By Akanksha Mishra
Actress and singer Halle Bailey was recently captured with a ‘mystery man’ on a yacht. The pictures of the duo, exclusively shared by The Shade Room on Tuesday, July 1, elicited a strong response from DJ Akademiks, who claimed that it was Bailey’s attempt at instigating her ex-partner, DDG.In a snippet of AK’s livestream, the commentator can be heard saying:”You got a ni**a playing cameraman. This is how y’all know she’s just trying to make DDG mad. The whole time the ni**a got a camera in his hand, clicking pictures of her… This sh*t don’t make no sense, bro.”DJ Akademiks’ reaction to Halle Bailey’s latest pictures was shared on X by @FearedBuck on Wednesday, July 2. The post has since gone viral, receiving more than 400K views, 4.4K likes, and 1K saves.Netizens have reacted to it, with one of them commenting:”Akademics gotta be the corniest streamer ever , bro can never mind his own business.”. @lIIllIIIlllllIILINKAkademics gotta be the corniest streamer ever , bro can never mind his own business Some netizens speculated that Bailey’s mystery man might also end up getting accused by the singer-actress, much like her ex-partner, DDG.”That man gonna end up getting accusations thrown at him in the end,” commented an X user.”She booked a whole media day for herself , the same day their son finally gets to see his dad after months,” wrote another.”I hope DDG beats this case after this,” chimed in a third one.”AK ain’t wrong though, who in the hell are taking these pictures,” questioned a fourth user.Meanwhile, others backed the Little Mermaid actress.”This girl has some man losing his sh*t and she out here having a good time. But the toxic ladies will say she deserves it,” added a netizen.”Men are mad because Halle moved on just like DDG,” replied another one.”Lmao this ni**a AK a clown man,” posted a netizen.For the unversed, Halle Bailey is currently in Italy with her 1-year-old son, Halo, for the shooting of her new film. News of the Baby Girl singer’s new romance comes as she is embroiled in a custody battle with DDG (born Darryl Dwayne Granberry Jr.).Halle Bailey’s ex, DDG, spoke about going to the fertility clinic to have a second child on livestreamHalle’s vacation with her mystery man comes after DDG spoke about going to a fertility clinic for a second child in a livestream, Billboard reported. “If I’m 29 or something like that, and I ain’t got the time. I’ll just go to that little place, do my little one-two, put my sh*t in a cup. Take a little egg from somebody, throw it in another little body. Cook that motherf**ker up for nine months. You can do that type sh*t when you got money. That’ll alleviate a lot of sh*t,” he said.Per the media outlet, the sole custody of DDG’s firstborn, Halo, currently remains with his mother, Halle Bailey. Bailey was granted custody in May 2025, after she filed for a restraining order against Dwayne, citing multiple alleged incidents of domestic abuse.Dwayne welcomed his first son with Halle Bailey in December 2023, before parting ways in October 2024.