Freddie Gibbs and DJ Akademiks reignited their war of words last week when Gangsta Gibbs insinuated he’d run the fade when he next sees Akademiks. After the podcaster/media personality posted a video of a fight between Kay Flock and Ron Suno at Rolling Loud New York, the ESGN rapper replied, “I hope you post it when I run into you.”
A back-and-forth ensued as Akademiks mocked Freddie Gibbs for his Twitter fingers, while Gibbs revealed he has Ak’s home address and claimed he could’ve “smoked” him already, but instead he’s “letting n-ggaz breathe The Lord’s good oxygen.”
Despite Freddie Gibbs vowing to stay out of trouble, that didn’t stop the beef from heating up once again on Tuesday (November 2). Following a couple of light jabs from Freddie over Akademiks’ recent interview with Brittany Renner, the Off The Record podcast host fired back by bringing up the time Gibbs was shot at in New York in 2014.
“Don’t talk about you coulda done this, done that,” he said during a livestream. “Harv [a member of 6ix9ine’s Tr3yway crew] shot at you! 6ix9ine told us that, n-gga … You ain’t get no get-back. You ran from New York like a bitch. Stop playing with me, n-gga. Acting like you some big bad n-gga because I’m a blogger? You can’t beef with no rapper?”
.@FreddieGibbs “i cOuLdA sMoKeD aKaDeMiKS”.
Stop the tweeting … start Spinning u internet gangsta. pic.twitter.com/oIZA9gi6ae— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) November 2, 2021
Akademiks continued his tirade on Twitter by mocking Freddie Gibbs for being an “internet gangsta” while goading him to “stop tweeting” and “start spinning.” He also vowed to “ignore him from now on” (which didn’t last long).
Every day u tweet about me instead of spinning like u rap about u just a fake ass rap Nigga to me. @FreddieGibbs
— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) November 2, 2021
STOP TWEETING.. START SPINNING. BITCH. https://t.co/FSRaeIWKH3
— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) November 2, 2021
Freddie Gibbs literally a internet gangsta who get online trolling for jokes and retweets and talking like he a steppa. Well @FreddieGibbs u n everybody say I’m a bitch. It’s on u to make a example of me. But please for the love of God.. STOP TWEETING. Start Spinning.
— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) November 2, 2021
Sorry, sometimes I gotta pull the hoe card of fake ass niggas like @FreddieGibbs . He a Twitter thug. But next time this hoe tweet bout me remind this bitch he said “I could have smoked akademiks”. He probably in photoshop cooking up memes. Imma ignore him from now.
— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) November 2, 2021
Needless to say, Gangsta Gibbs didn’t take kindly to Akademiks’ tweets. The Gary, Indiana native returned fire by telling the podcaster to “shut yo pussy ass up” before posting a video meme with the caption, “Me singing at Akademiks funeral.”
The tone of his threats turned sinister when Gibbs later warned Akademiks, “Last time U lost your job don’t lose your life trying to make a point that u can’t prove.”
Nigga shut yo pussy ass up before I spin U. https://t.co/iPs1ZigUCO
— Big ? (@FreddieGibbs) November 2, 2021
@Akademiks RIP ?? pic.twitter.com/uAAEppN9py
— Big ? (@FreddieGibbs) November 2, 2021
I love when this bitch talk about me @Akademiks because he said I was irrelevant. ?
— Big ? (@FreddieGibbs) November 2, 2021
I don’t tweet nothing I won’t say in person.
— Big ? (@FreddieGibbs) November 2, 2021
Last time U lost your job don’t lose your life trying to make a point that u can’t prove @Akademiks
— Big ? (@FreddieGibbs) November 2, 2021
The exchange didn’t end there. Akademiks responded by claiming Gibbs cooperated with police over the 2014 New York shooting while hurling insults such as “fake gangsta,” “clout chasing bitch” and “hoe ass n-gga” at the Alfredo rapper.
He ended his rant by telling Freddie he’ll be in Los Angeles in two weeks and inviting him to “do whatever.”
U finally logged on for ur 8 hr internet thuggish session. Do it.
Niggas who shot ur two Homies u ain’t spinned for yet. N u want me to believe u gonna spin on a blogger. ???. U gave a statement to police and ur dad a COPhttps://t.co/XAYtQd3wOd https://t.co/oSnzyKoIFB
— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) November 2, 2021
.@FreddieGibbs u spinned on the Niggas who did this to u https://t.co/3zwaWVOFru…
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I heard u was dissing a NY rapper on Twitter til that niggga had u handled.U went mad federal wit the “I could have smoke akademiks”. So let’s talk.
Why u gave a statement to the cops? https://t.co/oSnzyKoIFB
— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) November 2, 2021
I proved u a fake gangsta and a clout chasing bitch and u concerned about relevancy. Nigga if u wanted to be relevant u could have done my podcast and I would have the same energy with u in person. But u still tweeting and UR the gangsta. https://t.co/lkX5Vsq425
— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) November 2, 2021
This is basically telling the world this fake gangsta ain’t finnna do shit. Freddie u hoe. U not active .. so u might as well do my podcast if u care bout relevancy. I thought u were talking bout smokin shit.. but u were just clout chasing .. sad. https://t.co/lkX5Vsq425
— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) November 2, 2021
Boy u tweeted too many warnings … stop tweeting .. stop warning.. spin . Fake ass gangsta. Ur dad a cop. And u gave police a statement but ur the gangsta .. admit it u a clout chasing hoe. https://t.co/zPWH4wL3Gp
— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) November 2, 2021
. @FreddieGibbs u tweeting threats that’s why I know u ain’t on shit. That’s why I’m having this energy wit u. U a hoe ass rapper tryna portray a image. Memes can’t help u this time.. u jumped out the window and started talked smokin shit… u ain’t doing shit. U hoe ass Nigga
— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) November 2, 2021
Get off Twitter u lame. U kno my addy.. u got the location spin or u a bitch. Imma show everyone online why nigggas like u are pure image .. no real action. Btw.. I’ll be back in LA in 2 weeks if u there. Since u claim u that gangsta u can do whatever n nigggas will let it happen https://t.co/8QOsWEerAo
— DJ Akademiks (@Akademiks) November 2, 2021
Freddie Gibbs has yet to respond to Akademiks’ most recent tweets, although he was active on Twitter in the early hours of Wednesday morning (November 3) as he watched the Atlanta Braves beat the Houston Astros to win the World Series. “Damn astros,” he joked with noted Astros fan Bun B.
Freddie Gibbs and DJ Akademiks’ beef stems from a June 2020 interview Gibbs gave in which he called his former label boss and fellow rival Jeezy musically “irrelevant.” Akademiks fired back and said, “If Jeezy is irrelevant, Freddie Gibbs, you are absolutely irrelevant as well.”
Since then, the spat has erupted numerous times, with Freddie Gibbs threatening to “torture” Akademiks until he quits his job and clowning him for being “fired” from Complex‘s now-defunct web series Everyday Struggle.