Hip-Hop personalities Joe Budden and DJ Akademiks are long-time friends. But at the same time, they stand on opposite sides of the fence in the music industry.
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Joe Budden Questions If Akademiks Wants Smoke
Budden has been a noted Drake critic. While Akademiks has become one of Drake’s cohorts. And a trusted source when it comes to Drake news.
As Drake prepares to drop his ninth studio album, Iceman, Budden questions if his former Everyday Struggle co-host is starting to switch sides on him.
“Ak, I hear your lil streams n**** you want War? Like what’s up.. you tryna turn s*** up? I gotta call my man to see what’s going on,” the rapper said during the Wednesday (May 6) episode of his podcast.
Check out the entire clip below (via CalebFromX/X):
Joe Budden QUESTIONS if Akademiks wants SMOKE w/ him:
— Caleb (@CalebFromX) May 6, 2026
“Ak I hear your lil streams n**** you want War? Like what’s up.. you tryna turn s*** up ? I gotta call my man to see what’s going on”
Joe believes the energy Ak is giving him online is due to the Drake/Kendrick beef w/… pic.twitter.com/rb0HyIsMfN
While Budden’s rant appeared to be somewhat satirical, users in the comments section believe that a beef has been brewing between the former Complex hosts for a long time.
“Joe has been lowkey shooting at Ak for a minute now. Letting Mona and Marc get her unwarranted shit off, mentioning the gambling shit, etc.,” one person wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter.
“Joe messes with a lot of Ak opps like Mona and Marc, it ain’t got nothing to do with Drake, he’s definitely ready to pull the trigger lol,” a second user chimed in.
“Joe doesn’t want to smoke with Ak; he doesn’t have the endurance. He might go at ak one or two pods. Ak would talk about Joe forever,” a third user remarked.
At the time of writing, Akademiks has not responded to the comments made by Joe Budden.
