"Kendrick wants to be Drake without doing Drake sh*t" - DJ Akademiks reacts to Young Thug saying Kendrick Lamar doesn’t help people with features

Multiple statements by Young Thug have been coming to light amid the recent call leak controversy, one of which happens to be the rapper's comment on Kendrick Lamar.

Drake loyalist DJ Akademiks recently commented on Thug's comments concerning Lamar during a recent livestream, the clip of which was posted on X by a joebuddenclips/fanpage on September 4, 2025. In the clip, Akademiks commented on Thug's criticism about Kendrick Lamar denying to feature in his 2023 album Business Is Business.

During his livestream, Akademiks said:

"Kendrick wants to be Drake without doing Drake s*it. Most of the things that Kendrick criticizes about Drake, Drake has to do to be Drake...If you want to be the guy who is like this No. 1 really super popular dude, you gotta do some of these things."

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Dj akademiks reacts to young thug saying Kendrick Lamar doesn’t help people like Drake does with features

Akademiks' reaction stems from one of the audio leaks featuring Young Thug, where he expressed his discontent against Kendrick Lamar reportedly not featuring on his album. In the clip, Thug, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams II, questioned if Lamar was "too big" to not do a feature for a "superstar."

Jeffery added that artists like Lil Baby, Lil Durk, and he reached out to Lamar for a feature, further asking who the Not Like Us rapper was willing to help. The conversation eventually led to Thug taking Lamar's rival Drake's name, stating:

“You supposed to be a n***a blessing niggas. That’s why these n****s will never be bigger than Drake, EVER in life."

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What did Young Thug say about GloRilla in leaked jail call? Details explored as YSL rapper issues apology

The series of snitching allegations and backlash from rappers like 6ix9ine against Young Thug followed a leaked interrogation clip where Thug gave an open-ended answer concerning Peewee Roscoe, the man blamed for shooting at Lil Wayne's tour bus in 2015.

Shortly after the first leak, multiple audios, which are seemingly calls that Thug made from jail, started making rounds on the internet. In one of the leaked audio clips, Jeffery mocked female rapper GloRilla's appearance, on her being compared to Rihanna, stating:

“That bi*ch ugly as f*ck. They say she ain’t ugly, man that bi*ch ain’t nothing. Long a** bullsh*t a** wig, skinny sh*t, God damn big a** head, big mouth. … I would not pursue her, like at all… That sh*t ain’t nothing.”

Shortly after the audio went viral, All Dere rapper GloRilla took to X, stating that Thug was the same person who bombarded her with texts, asking about the color of her eyes.

GloRilla's response to Thug's comment on her looks (Image via X/ @GloTheofficial)

Moreover, Young Thug also took to X to apologize to GloRilla for his comments about her appearance. In a tweet dated September 4, 2025, Thug wrote:

"@GloTheofficial first of all I’m sorry to u for my words and I honestly don’t think ur ugly at all, I was speaking from jail just having a hard time with life.. I don’t like bashing girls and hardly ever did.. I’m sorry to u twin."

Thug's apology to GloRilla (Image via X/ @youngthug)

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In other news, in the audio clip dissing Kendrick Lamar for not featuring on his 2023 album, Young Thug claimed that the East Coast doesn't entertain Lamar. Additionally, the YSL rapper mocked Kendrick Lamar for his lack of social media activity, suggesting that he should delete his account rather than trying to prove he doesn't use the internet regularly.