Deadmau5 rats out Kanye over Pirate Bay gaffe - CNET

Let's paint a picture as to why this is particularly awkward.

Less than a year ago, Kanye and Deadmau5 stood side-by-side in a show of anti-piracy solidarity for the splashy launch of Tidal, Jay Z's new music streaming service. The rapper and husband to Beyonce had founded Tidal as a streaming service for serious audiophiles who believed that artists deserved to be paid fairly for their music. Heck, it was the platform that Taylor Swift switched to when she shook off Spotify after publicly campaigning for fair compensation for musicians' work.

Standing with a fellow artist against dodgy downloads, only to have that artist call you on your BS? Not a great look.

Just last month, Kanye was calling on music fans to download Tidal telling them that his new album, The Life of Pablo would only be released through the digital platform. A few days later, it was revealed that Kanye was reportedly meeting with his legal team to discuss suing The Pirate Bay for "selling illegal download records" of the same record.

But even though Deadmau5 outed Kanye for jumping on board the pirate ship, he was willing to throw Mr West a lifeline, by offering to "start a Kickstarter" to help Kanye afford his copy of the Serum software. A "small loan" of $200 should do it, he said.

We're not sure if this is a subtle jibe at Kanye's recent claim that he was $53 million in debt, or his call out to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg asking him to invest a tidy $1 billion "Kanye West ideas."