Some stories are so good, they write themselves. Kanye West, after reportedly considering legal action against filesharing site The Pirate Bay for facilitating mass piracy of his new album, The Life of Pablo, has been caught visiting The Pirate Bay.

Last month, Kanye tweeted a photo that showed him listening to Sufjan Stevens on YouTube. However, the image indicated that Kanye was busy with other, more nefarious activities. In Kanye’s browser tabs, you can see that he was researching an advanced wavetable synthesiser software called Serum on The Pirate Bay.

Deadmau5, music producer and co-founder of Xfer Records, which makes Serum, was not amused by Kanye’s actions. “What the fuck @kanyewest … Can’t afford serum? Dick,” he tweeted. A few minutes later he followed up with this zinger: “Let’s start a Kickstarter to help @kanyewest afford a copy of Serum.”

In typical West style, he has claimed it was just a joke. “It’s funny because, you know, it’s obviously not my computer,” Kanye can be heard telling the paparazzi. “I took a picture of it in the studio, and then everybody was like, ‘Don’t put that up.’ I was like, ‘Let it go up’.”

“You know, the irony is that (The Pirate Bay) was the site that downloaded a million of my albums…” Kanye continued after a long pause.

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