Deadmau5 had a lengthy Twitter fight with one of his former collaborators yesterday (February 8).
Deadmau5 and fellow Canadian DJ-producer Glenn Morrison worked together earlier in their careers, but have evidently since had a falling out.
The spat began when Deadmau5 – real name Joel Zimmermman – insinuated that Morrison doesn’t produce his own music.
im also fairly certain every Glenn Morrison track isnt Glenn Morrison.
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) February 7, 2017
Morrison hit back by calling Deadmau5 an “insecure little troll” and accusing him of regurgitating old ideas on his new tracks.
you insecure little troll. im fairly certain your "new album" is regurgitated ideas from 2006. you are a tired waste of an artist
— Glenn Morrison (@glennmorrison) February 8, 2017
Their beef continued with Morrison calling Deadmau5 a “little pussy” and Deadmau5 telling him to “shut the fuck up”.
fine. that. to your face. shut the fuck up glen. @glennmorrison
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) February 8, 2017
hey glen. shut the fuck up glen. https://t.co/PxBJfB85LX
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) February 8, 2017
As the disagreement raged on, Deadmau5 accused Morrison of failing to pay for the tracks he claims to have produced for him – and remained defiant.
he never paid for them the first three times 🙁 https://t.co/M0jgfYRFE9
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) February 8, 2017
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) February 8, 2017
im all about this cunt life.
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) February 8, 2017
that's actually a large part of the reason why you should be shutting the fuck up. glen. https://t.co/92zJ0ouzPN
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) February 8, 2017
Another DJ-producer, former Lady Gaga collaborator Madeon, also waded into the dispute before deleting a tweet in which he appeared to diss Morrison.
— Gašper (@GapoLah) February 8, 2017
STOP BULLYING! https://t.co/x06ynNmqpe
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) February 8, 2017
Last year Deadmau5 admitted he feels a certain sense of responsibility for the ‘death’ of EDM music, saying: “It’s fucked. It’s out of the innovators’ hands; it’s not really grassroots anymore. I’m partially responsible – I’ve done my part to commercialise shit. Oversaturation.”
In NME‘s recent interview with Deadmau5, the producer recalled the time he nearly killed a fan during a gig