Akademiks Says He Advised Drake to Stop Dissing Kendrick Lamar in His Music: ‘It’s Over’

Akademiks believes Drake needs to permission his conflict with Kendrick Lamar in the past, and halt dissing the “Not Like Us” rapper successful his aboriginal music.

Ak sat down with VLADTV for an interrogation posted Oct. 14, during which helium explained wherefore helium told Drake to halt addressing Kendrick and the conflict connected his upcoming album, though helium doesn’t deliberation Drizzy volition instrumentality his advice.

“When I mean permission him alone, we’ve got to permission the moment. There’s nary much nonstop engaging. There ain’t nary much with diss songs. It’s over,” Akademiks said. “He’s inactive gotta sneak diss him. It’s gotta beryllium the Jay-Z approach.”

He continued: “After this battle, it should beryllium Drake’s last. Like, wherefore prosecute with rappers? [In] immoderate of these situations, you person thing to gain. Would you spell connected a concern woody you got thing to gain?”

Vlad pushed back, pointing to however Drake’s conflict with Meek Mill and his vicious “Back to Back” deed diss opus elevated his vocation to different level successful 2015. “It was a pivotal moment,” Vlad said. “It was the biggest deed diss opus of each clip astatine that point.”

Ultimately, Akademiks doesn’t judge that Drake should beryllium battling anyone, arsenic helium has the astir to lose. “When you look astatine Drake’s vocation arsenic a whole, wherefore would helium engage? It’s over,” helium said. “He’s already solidified.”

After having hostility for implicit a decade, Drake and Kendrick’s feud exploded successful 2024 with Lamar’s bristling assistance connected Future’s “Like That.” Throughout April and into May past year, the 2 exchanged scathing diss tracks — 8 successful full — with K. Dot’s Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 deed “Not Like Us” serving arsenic the fatal blow.

Watch AKademiks’ interrogation below: