Deadmau5 Claims Sexism Doesn’t Exist In Dance Music, Slams Female DJ Duo Krewella On Twitter (Again)
Krewella — comprised of sisters Jahan and Yasmine Yousaf — made the impressive leap from EDM festival favorites to TMZ fodder when former member Kris Trindl sued them for allegedly forcing him out of the band. The ladies denied the accusations but social media and a number of the now-duo’s high-profile colleagues leaped to his defense. Deadmau5 lead the charge, tweeting: “Krewella does not deliver. all hype. no drop.”
The superstar DJ then insinuated that Kris was the mastermind behind the band. “EDM protip: if youre going to make a group/trio act… dont fire the guy who actually does shit,” was his unsolicited advice. The Twitter/Facebook fallout and Deadmau5’s dismissive commentary prompted Jahan to write an op-ed for Billboard about online abuse and sexism in the music industry. And it didn’t take long to elicit a response.
“It has nothing to dow ith you being a woman, it has everything to do with you sucking at music,” Deadmau5 tweeted the duo. “Im an equal sex hater.” He then berated Jahan for bringing up sexism at all. “Of course that fuckin idiot would play the sex card…. get the fuck out of here. please. just go.” The 33-year-old, who has a history of beefing with women online, went as far as claiming that sexism doesn’t exist in the dance community: “Not im my department. no.” Meanwhile, there isn’t a single woman on Forbes’ list of 2014’s top 10 earning DJs. See his tweets and Krewella’s response after the jump.
Deadmau5’s original tweets:
.@krewella does not deliver. all hype. no drop.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) November 24, 2014
EDM protip: if youre going to make a group / trio act… dont fire the guy who actually does shit. #themoaryouknow
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) September 30, 2014
Deadmau5’s response to Jahan’s op-ed:
.@Funkagenda if i saved @krewella from porn, then why the fuck are they still on my dick? That shit was over last week. go back to bed.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) December 9, 2014
.@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
of course that fuckin idiot would play the sex card…. get the fuck out of here. please. just go.
— 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
so @krewella you can take your 1920's smear "sex card" campaign and shove it up your fuckin ass.
— deadmau5 (@deadmau5) December 9, 2014
Krewella’s response:
. @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
Is EDM the world’s only sexism free-zone? Shoot off in the comments below.
[Via Billboard].
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