Kanye Responds To Deadmau5 Diss With Another Quality Tweetstorm
Last night Kanye West tweeted from the studio, where the third day of Turbo Grafx 16 sessions were going down. It was an exciting tweet for a certain kind of music nerd because it included a screenshot of a YouTube tab playing Sufjan Stevens’ Carrie & Lowell opener “Death With Dignity.” For a certain kind of musician, it was interesting for a different reason: Among the other open tabs in Kanye’s screenshot was a Pirate Bay link to download a torrent of the audio production software Serum, which is owned by Deadmau5 and retails for $189.
Day 3 pic.twitter.com/zPw0eFEFGF
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) March 2, 2016
This caught the attention of Kanye’s fellow Tidal owner and fellow Twitter conflict aficionado Deadmau5, who called Kanye a “dick” for pirating the software rather than buying it.
What the fuck @kanyewest … Can't afford serum? Dick. pic.twitter.com/8B2aiyORZs
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
Let's start a Kickstarter to help @kanyewest afford a copy of Serum.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
He needs a small loan of 200$ #prayforyeezy
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
These insults did not escape Kanye’s attention. So this afternoon, he unleashed one of his trademark tweetstorms upon Deadmau5. It wasn’t nearly as vicious as his onslaught against Wiz Khalifa, but it still contained quotable zingers aplenty. Let’s take a look…
@Deadmau5 … is this person’s name pronounced dead-mow-five?
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) March 2, 2016
# 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
I want to stream you performing in a Minnie Mouse head on @Tidal
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) March 2, 2016
I, too, thank dead-mow-5 for brightening my day with this.
UPDATE: Apparently Kanye staged the pictures just to get a reaction. The laptop in the screenshots is not even his, according to TMZ.
UPDATE 2: The inevitable response from Deadmau5 has arrived:
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
Relax, I just woke up.
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
I can out idiot an idiot. It's what I do.
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
No shit. All I'm seeing is a shit attempt to derail it. https://t.co/UDmcU9AvsU
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
Incorrect… I don't suppose anyone here remembers the #truereveal live Twitter feed… Come on, it was a classic. https://t.co/feryFtB0CM
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
"Them" there's some reliable fox fact chasing shit right there. I should prolly start working on this wall shit now. https://t.co/gKemtkz57z
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
Alright. Home in a couple hours.
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
I'm going back to bed.
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) March 3, 2016
Honestly, a pretty blasé response, especially given Deadmau5’s reputation for Twitter beef.