The 38-year-old "All Day" hitmaker caused controversy when he posted on Twitter a screenshot of his laptop to show he was listening to Sufjan Stevens, but it was the other tabs he had open which caught the eye of fans, reported Aceshowbiz.
One tab read 'Pirate Bay Torrent Xfe...', while another could be seen displaying 'Xfer Records Serum t..' , prompting Twitter users including producer Deadmau5 to accuse him of stealing wavetable synthesizer programme Serum by Xfer Records.
"Let's start a Kickstarter to help @kanyewest afford a copy of Serum," he posted.
West's post comes weeks after it was claimed he was planning to sue infamous torrent site Pirate Bay, on which countless LPs and films have been made available for free, following a flood of illegal copies of his new album "The Life of Pablo", which he made available to exclusively stream on Jay Z's Tidal, of which he is a part-owner of.
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