@iamAkademiks
Livingston Allen commonly known as DJ Akademiks is a prominent figure in the hip hop industry. He is a 29-year-old, who was born in Jamaica and grew up there until he was 10 years old. He then moved together with his parents at the age of 10 to the United States of America. It took a while to adjust to the new environment, but eventually he got accustomed to the states.
Lets take a look at seven interesting facts about DJ Akademiks:
DJ Career
A little known fact about DJ Akademiks is that he actually was a DJ at one point. When he was fresh to the USA many things were hard to adjust to, but music and being a DJ gave him a leeway to interact with people. He was good at it and spent most of the weekends playing gigs at his college. He has since played a few shows post-college and still holds on to his DJ title.
Blog Contributor
Another fact is that DJ Akademiks gained his name from discussing hip hop news on blogs. The first of these was latenightcreep.com back during his college days but that blog seems to no longer exist. He evaluated hip-hop trends, hip-hop culture, and developments. He continued to contribute to other blogs before diving into his own social media outlets.
Rutgers University
He attended Rutgers University in New Jersey. During his time at the university, he studied Biomathematics. After completing his bachelor’s degree he continued to attend a graduate university and study towards a master’s in Math Finance.
Large Social Media Following
Amongst his numerous occupations, DJ Akademiks is also a well-known media personality. He boasts large audiences on various platforms such as his two Instagram accounts, Twitter page, and most recently his Twitch account. His Instagram accounts have well above 4 million followers, his Twitter account has a little over 1.2 million followers and his Twitch account has more than 3 million views. He uses these forums as a way to post hip hop news and to air his opinions on matters.
YouTube Star
His YouTube channel is one of DJ Akademiks’ most thriving forums. He has a YouTube channel he started 5 years ago. He has 2.39 million subscribers on his channel and has managed to post over 2000 videos. His channel contains hip hop news from the time he started 5 years ago. He previously owned another YouTube channel that involved him making commentary but he shut that one down.
He’s an Artist
Since he became a big part of the hip hop industry, DJ has gone on and ventured into becoming an artist himself. He has released singles and has done a few collaborations. His most notable collaboration was one he did with 6ix9ine on the song “Lanes.” His singles do fairly well and have managed to get some airtime on radio stations. His stage name is Lil AK.
Estimated Net Worth
It is important to note that with time in the industry, DJ Akademiks has managed to generate a lot of wealth. Much of his wealth is generated from YouTube and his numerous social media endeavors. He has an estimated net worth of $2 million USD.
Suspected Informant
DJ Akademiks has managed to become part of many controversial matters. He was even suspected to be one of the confidential informants in Tekashi 6ix9ine’s case. Many artists and hosts in the hip hop industry have warned DJ Akademiks of the risk of losing his whole career from certain affiliations. Akademiks insists that he is not attached to the artists he works with and draws boundaries to keep the integrity of his reporting. Akademiks denies ever being an informant.
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