“He took a global moment and made it a hood moment” — DJ Akademiks blames Kendrick Lamar as he believes Super Bowl 2026 will not book hip-hop

Internet personality DJ Akademiks who is known to side with Drake recently put forth his perspective on the 2026 Super Bowl blaming Kendrick Lamar for being the reason hip-hop won’t be booked for the event. In a video of the livestream uploaded by X user @ArtOfDialogue_, Akademiks mentioned that Lamar performing his latest album GNX’s tracks at the Super Bowl was a smart move to make them stream, but not a smart move if he wants to perform at the halftime show again. Commenting on the same, DJ Akademiks said: “I actually personally believe that hip-hop won’t be at the Super Bowl next year. I think Kendrick f*cked it up for everybody…he took a global moment and made it a hood moment.” Akademiks commented on Lamar’s Super Bowl performance as he was displaying the top 10 tracks on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart for the week which featured Lamar’s tracks in the top 2 as well as the 4th and 5th positions. The internet personality added that Lamar pulled off a “Drake-obsessed” performance at the halftime show yet he could have done a better job by balancing it. DJ Akademiks proceeded to call Kendrick Lamar “selfish” claiming that his Super Bowl...