Adin Ross donates $10K to Kendrick Lamar’s family for hospital bed, DJ Akademiks reacts

In a tweet on Wednesday, January 15, 2025, DJ Akademiks appeared to criticize Kendrick Lamar, claiming that streamer Adin Ross had donated $10,000 for a wheelchair and hospital bed to Lamar's family members.  

"Adin Ross has donated $10,000 to Kendrick Lamar cousins grandparents who started a gofundme asking for a new hospital bed and wheel chair. Adin Ross doing more for Kendrick family than he is🙏🏽"  
DJ Akademiks also shared a video of the supposed relative, Hitta J3, who thanked Adin for the donation and mentioned it was his grandfather's birthday. Akademiks posted another screenshot showing that Ross had contributed $10,000 through GoFundMe.  

The tweet quickly gained traction, accumulating over 75.5K views and more than 1,200 likes. Kendrick Lamar’s alleged cousin and singer Hitta J3 had earlier posted a tweet requesting assistance for their grandfather.

The tweet, from January 11, said: "Our grandparents need A Hospital bed & A New wheelchair he can’t walk at all we appreciate everyone doing they’re part to help out together we can Accomplish anything."

The tweet included a GoFundMe link. However, Hitta later clarified that he was not fundraising for his own grandparents.

On January 13, Hitta tweeted again saying: "I told y’all that’s not even my family I’m just realer than most to advertise they are I consider anybody with the same color skin as Family."  

As of now, Kendrick Lamar has not responded to the situation.  

Hitta J3, a friend of Kendrick Lamar, has made headlines before due to his disputes with Ice, the co-host of The Joe Budden Podcast. According to a report by HotNewHipHop, dated January 12, 2025, the issues began after Ice made certain remarks.