"This man NEVER talks about music ALWAYS gossiping": Netizens slam DJ Akademiks as he critiques Tyler, The Creator for flying commercial to save money

DJ Akademiks called out Tyler, the Creator after the latter admitted to flying commercial to save money instead of paying for private jets.

During a recent livestream, DJ Akademiks, while talking about Tyler, the Creator said,

"I thought it was the biggest crock of bull*** ever. Now, I wanna show you how rappers pander to the regular customer. I'm not saying that you should just want to spend your money frivolously on private jets. For a 10-person jet, you're gonna spend about $60,000 to $70,000 per leg...So, Tyler the Creator has an entire team...there guys are entire companies."

He continued,

"So, Tyler the Creator was actually booked to do ACL Fest. It's two weekends. You see one weekend here, you see another weekend here. He got paid $4 million each weekend, $8 million. So, you're telling me that you can't afford $100,000 flight when you're flying with 30 people?"

After Akademiks' comments surfaced on the internet, netizens took to his X post to express mixed reactions.

Netizens slam DJ Akademiks for criticizing Tyler, The Creator for flying commercial to save money

More netizens chimed in with their thoughts after DJ Akademiks bashed Tyler, The Creator in his recent livestream.

"akedemic is a pocket watcher leeching off hip hop ..he dont do music review," a user mentioned

"That’s not pandering. That’s him being smart with his money. Ak an idiot," another user mentioned

"Ngl me personally my whole team flying on the cheapest seats money can buy," one user opined

Netizens shared their opinions on the situation.

"In between the lines, he saying don’t spend crazy til you up there," another user mentioned

"How tf can any promoters make profit after paying 8 mill just for him to perform??" a user wondered

What has Tyler, the Creator said about flying commercial?

In July, Tyler, the Creator while speaking to Ebro Darden after releasing his new album DON'T TAP THE GLASS, said that he flies commercial instead of taking private jets.

Listen, sometimes I am grateful enough to experience taking a private plane. I try not to pay for that b**ch like one thing I am not gonna do is go broke taking them plane n***a.

Tyler, the Creator also joked about "hitchhiking" on other private jets and catching a ride.

"What time is the plane leaving at 12? N**a I am there at 11:51, in there, on the plane, off. You will see me motherf***er, listening to music sucking a cookie down boy."

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He also expressed that when he sees fellow artists taking private jets and posting about it, it makes him wonder how much money they are making. Tyler, the Creator discussed how much it costs to take a private jet and said that "planes are not cheap" and that "planes are expensive."

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