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Joe Budden and Akademiks worked together on Everyday Struggle at one point, although they still definitely don't agree on certain issues years later.

Throughout a recent episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, the dogmatic guest blasted Ak for some of the stuff he shared following the death of PnB Rock. As the rap community mourned, Akademiks uploaded a video clip from an interview with Rock he'd done for his Off The Record podcast around 10 days before the tragic shooting. Rock told a now-famous story about being out with his girlfriend and daughter and being targeted by robbers.

“I hate that I saw that clip,” Budden said. “I hate that Ak put that clip. This was my exact Adam22 argument about sensitivity. You gotta be sensitive about certain things. I can’t put that out. In the end, while alive, he’s describing his partner and he’s talking about the role that your partner plays in those instances. As a man, we’ve all been there where we peep something and our partner maybe didn’t think it was that serious. So he describes that in his clip and not very long after, shortly after, it comes to life. That exact shit.”

Budden additionally claimed that he received criticism for writing anything about PnB Rock's death but did not go into details.  However, offer his condolences to Rock's girlfriend and mother of his two children, Stephanie Sibounheuang, who has been severely cyber-bullied in the aftermath of the killing.

“Now, the young lady,” he continued. “I posted a picture. I deleted it. I was getting fried. Now there’s a clip that says I was slipping before this. I’m not putting that clip out because that young lady is already dealing with enough. I don’t need to compile on what’s going on with her in this moment. For what? It’s nasty.”

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