Rapsody Disses DJ Akademiks During Her Sway Freestyle Over Kendrick Lamar’s “tv off”
When DJ Akademiks beefs with an artist, not only is he usually the “instigator” – as some people might just overreact to his comments – but it’s almost never on wax. Things usually stay on the Internet and don’t really go much further than that… But the key word here is “usually.” Moreover, Rapsody recently seemed to diss the media personality during her freestyle on Sway. “Feel like a Greek how I be stepping on these b****h n***as, Akademik / Affidavits, entertainment n***as who got open cases / Women charges, they say you violated,” she rapped. Maybe this didn’t have anything to do with Ak at all, but it lines up, so we’re sure that he will have a fiery rant on his livestream in response.
The sadder and more disrespectful option, though, is if DJ Akademiks tries to downplay Rapsody’s skill and success as a retort, which would only make her bars true. For those unaware, he’s been accused of sexual assault in the past and has more than a few controversies involving his alleged treatment of women and his outright beefs with females online.
Rapsody’s Sway Freestyle Dissing DJ Akademiks
However, we forgot to mention one tiny little detail about this Rapsody freestyle that seemingly dissed DJ Akademiks: it was over Kendrick Lamar‘s “tv off” beat. Considering that K.Dot himself sent shots Ak’s way on “6:16 in LA” amid the Drake battle and the media personality’s allegedly “compromised” nature, this is just a poetic coincidence that probably made the diss that much clearer for Akademiks and for audiences. This detail about that mention on Kendrick’s track hasn’t gotten any less relevant, by the way. Recently, the streamer and commentator revealed his Spotify wrap-up. The Compton lyricist’s “Not Like Us” and “euphoria” both ranked above Ak’s GOAT Drizzy’s “Family Matters” and “Push Ups.”
“Normally Kendrick Lamar wouldn’t sniff my spotify wrapped.. but he’s #2 on mine,” DJ Akademiks tweeted. “he explanation for that is thats what happens when u beef with every1 favorite rapper.. we gotta listen to ur s**t too cuz of the beef. Beefing when its just musical competition helps both artists.” We wonder if Rapsody will show up on his Wrapped next year!
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Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022.
Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case.
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