Are we living the EDM version of Groundhog Day? Just swap Bill Murray and the groundhog with Jai Wolf and Ghastly, add in some contemporary political discussion and you’ve got Hollywood’s next big hit.
Jai Wolf and Ghastly, along with a few other producers, have begun yet another political discussion on Twitter, this time centered on a tweet from Jai Wolf where he accused anyone of voting for Donald Trump as president to be “upholding white supremacy.”
I don't buy into "not all trump supporters are racists". at this point anyone who voted for him is complicit in upholding white supremacy.
— 𝐣𝐚𝐢 𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐟 (@jaiwolfx) September 24, 2017
After Jai Wolf posted some follow-up tweets addressing a fan who voted for Trump and doubling down on his claim that anyone who voted for Trump has at least helped to spread white supremacist rhetoric, Ghastly got involved by hinting that Jai Wolf started the debate on Twitter due to writer’s block and was “creating more racism” and “giving no solutions.”
"I can't write any new music.. I know! I'll spark political debate on twitter and demonize any fans who disagree!" Nice contribution 👏🏻
— Ghastly (@Ghastly) September 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/Ghastly/status/912055657460666368
Jai Wolf responded, Ghastly responded to the tweet chain, time is an endless circle, yadda yadda.
yep I'm the problem
I'm what's wrong with the world
not the ppl who voted for a guy who said neo nazis + kkk are "some very fine ppl"
— 𝐣𝐚𝐢 𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐟 (@jaiwolfx) September 24, 2017
Yep and it's ur right to have that opinion, I'm not going to quote you on my professional twitter and attack u for it tho 🙂
— Ghastly (@Ghastly) September 24, 2017
Attacking fans isn't cool dude, aside from the subject that act is not okay, kid legit loves the dude
— Ghastly (@Ghastly) September 24, 2017
Meanwhile, Manila Killa posted a since-deleted tweet claiming white people were obsessed with being right, Hotel Garuda quoted Killa’s tweet and an artist manager took a screenshot of the tweet, but that was deleted too.
https://twitter.com/hotelgaruda/status/912063235561365504
https://twitter.com/klintslvyvll/status/912064970245914624
Then, Ookay got involved by calling Manila Killa’s deleted tweet racist and urging Jai Wolf to commit to action rather than “calling fans racist.”
https://twitter.com/Ookay/status/912063718401368064
Instead of complaining over twitter. Create a petition. Go protest. Not call fans racists. Use your platform to create a plan instead. https://t.co/HjeIS58MV7
— SPOOKAY 🎃 (@Ookay) September 24, 2017
You just point the finger and say "YOU'RE the PROBLEM" , well what's the solution? You haven't given anyone reading your tweets an idea.
— SPOOKAY 🎃 (@Ookay) September 24, 2017
Chet Porter chimed in to point out an eerie similarity between Ookay and Ghastly’s tweets.
lmao pic.twitter.com/QYV8yotlqL
— chet porter (@chetporter) September 24, 2017
Finally, Jai Wolf joined in once again to call out Ghastly and call him the Trump to his Colin Kaepernick.
you fight me more than you call out racism
what does that say about you
I'm the Kaepernick to your Trump
keep my name out of your mouth. https://t.co/wviKSedbh2
— 𝐣𝐚𝐢 𝐰𝐨𝐥𝐟 (@jaiwolfx) September 24, 2017
Confused yet? The jury is out on whether or not this discussion will pop up yet again, but we have all learned a valuable lesson from this ordeal: politics can make EDM a headache.
From here, we’ll continue to add more tweets as they’re posted.
Wow bro…tweeting at your fans calling them racist is really fucked up lol.
— Crab (@abigailawest) September 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/bixelboys/status/912063314888232960
https://twitter.com/bixelboys/status/912064782340993025
https://twitter.com/bixelboys/status/912065568496168960
you're being sarcastic right???
— secret scorpio (@secretscorpio_) September 24, 2017
