Usually when someone screenshots their computer, the embarrassment comes from some random tab of porn they have waiting in their browser. As we all know, nothing involving Kanye West can be classified as “usual,” so his unintentional tab reveal on Tuesday night was a bit on the odd side. Kanye, the man who may or may not have called the world a “theef” on the bootleg of his album, drew some ire for having torrent site The Pirate Bay open on his browser as he seemingly pirated some music and production software.
Kanye’s Tidal partner Deadmau5 took offense (as he has a stake in the software), taking to Twitter to basically call him a cheap pirate.
What the fuck @kanyewest … Can't afford serum? Dick. pic.twitter.com/8B2aiyORZs
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
Let's start a Kickstarter to help @kanyewest afford a copy of Serum.
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
He needs a small loan of 200$ #prayforyeezy
— Goat lord (@deadmau5) March 2, 2016
Maybe Deadmau5 missed all the $53 million debt stuff. I don’t know, but naturally Yeezy got wind of the comments and went full on Kanye.
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/705097867757752322
Admittedly, “dead-mow-five” is pretty funny, so as annoying as Kanye’s online persona has become, he was off to a great start. Then things went left immediately.
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/705098537290354688
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/705098673852715010
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/705099006838444032
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/705099712353968129
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/705099806834823168
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/705099993347133440
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/705100180065034240
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/705100376622637060
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/705100610002096128
https://twitter.com/kanyewest/status/705100962772467712
Also, users chimed in to remind “dead-mow-five” that he was once an e-pirate, too.
https://twitter.com/AverageEDMMan/status/705100006139813888
At the end of the day, the rant basically amounts to Kanye saying “LOL, you wear a mask, dork” like he wasn’t wearing this gaudy thing for like a year-straight.
💎This is my FAVORITE @kanyewest photo. I love that he has a mask on, but the whole world can identify its Kanye West💎 pic.twitter.com/CZjJKHnK1e
— CaliforniaJe$$ (@BestCoastJess) May 5, 2015
My favorite part of this all is that Kanye is basically defending his right to pirate various properties through torrents. It’s like Kanye is one of us, stealing stuff online and appalled at the idea that artists and companies would dare complain. The Tidal wrinkle is just added hilarity, and we have yet another day of Kanye Kanyeing for all of our amusement.
