If you have been on twitter lately, there is a chance you might have seen the back-and-forth between DJ Deadmau5 (AKA Joel Zimmerman) and rapper Kanye West.
Kanye West’s newest album, The Life Of Pablo, which was exclusively released on Tidal, experienced rampant illegal torrenting due to glitches and fans refusing to pay for a subscription to the service. (This information will be handy later on when the tweets start pouring.)
At 7:39 PM on March 1st, Kanye West tweeted the picture below to show off the song he was currently listening to, but in the process Kanye West forgot to close out of his extra internet tabs, which exposed an illegal torrenting website called Pirate Bay opened to a page to illegally download Serum, a $200 beat making program.
2 hours after, Joel called him out, “What the fuck @kanyewest … Can’t afford serum? Dick.”
What the fuck @kanyewest … Can't afford serum? Dick. pic.twitter.com/8B2aiyORZs
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
This caused an uproar in the twittersphere, and Joel Zimmerman began to take jabs at Kanye:
Let's start a Kickstarter to help @kanyewest afford a copy of Serum.
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
He needs a small loan of 200$ #prayforyeezy
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
And yet, can still afford Serum with my allowance monies. https://t.co/Gspm1sBdZx
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
At this point, Joel went to sleep and woke up to a barrage of responses from Kanye:
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/705097867757752322
“# ok very serious question…” said Kanye,
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/705098673852715010
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/705099006838444032
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/705099712353968129
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/705099806834823168
Kanye then took a jab at Mr. Zimmerman for his mouse head resembling Disney’s Mickey/Minnie Mouse:
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/705099993347133440
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/705100180065034240
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/705100376622637060
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/705100610002096128
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/705128371903193088
Joel woke up from his nap and delivered more punches to Kanye:
Imma let you finish…. But you should probably be saving the money for a 4th grade education. https://t.co/1yqBoIg1Z1
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
I can out idiot an idiot. It's what I do.
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
No shit. All I'm seeing is a shit attempt to derail it. https://t.co/UDmcU9AvsU
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
@kanyewest perform at your own daughters parties. You're a bigger fuckin clown than anyone I know.
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
For now, that’s all of the tweets in this little twitter fight. What do you think? Is Deadmau5 taking this too far, or should Kanye be investigated further for the potential pirating of the software? Let us know in the comments below!
