‘Everyone in this business will remember that you stood behind nazis and convicted felons,’ wrote the producer and DJ. Deadmau5 told his fellow musician that while nobody in the administration will remember the performance “everyone in [the music business] will remember that you stood behind nazis and convicted felons.”.
He captioned the post: “5 days ago the @potus team reached out cause they needed a DJ for inauguration afters. Playing Starlight Ball was not on my 2025 bingo card, but i mean wow, what an honor. I was so nervous, and only got to play for 30 min but holy ****. Achievement unlocked.”.
His post quickly drew criticism from fellow electronic musicians and DJs, including 44-year-old Deadmau5, real name Joel Zimmerman. In a comment on the post, Deadmau5 wrote: “Here’s the best takeaway, not a single person in that entire dumbf*** administration has ever known who the f*** you were, cared about you, or even gives the remotest s*** about you, and you certainly won’t be remembered by any of em.
“But everyone in this business will remember that you stood behind nazis and convicted felons who would further marginalize the very people who gave you a platform. What very little respect I had for you is gone. So glad you got some drink tickets out of the deal, enjoy them, you nepo pissbaby.”.
“Best friends,” Paul wrote in the caption. “They played us for millions,” one person wrote, with a second adding: “We didn’t even pay, but I feel like somehow they still robbed us.”“Oh that fight was definitely rigged,” a third declared.
