When Krewella singer Jahan Yousaf penned an op-ed for Billboard that sarcastically concluded Deadmau5 saved Yousaf and her sister, Yasmine, from “doing porn,” you knew mau5 (real name: Joel Thomas Zimmerman) would swing back with a vengeance.
The world-renowned DJ attempted to swat away Yousaf’s claims of sexism within the industry with several angry tweets (while seemingly ignoring the overall message of Yousaf's op-ed, which outlined the dangers of hate speech on the Internet).
.@Krewella @billboard it has nothing to dow ith you being a woman, it has everything to do with you sucking at music. Im an equal sex hater.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) December 9, 2014
not im my department. no. RT @jaredpike: @deadmau5 are you saying that sexism in the music industry does not exist? — deadmau5 (@deadmau5) December 9, 2014
god, sorry folks, im just so... in awe that they would even bother. "the spread of negativity toward women in this industry" f'n wut?
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) December 9, 2014
should have gone into porn in the first place, at least in that industry it's acceptable to screw the people you work with. — deadmau5 (@deadmau5) December 9, 2014
Zimmerman also posted several NSFW tweets, including:
of course that f---in idiot would play the sex card.... get the f--- out of here. please. just go.
the list of talented women in EDM is LONG. What is this? why is this a discussion? its f---in 2014 btw.
so @krewella you can take your 1920's smear "sex card" campaign and shove it up your f---in ass.
The Yousef sisters were miffed at the response, given the fact that most of the Billboard op-ed focused on not spreading negative messages on the Internet.
. @deadmau5 Hi Joel. Did you read the article? I think you missed the point. Here’s the cliffsnotes version: pic.twitter.com/CdboPNImfR
— KREWELLA (@Krewella) December 9, 2014
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