On August 23, 2025, internet personality DJ Akademiks took to X to post a video of his deposition concerning the Megan Thee Stallion-Tory Lanez case. In the video, the lawyers asked Akademiks questions concerning his financial compensation for speaking on multiple artists and record labels, and for promoting the same.In the video of his deposition, DJ Akademiks denied questions concerning whether he has been paid to refrain from talking about any topic online. However, the internet personality admitted to being paid for promoting "every record label known to man." Akademiks did mention that Roc Nation was one of the labels paying him for promotion.Additionally, the lawyers sought a link between Akademiks' activities and an alleged connection between a reported media campaign against Megan. However, Akademiks denied the same and also expressed discontent with being questioned via his Instagram Stories. According to HotNewHipHop's report dated August 23, 2025, Akademiks wrote:"This deposition meg thee stallion got me in asking me bout Tory, Drake and Nicki Minaj more than their client Meg the stallion. 'U sure Drake ain't pay u' 'U sure Nicki ain't paying blogs' 'Who is grand wizard' 'Did Tory send u bread on cash app?'"Megan Thee Stallion previously clapped back at DJ Akademiks for spreading false newsThe recent instance of DJ Akademiks being a part of the deposition in Megan Thee Stallion and Tory Lanez's case is not the first time the internet personality has been a part of the situation.Back in February 2022, Akademiks took to X and posted a false report about Megan and Lanez's court hearing concerning the July 2020 shooting incident, wherein the latter shot the female rapper in the feet after a party. In his tweet, Akademiks wrote:"BREAKING: It was revealed in court few moments ago that Tory Lanez DNA WAS NOT found on the weapon in the Meg Thee Stallion case."While DJ Akademiks deleted the tweet shortly after posting it, the post was noticed by Megan, given that it was reported by multiple media portals and social media pages. However, Akademiks had posted the claim before the lawsuit's hearing began, resulting in the Mamushi rapper calling him out for spreading false information.Megan’s Instagram post (Image via Instagram/ @theestallion)Taking to her social media at the time, the female rapper targeted Akademiks, writing that people had already begun lying even before the court hearing concerning her lawsuit had begun."Yall got breaking news 15 minutes before court started and nobody has even been called in yet?? Yall tryna win a social media campaign this is MY REAL LIFE!" Yall tryna get retweet’s SPREADING FALSE NARRATIVES! @iamakademiks Why are you lying? What did you gain?" Megan wrote in another postMegan Thee Stallion also targeted blogs spreading false narratives concerning the shooting lawsuit, addressing bloggers who were trying to "create a hate campaign." Megan Thee Stallion asked bloggers to "be a real journalist and post FACTS", stating that her haters could continue making themselves look stupid."Whats even more f*cked up is this s*it is all public record and nobody even cares to read. Only thing that happened in court today was it got pushed to april 5th.. but yall will get a lie trending.. Imagine how I feel..reliving this s*it everyday publicly. It hurts Im so tired." Megan wrote in her IG Stories at the timeIn other news, Tory Lanez was convicted of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the feet in December 2022. He was convicted on three felony charges, including illegal possession of a firearm, assault with a firearm, and negligent discharge of a firearm.Lanez's conviction resulted in him being sentenced to a decade-long prison sentence in August 2023.