Freddie Gibbs and hip-hop media personality DJ Akademiks have been in a heated online battle since Freddie called his former mentor, Young Jeezy, irrelevant on the Bootleg Kev podcast. Akademiks defended Jeezy on his Complex show, Everyday Struggle, claiming that if Jeezy was irrelevant, then so was Freddie. Freddie clapped back at Akademiks on social media after his collaboration with the Alchemist sold 30,000 copies the first week, which led to a heated back and forth. Since then, the two have traded threats and insults over social media in a feud that continues to this day.