It’s been a while since we’ve had our last good ol’ deadmau5 twitter beef. Well wait no more as Joel Zimmerman, better known as deadmau5 took to his medium of choice to attack Trey Songz for supposedly stealing his melody. The song in question is Trey Songz’s recent collaboration with Nicky Minaj titled “Touchin, Lovin” and the melody in question is from deadmau5’s very own 5 year old remix of Calvin Harris’ I’m Not Alone. This isn’t the first time deadmau5 has been the subject of music theft, as most of you will recall the famous Wildstylez incident. But personally, the only similarity between these two cases is that both defendants have a tacky use of the letter “z” in their names. You can listen to both tracks below:
Trey Songz’s track
Deadmau5’s remix:
After a few tweets Calvin Harris decided to join in and attempt to appease deadmau5 with a few composed and well placed tweets. You can read the full interplay below:
… @TreySongz https://t.co/d9C6NjFosi … really dude? like… why?
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) August 18, 2014
@TreySongz … “just coz”? or… what? it just happens so often with “musicians” and “artists” like you. Im just fuckin dying to know.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) August 18, 2014
why can’t these fucking pop acts just rip off Sandstorm or something?
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) August 18, 2014
@SongzSexOnLegs @TreySongz I’m the stupid motherfucker that produced it? thats who.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) August 18, 2014
whats this guy worth? a million or 2? even if i had no fucking talent whatsoever, bet i could find a fucking kid to “make a beat” for 500$.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) August 18, 2014
I’m buying a whole popcorn CART for this drama. (true story actually, my mom ordered me one for the house)
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) August 18, 2014
“nothing” that’s what. RT @TheKarpizzle: @deadmau5 What the fuck are you even talking about? What did Trey Songz do
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) August 18, 2014
@CalvinHarris I’m mad. 🙁
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) August 18, 2014
@CalvinHarris yeah… I hear that. Still. I hate the infringement.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) August 18, 2014
@CalvinHarris did someone say challenge?
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) August 18, 2014
.@TheNateNorris “presented to him” ??? what the fuck does he DO? coz going by the god awful auto tune, he sure as fuck don’t sing.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) August 18, 2014
