Deadmau5 has said that he “ripped off” Daft Punk by using a helmet for his live shows.

The comments came in an interview with the Rolling Stone, where the mau5trap boss was asked about his opinion of “artists like Marshmello” using his helmet concept.

“Wait, did you say artists like Marshmello?” Deadmau5, real name Joel Zimmerman, said. “You mean people like Marshmello? Let’s fucking clear the air on this one. I don’t care if you’re wearing a fucking helmet, I don’t give a shit – with that logic, I ripped off Daft Punk.”

Zimmerman went on to try to address his reported conflict with Marshmello, which has seen the pair clash on social media.

“The thing that pissed me off after a while was the constant dick riding [on Twitter], ‘You trolled me, I trolled you’ – whatever. Don’t pass it off as a marketing technique. According to social media, all I do is sit around and burn pictures of this guy.”

Deadmau5 was locked in for BBC Radio 1’s Residency series in 2017 earlier this month (December), alongside Eats Everything, Helena Hauff, Jessy Lanza and Metrik.

Deadmau5 also promised to release a 20-strong collection of old and new tracks via iTunes, following the release of his new full-length 'W:/2016ALBUM/' on 2nd December.

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