Kanye West is causing a ruckus on social media again.
This time, he didn’t start the fire—at least not intentionally. Musician Deadmau5 called out West for apparently searching for a file-share copy of Serum, a music producing software, on the Pirate Bay, underscoring Kanye’s hypocrisy.
Let’s start a Kickstarter to help @kanyewest afford a copy of Serum.
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
Earlier this month, West reportedly met with lawyers to discuss filing a lawsuit against the Pirate Bay because his new album, The Life of Pablo, was being shared on the website.
West fired back at length, dishing out a long list of insults, beginning with making fun of Deadmau5’s name and his attire (the musician often wears a mouse costume on his head).
@Deadmau5 … is this person’s name pronounced dead-mow-five?
— 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
West then proceeded to go after Deadmau5’s perceived lack of popularity on Tidal, the music platform where Kanye released his new album.
# 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
And then, back to the costumes.
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
Kanye has had quite the month on social media, drawing attention for his defense of Bill Cosby and begging for money from Mark Zuckerberg.
