DJ Akademiks Thinks Drake Had the Best Diss Song In Kendrick Lamar Rap Battle
Ak's take immediately divided his followers.
Drake attends the Toronto Raptors and the Sacramento Kings basketball game at the Scotiabank Arena on Nov. 2, 2024 in Toronto, Canada.
DJ Akademiks has divided his followers by arguing Drake‘s “Family Matters” was the best diss track exchanged between Drizzy and Kendrick Lamar.
As K-Dot and the 6 God’s legendary rap battle reaches its one-year mark, critics and rap fans alike have been reflecting on the cultural impact of the diss tracks exchanged between the two hip-hop giants. Ak, who was deeply devoted to Drizzy during the battle’s entirety, chimed in with his two cents on Saturday (May 3), posting on X that he thinks the second verse on “Family Matters” was “the hardest s—t in the battle.”
“In hindsight, ‘Meet the Grahams’ was the WORST song by a mile in the battle,” he added as his followers began to converse on the topic. He then published a ranking of the diss tracks, with “Family Matters” being on top and K-Dot’s Grammy-winning song “Not Like Us” being placed at No. 3.
“Songs are ranked off quality, bars, not impact,” he clarified in the post.
This was a heavily divisive stance.
“Buried alive over meet the grahams when your talking about bars and quality,” one follower wrote on X. “Having pushups over 6:16 in LA is wild.”
“Meet the Grahams below the heart part 6,” another wrote.
However, Ak is far from the first person to argue Drake’s victory. Back in January, Vybez Kartel also chose The Boy as the clear winner in the showdown.
“I’m not a fan of Kendrick,” Kartel told Billboard. “I don’t even listen to Kendrick, so I wouldn’t know … I saw it on the internet, but no disrespect to the dude, I hear him, but I don’t listen to him. Drake is more in tune with Jamaica and the culture … Drake is a better and bigger artist.”
Check out Ak’s tweets below.
This article was originally published by Billboard U.S.
