Clickbait conquered rap journalism — Megan Thee Stallion paid the price
thefader.comYou have to imagine this has been a bad summer for DJ Akademiks, even if he puts on a brave face. First came the March arrest of Andrew Tate, the British-American influencer who racked up billions of TikTok views advocating violent misogyny — “I think he’s a positive role model for men,” Akademiks said of the alleged rapist and human trafficker during an early August stream.
Then Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison this month after he was found guilty of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot in 2020.
Over the course of the trial, Akademiks took to Twitter time and time again to antagonize Megan and defend Lanez with unverified (and quickly deleted) trial “insights.” Backed into a corner, he still insists that maybe Tory didn’t do it.
Though he has been one of Tory Lanez's most prominent supporters over the past three years, Akademiks is far from the only one.
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