DJ Akademiks is speaking out after his name was mentioned during Lil Durk’s murder-for-hire trial.
The Chicago rapper is now in his third week of the trial, stemming from prosecutors’ allegations that he organized a hit on Quando Rondo. The alleged order ultimately resulted in the death of Rondo’s cousin, Lul Pab.
At one point during the trial, Akademiks’ name was brought up in connection to an alleged murder confession Durk supposedly made during his 2020 appearance on Ak’s Off The Record podcast.
During the interview, Ak asked Smurk if the “Slide for Von” comments bothered him. Durk responded that he wasn’t sure why they would bother him because he hadn’t been seeing those comments lately. He then added that there must be “something in the water.”
Online detectives have since connected Durk’s comment about “something in the water” to an earlier interview with Quando Rondo, where the rapper declined a water bottle from an interviewer because it was already open, saying he was concerned there could be “something in the water.”
However, the connection between the two moments remains speculation. Durk never directly stated that his “something in the water” comment was about Rondo or the Los Angeles incident that left Lul Pab dead.
Now, Akademiks is sounding off on his name being mentioned in the trial, arguing that the allegations could put his safety at rick.
“Throwing my name in here, saying I received confession only puts my life in danger.”
