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DJ Akademiks Sparks Controversy by Ranking Drake’s OVO Fest Over Kendrick Lamar’s The Pop Out

DJ Akademiks has ignited a heated debate by declaring that Drake and J. Cole’s festivals—OVO Fest and Dreamville Fest—surpass Kendrick Lamar’s recent The Pop Out – Ken & Friends show in impact and scale. These remarks were made during a livestream clip he shared on social media this past Saturday.

“None of these ns up here got a feature with Kendrick,” Akademiks stated, showing a clip from The Pop Out’s finale. “And we don’t think they will ever get a feature with Kendrick. He has one concert in 15 years and brought these ns on stage and n****s is saying he did the most.” He contrasted this with J. Cole’s Dreamville Festival and Drake’s OVO Fest, both of which platform emerging artists and have become significant cultural events in their respective cities.

Akademiks’ comments quickly drew backlash from fans. One user replied, “OVO Fest is not the same as the POP Out. The POP Out was West Coast honoring their identity, their fallen soldiers, and respecting each other’s differences and similarities of being the West Coast culture. It was also retaliation to a colonizer insulting their legends.” Another added, “Y’all Drake n****s don’t know how to take an L and move on.”

This isn’t the first time Lamar’s The Pop Out – Ken & Friends has been compared to Drake’s OVO Fest. When Complex shared a clip of Drake performing his Meek Mill diss track, “Back to Back,” at OVO Fest in 2015, social media users debated the moment’s lasting impact in light of recent events.

Stay tuned to Honk Magazine for more updates on DJ Akademiks, Drake, and Kendrick Lamar.

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SweetCandy! reveals the truth behind new release “ISOLATED DISPOSITION”

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