DJ Akademiks Claims He’s Known About TDE Lawsuit For “Months”

Recently, Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) was hit with a new lawsuit from Arns Davis Law and Brandon Banks Law, firms representing two anonymous women. Per a press release, the women accuse various employees and executives of sexual harassment and assault. One of the women alleges that Chief Marketing Officer Brandon Tiffith tried to sleep with her and sexually battered her. She also alleges that the label’s current president Anthony “Moosa” Tiffith, Jr. frequently took part in sexual harassment.

The other woman accuses one employee, David Harrell, of giving her alcohol in an attempt to sexually exploit her. In addition to this, she alleges that multiple label employees sexually harassed her and assaulted her. Allegedly, higher-ups at TDE ignored these incidents when they were made aware of them. “These allegations are a glaring example of the systemic abuse and exploitation that persists in the entertainment industry,” attorney Shounak S. Dharap alleges. “Our clients trusted TDE to act with integrity and professionalism. Instead, their trust was betrayed in profoundly damaging ways. They’re bringing this lawsuit because they refuse to be silenced, and because they intend to hold TDE accountable in court.”

Unsurprisingly, this has earned big reactions from social media users and peers, who were quick to hop online to weigh in. This includes DJ Akademiks, who discussed the lawsuit during a recent livestream. According to him, he’s known about it for months, as someone involved allegedly sent it to him to leak. “People hit me months ago and they said ‘Yo, check this out,'” he recalled before breaking down the suit.

“Y’all see all that sh*t that Kendrick’s got going on talking about this that and the third, well…they didn’t say anything about Kendrick I want to be clear,” he continued. “They’re some people that’s close to him that we’re trying to file some lawsuits against.” Marty Singer, Top Dawg Entertainment’s legal counsel, has since released a statement in response to the lawsuit. “This is a clear example of a shakedown lawsuit by Linda Luna and Ayah Altayri who made a demand of $48 million through their attorneys on fabricated claims, and whose attorneys are looking for their ten minutes of fame,” it reads. “There are text messages and communications that totally refute these baseless claims. Additionally, Ms. Luna and Ms. Altayri were never employees of Top Dawg Entertainment. We are confident that we will prevail in this action.”