Today in weird beefs: co-TIDAL owners Kanye West and deadmau5 went at it on Twitter.
The Canadian house artist took to Twitter on Wednesday to personally refer to West as a “d**k” after spotting the fine details in a photo posted by the rapper. While Yeezy was simply trying to share that he was currently enjoying the sounds of Sufjan Stevens’ “Death With Dignity” on YouTube, closer investigation by deadmau5 revealed that West may have also illegally downloaded software on a torrent site, The Pirate Bay.
The software, a digital synthesizers plug-in, is called Serum, and was coded by Steve Duda, a friend and collaborator of deadmau5, Billboard reports. Taking the alleged thievery personally, Deadmau5 suggested that a GoFundMe be started for West to be able to afford the Serum:
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
What happened next is the stuff of Twitter rant legend, courtesy of Kanye West. Inquiring about how to pronounce deadmau5 (settling for dead-mow-five), West also had questions surrounding deadmau5’s signature mouse headwear. Requesting that a Minnie Mouse version perform at his daughter North’s birthday party:
@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
Insert “lol” here.