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| birth_name = Livingston Allen<ref>{{cite news |last1=Skudder |first1=Jake |title=DJ Akademiks Net Worth 2024: Updated Wealth Of The Influencer |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/694805-dj-akademiks-net-worth |access-date=9 May 2024 |work=HotNewHipHop |date=30 March 2024 |language=en}}</ref>
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| birth_place = [[Spanish Town]], Jamaica<ref name="hhdx">{{cite web|title=Meet Akademiks: The Rutgers University Grad Who Built His Own Empire|website=[[HipHopDX]] |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.70536/title.meet-akademiks-the-jamaica-born-rutgers-university-graduate-who-built-his-own-empire#|date=May 25, 2022}}</ref>
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* Akademiks, Lil AK, Big AK, AK, The Prize, The Negrotiator<ref name="tmz 1">{{cite web|title=AKADEMIKS I WAS GONNA SIGN FIVIO FOREIGN!!! Ma$e Hooked Him First for $1 Mil|website=[[TMZ]] |url=https://www.tmz.com/2022/09/06/akademiks-fivio-foreign-mase-richfish-columbia-records-big-drip/|date=September 6, 2022}}</ref>
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'''Livingston Allen''', better known as '''DJ Akademiks''' (or simply '''Akademiks''', also by his stage name '''Lil AK'''), is a Jamaican-American podcaster, internet personality and live streamer. DJ Akademiks rose to fame for his YouTube channel which covered recent news in the music industry—particularly [[hip hop music|hip hop]]. He later became the co-host of ''Everyday Struggle'', a daily show by [[Complex Networks]]. He also hosts his own podcast, ''Off the Record with DJ Akademiks'', on [[Spotify]].
==Personal life==
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===Early career===
DJ Akademiks was a regular on [[Internet forum|
===2014===
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In September 2022, podcast host and former rapper [[Joe Budden]] criticized DJ Akademiks for sharing a video clip of rapper [[PnB Rock]], speaking about being a potential robbery target, several days after PnB Rock had been shot to death in a robbery attempt.<ref name="yahoo1">{{Cite web |url=https://news.yahoo.com/joe-budden-blasts-dj-akademiks-190435288.html|title=Joe Budden Blasts DJ Akademiks For Sharing Insensitive Interview Clip Following PNB Rock's Death|work=[[Blavity]]|via=Yahoo!|date=September 20, 2022}}</ref> That same month, DJ Akademiks was criticized by hip-hop pioneers [[LL Cool J]],<ref name="billboard" /> [[MC Lyte]],<ref name="hhdx2">{{Cite web |url=https://hiphopdx.com/news/id.73879/title.mc-lyte-dj-akademiks-dusty-comments|title=MC LYTE SAYS DJ AKADEMIKS' 'DUSTY' COMMENTS ARE PROOF 'THERE'S MORE TO LEARN'|website=[[HipHopDx]]|date=September 30, 2022}}</ref> [[Russell Simmons]],<ref name="hotnew3">{{Cite web |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/433951-russell-simmons-to-akademiks-how-many-people-have-you-made-rich-news|title=Russell Simmons Stunts On Akademiks: "I Remember Signing Paperwork For Jay-Z & Kanye West"|website=[[HotNewHipHop]]|date=September 23, 2022}}</ref> and [[Spice 1]]<ref name="hotnew2">{{Cite web |url=https://www.hotnewhiphop.com/435131-spice-1-calls-out-dj-akademiks-over-disrespectful-comments-news|title=Spice 1 Calls Out DJ Akademiks Over Disrespectful Comments|website=[[HotNewHipHop]]|date=September 25, 2022}}</ref> for calling older rappers "dusty".
On May 14, 2024, a lawsuit was filed by Fauziya "Ziya" Abashe
==See also==
* [[
* [[Adam22]]
* [[DJ Vlad]]
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