DJ Akademiks Jokes That Lil Baby Has Lost All His Talent

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DJ Akademiks doesn't like what he's hearing from Lil Baby.

DJ Akademiks isn't feeling good about Lil Baby's upcoming album, WHAM (Who Hard as Me). While streaming over the weekend, Ak reacted to a clip of the Atlanta rapper previewing new music and joked that he's been zapped of his talent. "I feel like one of The Monstars hopped out of one of them New Jersey drones and f*cking grabbed Lil Baby and shook the talent out of him," Ak said. "I don't what I'm hearing thus far, I don't know what I'm hearing. It's like they shook the talent out of him."

As Ak's clip circulated on social media, fans on X (formerly Twitter) joined in agreement. "The n***a wasn’t all that good from the jump yall prop up anything. That 'freestyle' yall hyped from 2018 is ass dawg. Go back and listen," one user wrote. Another added: "It's that you're waking up to what this bullsh*t has always been."

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The comments come after Baby addressed the criticism he's received from some fans about falling off. "I don't even care really. I be seeing sh*t like that," Baby said while speaking with Charlamagne Tha God for a new interview. As for his evolution as an artist, he said: "It's like a give and take to the point where, I kinda understand it. And what I mean by that is like I never did take them with me to transition. So through a transition, I only expect certain fans to catch up to it. Sometimes you gotta like dumb it down."

DJ Akademiks Goes Off On Lil Baby

WHAM (Who Hard as Me) is expected to drop on January 3, 2025, and feature appearances from Young Thug, 21 Savage, Future, GloRilla, and more. Check out DJ Akademiks' full opinion on Lil Baby below.

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Cole Blake is a current staff writer at HotNewHipHop based out of New York City. He began writing for the site as an intern back in 2018 while finishing his B.A. in Journalism at St. John’s University. In the time since, he’s covered a number of breaking stories for HNHH. These include the ongoing YSL RICO trial, the allegations surrounding Diddy, and much more. His work also extends outside of hip-hop, having written extensively about a myriad of topics including politics, sports, and pop culture. He’s attended several music festivals to provide coverage for the site as well, such as Rolling Loud and Governors Ball.
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