Deadmau5 slams “nepo pissbaby” 3LAU for playing at Trump’s inauguration

nme.com:

Deadmau5 has slammed 3LAU for playing at President Donald Trump‘s inauguration earlier this week, calling him a “nepo pissbaby”.3LAU appeared as part of the festivities, alongside the likes of Kid Rock, Billy Ray Cyrus and Village People, as Trump was sworn in as President of the United States once again on Monday (January 20).Reflecting on the experience on Wednesday (January 22), the EDM musician took to Instagram to write: “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.”It didn’t go down well, with many in the comments criticising him for supporting Trump’s administration.

Among those expressing their disapproval was fellow DJ Deadmau5, who hit back with a scathing comment.“Here’s the best takeaway, not a single person in that entire dumbfuck administration has ever known who the fuck you were, cared about you, or even gives the remotest shit about you, and you certainly won’t be remembered by any of em,” he wrote. “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.A post shared by BLAU (@3lau)bodied him lmao deadmau5 is the goat pic.twitter.com/1ng2mS4guS— not not chet (top secret) (@notnotchet) January 24, 2025“What very little respect I had for you is gone,” he continued.