DJ Akademiks Posts Video Of Himself Partying With Maino As Feud Intensifies

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LAS VEGAS, NEVADA - OCTOBER 24: DJ Akademiks attends Complex's inaugural List[ed] event at Zaytinya on October 24, 2025 in Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Bryan Steffy/Getty Images for Complex)
DJ Akademiks and Maino have been trading shots over the last week following Ak's jokes about Fabolous' fashion choices.

DJ Akademiks shared a video of himself sharing a drink with Maino on X (formerly Twitter) on Tuesday afternoon. He explained in the caption that everything between them was all good when they ran into one another at an NBA YoungBoy show last month. The two have been taking several shots at each other in recent days.

"Maino online talking crazy bout me but forgot to mention I seen him a month ago at YB show.. montana always gave me a bottle of 1942 every show.. Maino asked for a shot.. I told em to give him a cup and poured up some shots w him. A month later he saying wild sh*t bout me online," Ak wrote.

Why Are DJ Akademiks & Maino Beefing?

The drama began when Akademiks joked about Fabolous' fashion choices, which prompted Maino to come to his defense on the Let's Rap About It podcast. Maino remarked: "You a journalist and this is your opinion, so let me give my opinion on you. I feel like you built like a d*ke... a wet bag of laundry. I feel like your built like a jar of relish... You know what they call that boy? They call [Akademiks] chicken... for chicken nugget. Stop playing with me, n****... I'ma big d*ck dictator. Stop playing with me."

During a recent livestream, Ak claimed that he was filing for a restraining order against Maino. “I’m filing charges. I’m filing charges. I can’t wait,” Akademiks said, as caught by Baller Alert. “Chat, there’s no honor in getting your a** beat like this. Matter of fact, I ain’t gonna lie to you…I’ve already applied for a restraining order on Maino. Because Maino, one of them, like, Taxstone crash out n***as.”

Maino fired back on Instagram, sharing a picture of Ak and writing: “Nah I Ain’t Nobody’s Crash Out! And I Never Had Any Intentions Of Harming This Jar Of Relish. I Just Asked Him To Give Us A Detailed Explanation On Why He Thought It Was Cool To Have A Gay Sex Conversation With A Minor smfh."

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Cole Blake is a current staff writer at HotNewHipHop based out of New York City. He began writing for the site as an intern back in 2018 while finishing his B.A. in Journalism at St. John’s University. In the time since, he’s covered a number of breaking stories for HNHH. These include the ongoing YSL RICO trial, the allegations surrounding Diddy, and much more. His work also extends outside of hip-hop, having written extensively about a myriad of topics including politics, sports, and pop culture. He’s attended several music festivals to provide coverage for the site as well, such as Rolling Loud and Governors Ball.

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