Charleston White Claims DJ Akademiks Is The Reason Lil Durk Was Acquitted

BY Gabriel Bras Nevares
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Screenshot of social media personality, Charleston White, in his car, taken from his Instagram account @officialcharlestonwhite.
Charleston White is furious over Lil Durk's acquittal in his murder-for-hire case, accusing DJ Akademiks of opening the door for the verdict.

The Lil Durk trial has finally wrapped up, although the Chicago rapper is facing another trial soon for charges previously severed from the murder-for-hire case. A jury acquitted him on all counts, including stalking and murder-for-hire charges. Those who dislike or condemn Durk, such as Charleston White, are quite angry about the not guilty verdict. In his specific case, White took it a step further and accused DJ Akademiks and his unwitting role in court proceedings of leading to the verdict.

Charleston was on a phone call with Akademiks while the commentator and reporter was on a livestream, as caught by his affiliate Instagram page. White said he was furious over the results, and pointed the finger at Ak.

"You the reason he got away," he remarked, with Akademiks pushing back. "When the judge brought that s**t up and you said that s**t was a script, you the one f***ed this s**t up. You the reason for the f**k-up. You know how many victims you done hurt 'cause of that? Until you came and gave a public statement... The jury didn't need nothing... Before you said what you said, and the jury convened, and the judge had to throw your name up in it, and they said they was wrong, up until that point, you was the evidence they needed and had to convict him. Then you came with that bulls**t. You saved that n***a life.

Charleston White brought up Lul Pab's family and claimed Ak should be "ashamed" of himself. Hollywood Unlocked also caught his social media video in reaction to the verdict.

DJ Akademiks & Lil Durk

For those unaware, what Charleston White seemed to refer to was how DJ Akademiks' interview with Lil Durk came up in the trial. Judge Michael Fitzgerald said he understands why Akademiks was mad about this, as he never asked to be part of the trial.

On the other hand, Charleston White's previous commentary on Lil Durk's trial shows he was on the prosecution's side as far as what he thought Durk did and what outcome he wanted to see. Now, debates and controversies are flowing quickly around this situation.

About The Author
Gabriel Bras Nevares is a staff writer for HotNewHipHop. He joined HNHH while completing his B.A. in Journalism & Mass Communication at The George Washington University in the summer of 2022. Born and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Gabriel treasures the crossover between his native reggaetón and hip-hop news coverage, such as his review for Bad Bunny’s hometown concert in 2024. But more specifically, he digs for the deeper side of hip-hop conversations, whether that’s the “death” of the genre in 2023, the lyrical and parasocial intricacies of the Kendrick Lamar and Drake battle, or the many moving parts of the Young Thug and YSL RICO case. Beyond engaging and breaking news coverage, Gabriel makes the most out of his concert obsessions, reviewing and recapping festivals like Rolling Loud Miami and Camp Flog Gnaw. He’s also developed a strong editorial voice through album reviews, think-pieces, and interviews with some of the genre’s brightest upstarts and most enduring obscured gems like Homeboy Sandman, Bktherula, Bas, and Devin Malik.

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