KANYE WEST AND DEADMAU5 CLASH ON TWITTER OVER PIRACY ALLEGATIONS
The two exchanged insults over Twitter last night (March 2)
Kanye West and Deadmau5 have clashed on Twitter in a dispute over pirated software.
The feud started after the EDM producer called West out for appearing to use a piracy website to download Serum, music-editing software produced by Xfer Records – a label co-founded by Deadmau5.
What the fuck @kanyewest ... Can't afford serum? Dick. pic.twitter.com/8B2aiyORZs
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
West inadvertently revealed that he searched popular torrenting site The Pirate Bay for the software in another tab of his internet browser when he tweeted a screenshot of a Sufjan Stevens song.
West’s camp later denied that the computer in question was his own. They claimed that the screenshot was a joke, referring to the rampant piracy of his latest album 'The Life of Pablo'.
In a series of Tweets, West hit back at Deadmau5 by poking fun of his signature mouse-head stage costume, asking if the producer performs at kids birthday parties.
# ok very serious question...
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) March 2, 2016
# whose job is it to carry the head on the plane # hash tag # do you check the mickey mouse head or carry on # does it get hot?
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) March 2, 2016
# ok another super serious question ... is there a portable fan situation?
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) March 2, 2016
# hash tag you raised Tidal’s subscriptions by a whopping downloads
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) March 2, 2016
# I’m bored ### when you get married will your wife have a giant minnie mouse head? # This brightened up my day... thank you dead-mow-five
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) March 2, 2016
Do you do birthday parties?? My daughter loves Minnie mouse...
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) March 2, 2016
can you please bring the minnie mouse head ... not yours she specifically likes minnie mouse ...
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) March 2, 2016
I need you to perform at her party with specifically a minnie mouse dead-mow-five head... not a mickey mouse dead-mow-five head.
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) March 2, 2016
I’m very detailed oriented and I will know the difference so don’t try to just throw a bow on the original head...
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) March 2, 2016
Deadmau5 responded late yesterday evening by calling West an “idiot”.
Imma let you finish.... But you should probably be saving the money for a 4th grade education. https://t.co/1yqBoIg1Z1
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
Imma let you finish.... But you should probably be saving the money for a 4th grade education. https://t.co/1yqBoIg1Z1
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
Both are currently stakeholders in Jay Z’s music streaming service Tidal.
