DJ Akademiks was widely chastised on social media for making comments about 17-year-old girls. He made a viral audio clip in which he compared 21-year-old women to 17-year-old girls and claimed that he would have s*x with a female if she had a college ID.
Internet users harshly criticized the streamer on social media in response to his remarks. Jay Critch is rumored to be at odds with the creator.
The musician later responded to the allegations on his Twitch account, claiming that the comments were made when he was 21 and he was explaining the dynamics of college relationships.
The artist is overheard saying that a 20 or 21-year-old person isn’t all that different from a 17-year-old person, except that one is a minor and the other isn’t. Listeners condemned the artist after the audio went viral on various social media platforms. Users referred to him as “weird” and “disgusting,” and many said the clips did not surprise them.
The singer addressed the allegations against him on his Twitch account. He defended himself by claiming that the audio was taken from a YouTube video from eight years ago. The video was made around 2014, according to Akademiks, when rumors of Tyga and Kylie Jenner dating began to circulate in the media. His video focused on the couple’s relationship.
The context was removed from the viral 30-second video, according to the musician. He also admitted that he had never slept with a minor. While speaking in the video, Akademiks stated that he was specifically referring to the college environment, where the majority of freshmen are 18 or about to turn 18.
The singer went on to say that college seniors are typically 21 years old, and that a college ID served as proof that someone was of college age, which he defined as 18 to 21 years old.
He then played the audio, which revealed that he was talking about his time in college, when he was around 21. He later chastised the “Cancel Culture,” in which people blame others without having all the facts.
