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The wildest beef in hip-hop history just might be the ongoing war of words between Saucy Santana and DJ Akademiks. For sure, this is different than epic battles between Jay-Z and Nas or Ice Cube and NWA perhaps because it’s way more entertaining. Let’s get into it.
Saucy Santana is a known yet still emerging gay rapper who’s dropped one album and some hot singles like “Walk,” “Here We Go” and “Material Girl.” He’s fun, flamboyant and fiercely loyal. Santana started his career as a makeup artist for the City Girls and remains close to them — that connection is part of where this beef comes from.
DJ Akademiks is a cornball. Excuse me, I meant to write DJ Akademiks is an “internet personality,” whatever that means. He does livestreams and podcasts about the culture, but he’s not a good broadcaster, and he doesn’t have a reputation as a music reviewer or an interviewer. I’m not sure why we should care about his opinion, but the kids keep talking about him like he’s a thing. I heard one of them say he ate and left no crumbs, and to me, it looks like that happens several times a day. Also, Akademiks is a Trumper — he’s already said he will vote for Trump in 2024. Gross.
Anyway, the beef started when Akademiks dissed the City Girls on a livestream saying, “We need to hold some of these makeshift, chameleon, non-talented, lazy, non-passionate people accountable. You see the City Girls are the definition of people who have gotten to places in their career without ever really doing the work. The City Girls are a byproduct of good writers, good people that put an image around them, people that branded…
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