DJ Akademiks Net Worth (2022)

Introduction

Livingston Allen, popularly known by his stage name as moniker-DJ Akademiks, is a famous DJ, media personality, and news and entertainment YouTuber who belongs to Jamaica. He is the owner of the hip-hop-based music and news website named Late Night Creep. In addition to this, he also runs five various YouTube channels in his name. He is admired by several music lovers mainly due to his satirical and comic style of music. However, his unique style has also landed him in controversies several times. He is a well-known Jamaican-based YouTuber who has amassed a net worth of $8 million as of 2022.

Early Life and Education

DJ Akademiks was born on 17th May 1991 in the Spanish town of Jamaica. His parents raised him in the same city. From a tender age, Allen was interested in music, especially hip hop. He constantly desired to build his career in the entertainment industry. His love for music made him create a website dedicated to hip-hop music. He named the website ‘Late Night Creep,’ which soon achieved many visitors and became popular among the youngsters. Besides this, there isn’t any information available regarding his parents and their occupation.

Allen completed his graduation in Bio-mathematics from Rutgers University. His love for music made him establish himself as a famous disc jockey till he entered college. Moreover, his website named Late Night Creep also received much appreciation from hip-hop lovers.

Career

Allen was inclined towards music from a young age, which made him establish his career as a Disc Jockey (DJ) while pursuing his graduation. However, he has always been a multi-tasker, which made him try his hands in other areas, including the entertainment industry. Soon, he launched his YouTube channel, where he uploaded his comic and satirical style music video and shared valuable updates on the entertainment world. One of his videos, named Chicago Drill Scene, made him shot to fame and increased his channel’s reach. Soon, he achieved the mark of 2.65 million subscribers on his YouTube channel and around 1.2 billion views on each of his videos.

Followed by this, he started a debate show on hip hop named Everyday Struggle. Joe Bidden and broadcaster Nadeska Alexis were featured in his show. Akademiks himself works as a host in his shows, which streams online on the complex news YouTube channel. His comic and satirical style of music has also landed him in a lot of controversies. He has criticized and mock his fellow rappers and celebrities such as 21 Savage, Wale, Soulja Boy, Shy Glizzy, and more. Due to this, he has faced lashes several times.

In one of the talk shows, a rapper named Vic Mensa has lashed Allen for making a comic statement on Chicago’s murder. Followed by this, he has been accused several times by various celebrities. In response to this, he has changed his style to passive-aggressive for rappers who hold grudges against him. He is the possessor of five YouTube channels, each of which has a million subscribers and receives many views from the masses.

Net Worth and Awards

• Akademiks’ primary source of income comes through his professional career as a news and entertainment YouTube personality. 
• He owns a total of five viral YouTube channels. 
• His estimated net worth stands at $8 million as of 2022.

Salary

DJ Akademiks is well-known as a multitasker who has tried his hands in every field and receives a considerable amount of money from each of them. He earns his wealth through his professional career as an entertainment news YouTube personality. He received $1,400 per day from the ads posted on his video. Moreover, he achieves a million views on each of his YouTube videos, which earns him a yearly wealth of $350,000.

As of 2022, DJ Akademiks’s net worth is $8 million.