puerto Rican is a nationality, and being Latino is an ethnicity. Being Afrikan is a Race, and most Latinos are genetically of Afrikan origin.” Dr. Umar said.

Then he continued: “As far as your comments that “Hip-Hop is for everybody,” and that you “consider Eminem a friend,” and that you “know how hard he works,” sounds like some of that same old colorblind rhetoric that has allowed Black culture and community to be exploited by outsiders as far back as we can remember. Perhaps, you should have been as vocal when Eminem was exposed years ago for putting out racist lyrics about our Black Women. Where was all this passion then, Mr. Lover?”

Ed Lover then responded in the comments: “The culture of hip-hop music was not meant to belong to any one ethnicity. Many people contributed to the existence and popularity of the music that gave most of a chance to be something we could never have imagined being. Matter of fact two white boys gave us Yo! MTV Raps! The late Ted Demme and the late Peter Dougherty. Rick Rubin contributed greatly to the evolution of hip-hop and so did the Beastie Boys! I will disagree with you respectfully Dr Umar. But I will always protect everyone’s rights to be great at hip-hop!

Umar also addressed MC Shan: “To my dear elder MC Shan, I grew up listening to you, just as I spent my high school years listening to Ed Lover on “Yo! MTV Raps.” Unfortunately, I must respectfully disagree with both of you elders. And I must admit that it hurts my heart to see two icons rush to the defense of a non-Afrikan without him needing to utter a single word. Your comments that, “Eminem got in this culture because he was as ghetto as the rest of them mother*******,” and that “Snow is as ghetto as I am,” clearly show that we as a people still haven’t grasped a true understanding of White Privilege and how it operates in America. Additionally, “He mentioned me on the Grammy’s,” is a personal issue that has nothing to do with the protection of our culture. Your comments, “Dr. Umar I know you’re on this Black culture thing but you jumpin’ on the wrong thing,” “Eminem was no Mark Zuckerberg,” “his plight was just as f***** up as some of in the Black community,” were absolutely ridiculous and clearly shows that slave plantation protectionism politics still thrives within the hearts of the descendants of the enslaved.”

Dr. Umar also replied to DJ Akademiks: “You can’t compare rap to golf Akademiks because the latter has a clearly defined criteria for a championship and is not a cherished aspect of Afrikan culture. Yes, we certainly did invent the golf tee and if you’ve ever read a history book you might know that. Bunnyhoppin’ for the white Jesus of rap isn’t a good look on my Jamaican Afrikan family so please cut it out ninja. You come from the land of The Most Honorable Marcus Mosiah Garvey so please start acting like it.”

DJ Akademiks responds Dr. Umar’s comments about Eminem

During his latest livestream on Twitch, DJ Akademiks responded to Dr. Umar who said on Joe Budden Podcast that Eminem can’t be one of the greatest rappers of all time because him being white.

“Okay okay, my boy Umar was going crazy but I completely disagree with him. I would have agreed with him if he said the most impactful and influential, it would not make sense for the culture that’s rooted in the black culture for most impactful and influential person to be someone who is white. But the skill of rapping and being the best rapper, we are not talking about most important hip-hop artist of all time or the best hip-hop artist of all time, if someone was to say, they believe Eminem is the best at the skill of rapping, I do not have a problem with that.” – DJ Akademiks said.

Then he continued: “By the way, it’s just like, even though I’m pretty sure I just kinda get myself a counter argument while I make argument, I know you would probably say this is not particularly rooted in the tradition, but some could make point that say for example golf, that’s something that’s white culture. But ni–as like Dr. Umar, they’ll come out with weird stat like golf was actually created by a ni–a on the plantation when he took a ball of cotton and rolled it up and hit it…But Anyways, if golf is white people s–t, I think white people also say that the best is Tiger Woods. And it’s about just a skill of being a golfer. I think a skill of being just a rapper, it does not matter what race, where you are from, it’s just about the skill.”

DJ Akadmiks did not stop there: “And that’s where I think that if someone had an opinion that Eminem was the best rapper I wouldn’t have a problem with them saying it. Now, if someone said Eminem is the most impactful rapper or he is the most important rapper, no, clearly not. I do believe that, when we start talking about rappers that have had the cultural impact, this is why I give 2Pac a lot of praise, in the sense of what rap stood for rebellion and revolutionaries, I do think he embodied some of that and I do believe the music he made and the movement he had and his career and life has transcended even beyond his death and influenced other people of other times to use music in a way to stand up for the things. And I think that’s where the greatest hip-hop artist of all time that matters. But if we are only talk about the skill of rapping, no.”

You can watch the livestream below:

Akademiks laughs at Adin Ross saying ‘Eminem is GOAT,’ says Drake, Kanye West, Lil Wayne & Future would wash Eminem in Verzuz

If there is a person who is going to go hard for Eminem, it’s DJ Akademiks.

Jamaica-born DJ and media personality has been throwing shades at Detroit legend for a minute now. He even got Eminem’s attention back in 2018 when Akademiks called “Revival” album trash and the Rap God dropped “Kamikaze” album.

On a track titled “Fall,” Eminem raps: “Somebody tell Budden before I snap, he better fasten it / Or have his body bag get zipped / The closest thing he’s had to hits is smackin’ bitches (Pump it up!) And don’t make me have to give it back to Akademiks / Say this shit is trash again, I’ll have you twisted / Like you had it when you thought you had me slippin’ at the telly (Yeah) / Even when I’m gettin’ brain, you’ll never catch me with a thot.”

Yesterday, Akademiks was streaming with Adin Ross when the DJ once again discredited Eminem’s place in hip-hop when Adin declared Em as the greatest rapper of all time.

“Eminem versus Drake or Lil Wayne? Are you kidding me ni**a? Adin you f**kin stupid ni**a? Kanye West will also wash that ni**a. What you gonna play? Lose Yourself ni**a? Or Till I Collapse? Get the hell outta here! Kanye is stepping on Eminem, Drake is stepping on Eminem, Lil Wayne is stepping on Eminem. Future not washing Eminem?!?!” said Akademiks.

You can watch the full thing below:

Foolio includes Eminem in his list of top 5 rappers alive

Florida rapper Foolio, who was shot hundred times and survived with minor injuries couple of months ago, has recently chopped it up with DJ Akademiks on Off The Record podcast, where the young rapper named his list of top five rappers alive.

“Right now? I will say Polo G, Lil Baby, Lil Durk, Drake…I was supposed to say Drake first. Hell yeah, I f**k with Drake. And Eminem. I f**k with Eminem.” said Foolio, who is referred as one of the most disrespectful rappers today in hip hop because of his notorious beefs with Kodak Black and NBA Youngboy.

Elsewhere in the interview, Jacksonville rapper talked about some of the trauma in his life coming up while trying to rap. He talks about how he was shot while getting off the bus because he was beefing with someone else who was killed the same day.

Listen to the interview below: