Erykah Badu has hit back at Akademiks after he made disparaging comments about her, years after she poked fun at him.
The Off the Record podcast host went on a disrespectful rant about the R&B singer earlier this week while reacting to the news that Tory Lanez had been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the July 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion.
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Triggered by a comment from an Instagram user imploring Badu to “work your magic” against Akademiks, who had been accused of leaking information from Tory’s camp during the high-profile case, the media personality called Badu an “old-ass hoe” who has been “ran through” by several rappers.
Akademiks’ bitterness towards the Grammy-winner stems from a 2017 episode of Everyday Struggle, his former show with Joe Budden and Nadeska Alexis, during which she likened him to the cartoon mouse from Tom & Jerry.
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“Erykah Badu, let me tell you this: you keep my name out your mouth too,” he began. “Listen, that little Everyday Struggle shit, that was another era, my n-gga. I’m down to violate all you n-ggas these days. Fuck what y’all got going on. You don’t mention my name, please. I don’t fuck with you neither.”
He continued: “I never fucked with Erykah Badu after she was tryna come on my show and be funny. Bitch, I don’t fuck with you after that. N-gga, wassup now? What we finna do? Bitch, you a old-ass hoe, just keep getting fucked by all these young n-ggas.”
Akademiks then asked: “How many rappers done ran through you?,” referring to Badu’s past relationships with André 3000, Common, Jay Electronica and The D.O.C.
Erykah Badu issued a simple yet brutal response on Wednesday (August 9), sharing a picture of her Badu Pussy incense featuring Jerry the mouse on the front of the box. A closer inspection reveals that the mouse is wearing a gold chain that reads “Livingston,” which is Akademiks’ forename.
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“Badu Pussy Just went live ! Limited supply. http://baduworldmarket.com,” she captioned the photo.
Badu’s response was more than just a joke as the limited edition incense, dubbed “Biggest Pussy Energy,” was actually available to buy on her website.
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“In honor of the biggest pussy in our culture, we’re introducing this limited edition premium incense — cause he deserves it!” reads the product’s description on its website.
Her stunt went down a storm as the incense — 1,000 boxes of which were made available — sold out in mere hours. “Y’all quick !!! Lol SOLD OUT 1000 boxes,” Erykah wrote in a follow-up post.
Badu Pussy Just went live ! Limited supply . https://t.co/uvvYTPmXIBpic.twitter.com/mNezkdirvE
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) August 9, 2023
Y’all quick !!! Lol SOLD OUT 1000 boxes pic.twitter.com/X1KfQRcpU4
— ErykahBadoula (@fatbellybella) August 10, 2023
Prior to unveiling the incense, Erykah Badu addressed Akademiks’ comments in an Instagram video, making light of the fact that her years-old Tom & Jerry joke had “triggered” his “deep-rooted trauma.”
“I learned something super valuable today. You have to really be careful what you think and what you say out here,” she said. “I learned today that something I said five years ago in jest, when we all laughed, actually triggered someone’s really deep-rooted trauma.”
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She added: “They kept it bottled up for a while and it hurt them so bad. Had them out in these streets acting real pussy.”
Akademiks has yet to respond.
