It all began with a seemingly innocent tweet by the rapper, a screengrab of his browser where he is streaming Sufjan Stevens's Death with Dignity. He hates the idea of people not paying for his music and feels someone needs to be held accountable for that,” HollywoodLife reported a source saying.įast forward a few days and the self-proclaimed 'Warhol', 'No 1 most impactful artist of the generation' and 'Shakespeare in the flesh' has sparked speculation that he himself uses illegal torrent sites. “He’s touchy, angry and feels like his material was stolen. It was just a couple of weeks ago that Kanye West, the rapper-producer-fashion-designer-god-of-the-universe, got so worked up with popular P2P site Pirate Bay after his latest album Life of Pablo was leaked (and downloaded in millions) that he threatened to sue them.