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DJ Akademiks' birthday shout-out to the iconic Canadian rapper Drake has caused much social media buzz. Drake celebrated his 39th birthday on Friday, October 25, 2025, and received several wishes from fans and colleagues.
Popular American YouTuber DJ Akademiks took to his official X account, formerly Twitter, to share a biting birthday shout-out. He clapped back at Drake’s haters, claiming he is now being missed in the industry.
“Happy bday to drake man.. A lot of salty niggas tried to make it cool to hate on a nigga that gave us nothing but hits for 15+ years.”
He added:
“Even all them haters now admitting they miss him cuz the industry dry. Hating as a trend is lame asf.”
Earlier in the day, Akademiks celebrated the “God’s Plan” hitmaker on his official TV account and listed some of his achievements.
“Happy Birthday to the greatest rapper of all time, my glorious King Drizzy Drake,” he wrote.
The tweet continued:
“Most streamed artist of all time. Most charting songs of all time, Most #1 songs for a male soloist. Most top ten hits of all time. Most top forty hits of all time. Most streamed rapper of all time. Rapper with the most songs over one billion streams. Artist with the most albums over one billion streams. Last rapper to sell one million copies first week. Highest RIAA certified artist of all time. Most RIAA platinum hit singles of all time. Most RIAA Diamond plaques of any artist. Most weeks spent charting on Billboard of all time. 51x nominated and 5x winner at the GRAMMYs. Billboards Artist of the decade for the 2010s. Most awarded Artist of all time at the Billboard Music Awards”
Drake’s album Take Care was certified RIAA Diamond on his birthday
In addition to celebrating his life, the Canadian rapper celebrated his first-ever RIAA Diamond-certified album. On Friday, October 24, it was announced that Drake’s second studio album, released on November 15, 2011, had been certified Diamond by the RIAA after selling over 10,000,000 units.
Take Care featured guest artists including Rihanna, Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj, Rick Ross, Lil Wayne, Stevie Wonder, The Weeknd, André 3000, and Birdman.
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