Kanye West has fired back at deadmau5 after the producer called him out on Twitter for appearing to use a piracy website to download software.
The rapper inadvertently revealed that he had visited popular BitTorrent site The Pirate Bay in another tab of his internet browser when he tweeted a screenshot of a Sufjan Stevens song yesterday (March 1).
West drew a strong rebuke from deadmau5, who accused him of attempting to download pirated versions of digital synthesizer plug-in Serum.
What the fuck @kanyewest … Can't afford serum? Dick. pic.twitter.com/8B2aiyORZs
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
In a series of tweets posted earlier today (March 2), West responded to the producer by mocking his mouse-head costume. He stopped short of denying or confirming the accusations of downloading pirated software.
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West and Deadmau5 are both currently artist stakeholders in Jay Z’s music streaming service Tidal.
Update 02.03.16: Kanye’s camp have confirmed to Pitchfork that the laptop in question does not belong to him. The tweet was reportedly intended as a joke, referring to the rampant piracy of ‘The Life of Pablo’.