Akademiks has pointed the finger at Kendrick Lamar for the explosive rape allegations against JAY-Z.
The Roc Nation mogul was recently named as a defendant in an updated lawsuit on Sunday (December 8), which accuses him of raping a 13-year-old girl with Diddy back in 2000.
Akademiks, who himself has faced sexual assault accusations, discussed the lawsuit on his Rumble channel shortly after the filing became public.
During the livestream, the media figure blamed Kendrick for fostering an “environment” where lawsuits like this are allowed to “flourish,” referencing the controversial diss tracks aimed at Drake.
“If you’re on that Kendrick Lamar soapbox thing, every rapper you like is gonna have a lawsuit. Doesn’t mean it’s true,” he said. “Every woman who feels disgruntled or whatever the case, got a fucking accusation — and they know these n-ggas are loaded with money.”
He continued: “Kendrick must have forgotten that all of his friends are rappers and he’s made a lot of money for people on his side […] You wouldn’t say your man has a weird case. But it’s easy to gaslight for some other people you don’t like.
“You know they’re trying to shake down your mans now, right? You know that people you stood next to, because you said that [about Drake], they’re trying to get at [JAY-Z], right?”
Ak then directly blamed Kendrick Lamar for opening the door to a flood of lawsuits against rappers: “You caused that because you’re acting like you’re Jesus. Everybody’s profiting off of it because, whether it’s true or not, you’ve created an environment where allegations should flourish.”
The podcaster also surprisingly accused Drake of being complicit: “I’ll call Drake out, too, because some of y’all think I’m part of some of this. No. Drake, don’t be calling no n-ggas out for beating their bitch,” referring to his unfounded accusations against Kendrick in the song “Family Matters.”
“Kendrick, don’t be calling no n-ggas out for no weird case. Both of y’all n-ggas is stupid ’cause both of y’all got homies that beat their bitch and got weird cases. Y’all both are just fucking up the game […] And now they got the king fish, they got his head in the beam.”
Dj akademiks says Kendrick Lamar created a atmosphere were all accusations should be believed with his drake narrative. And now that jay z is in the hot seat he looks crazy . pic.twitter.com/QXA939URQQ
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Despite Akademiks’ comments, the recent wave of sexual assault lawsuits in Hip Hop — involving figures like Diddy, Kanye West, Metro Boomin, and Irv Gotti, in addition to JAY-Z — predates Kendrick Lamar’s feud with Drake, which began earlier this year.
Diddy’s increasing number of civil suits began last November when his ex-girlfriend Cassie accused him of rape, sex trafficking, and domestic abuse, among other allegations.
In a rare public statement, JAY-Z denied the rape accusations involving the 13-year-old girl and criticized the high-profile lawyer behind the lawsuit, Tony Buzbee.
“These allegations are so heinous in nature that I implore you to file a criminal complaint, not a civil one!! Whomever would commit such a crime against a minor should be locked away, would you not agree?” he wrote in part.
“These alleged victims would deserve real justice if that were the case. This lawyer, who I have done a bit of research on, seems to have a pattern of these types of theatrics!”
The rap icon has also filed his own lawsuit against Buzbee, accusing him of extortion.
In the suit, filed anonymously in November, Buzbee is accused of “shamelessly attempting to extort exorbitant sums” from JAY-Z with the threat of legal action based on “entirely fabricated and malicious allegations of sexual assault.”
Buzbee has denied the claims and stated that his client was not seeking financial compensation.
