After threatening The Pirate Bay with a lawsuit, Kanye West was exposed as a pirate himself this week. The controversy made headlines all around the world and The Pirate Bay team even offered a helping hand. Perhaps even better, there's also a dedicated "Kanye Bay" spin-off which should make the larger-than-life rapper feel right at home.

Last month Kanye West released his latest album The Life of Pablo exclusively on Tidal, triggering a piracy feast.

Millions of fans have grabbed a pirated copy from unauthorized sites and services, including The Pirate Bay. Angered by mass-piracy Kanye West considered taking legal action against the notorious torrent site, but thus far nothing has happened.

Instead, Kanye was caught browsing a Pirate Bay related website earlier this week and from the looks of it he was pirating a prominent piece of music software himself.

In a response, The Pirate Bay team offered their support, in case he ran into technical issues. In addition, they catered to his narcissistic tendencies by promoting the ego-boosting “Kanye Bay” proxy.

“Should Mr. West experience any issues accessing the official domains of the galaxy’s most resilient torrent site, I’d suggest he try this nifty little proxy,” TPB staffer Spud17 tells us.

Kanye Bay….



Aside from the aesthetic improvements, some words of wisdom and a direct link to pirated versions of Kanye’s music, the site acts as a regular Pirate Bay proxy.

TorrentFreak reached out to the operator of the unusual proxy who explained in detail how he came up with the idea.

“The other day, I came up with an equation that explains the way visionaries think as opposed to very calculated people,” Kanye Bay’s operator informs TF.

“If someone asked you, ‘What is 2 and 3?’ most people would say 5. If you put 2 and 3 in front of me, I’m gonna say, ‘Well, 2 plus 3 is 5. 2 times 3 is 6. 2 divided by 3 is this. 3 divided by 2 is that.’ And then come up with an average of all those things..,” he adds.

This visionary thinking eventually led to the creation of The Kanye Bay, which excels at serving torrents, compared to all other Pirate Bay proxies that ever existed.

“That is the thing people marvel at like, ‘That really was not what I was expecting’… Then I made KanyeBay.com and I was like, ‘Yeah. This sh*t is like 50 per cent more influential than any other proxy ever made’,” the operator says.

The Kanye Bay, like TPB, is all about sharing, not stealing. While Kanye West condemned The Pirate Bay earlier, he did not specifically object to people sharing his work.

This would also explain why Kanye West can threaten to sue The Pirate Bay while ‘using’ it at the same time. And rightly so, according to The Kanye Bay operator, who would rather not kill someone.

“I believe that being selfish is vulgar. It’s like cursing. I think the world can be saved through sharing, because what is the most selfish thing someone can do? Kill someone. So, piracy is like the opposite of that.”

“The Bible was copied like a million times and nobody ever got hurt.”

Amen. Even Yeezus would have to agree with that.

Update: When Kanye’s tweet was first published we suggested that it could be a prank, something he now appears to confirm.