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Los Angeles - Kanye West has hit back at deadmau5 following allegations about piracy.
The Stronger hitmaker has slammed the house star - real name Joel Thomas Zimmerman - for alleging that the father-of-two uses the illegal download site Pirate Bay, after a snap he posted on Twitter appeared to show a tab of the site open.
In a series of tweets, he wrote: "@Deadmau5 ... is this person's name pronounced dead-mow-five? # ok very serious question... # 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?
# 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? # hash tag you raised Tidal's subscriptions by a whopping [three mouse emojis] downloads # 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
# 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 ... can you please bring the minnie mouse head ... not yours she specifically likes minnie mouse ... 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. I'm very detailed oriented and I will know the difference so don't try to just throw a bow on the original head ... (sic)"
Do you do birthday parties?? My daughter loves Minnie mouse…
— KANYE WEST (@kanyewest) March 2, 2016
The 38-year-old rapper's team have now confirmed the laptop doesn't belong to him and that Kanye had just posted the picture as a joke and to highlight the popularity of the pirating of his latest album The Life of Pablo.
Deadmau5 did not take the tweets lying down however and responded with the following:
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
He also responded to some Kanye fans' tweets:
@kanyewest @deadmau5 Instead of mocking Kanye, you should say something positive to help restore the music industry
— AlexZBea2zMusic (@AlexZBea2z) March 2, 2016
He responded:
BUY MY SHIT! https://t.co/1AXj0ooylJ
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
@kanyewest let's start a #kickstarter to to help @deadmau5 find his own identity #mickeymouse is already taken
— Smokey D of HWY* (@HighWildYoung) March 2, 2016
He replied:
We've already settled that one out of court. The more you know! https://t.co/A9uWMsWhkF
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
at the end of the day it's just @deadmau5 calling out @kanyewest for illegally pirating software that he most definitely can afford
— ??prplhed?? (@prplhed) March 2, 2016
He replied:
No shit. All I'm seeing is a shit attempt to derail it. https://t.co/UDmcU9AvsU
— dead mow cinco (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
