The clash between Rory Farrell and DJ Akademiks flared up again this week after old tweets attributed to Farrell resurfaced and drew criticism online.
As ...s circulated, Akademiks reignited their long-standing feud and pushed it into an even more personal space by sharing photos of Rory in public with his child, a move that sparked immediate backlash.
Akademiks has insisted he acted in retaliation, claiming Rory once appeared at his home during a previous dispute.
In a livestream shared by fan accounts on social media, he argued that Rory crossed into real-life conflict first, which he said justified his own actions.
At one point, he described extreme measures he had allegedly considered, including using hidden cameras or gathering information about the child’s school.
He also refused to walk back any of his comments, saying he did not care about the outrage over Rory’s alleged past remarks involving Black women.
Mal, Rory’s cohost, was also targeted as Akademiks dismissed his relevance and mocked the reaction to the controversy, saying anyone expecting a restrained response from him was fooling themselves.
Rory later apologized for what many people viewed as an unhelpful and dismissive initial reaction during a Twitter Spaces conversation, a moment Joe Budden himself criticized.