14 DAY TRIAL // Last month, Paris Hilton's DJ career came under serious fire as one of the heavyweights of the industry, Deadmau5, decided to eviscerate her in a blog post, calling her claims that she's one of the best DJs in the world as outrageous.
TMZ caught up with the DJ and wanted to see if he had changed his mind in the meantime, and it seemed like he had. In what was clearly a mocking statement, Deadmau5 said that he would put his grudge aside and play a set with Paris if the price was right, but he claimed that he wouldn't do it for less than $2 million (€1,59 million).
Deadmau5 mocks Paris Hilton, says he'll play with her but only for her rumored millions
The DJ made a reference to such ludicrous sums because Paris had previously boasted to several media outlets that she was one of the top 5 best-paid DJs in the world at the moment. This made Deadmau5 furious because he felt that Paris was getting paid outrageous sums simply because she could pull crowds in thanks to her fame and her name, since her performances had nothing to do with talent.
“So Paris makes a billion dollars playing a CD at a club. thats great. how is this news again? Personally, i would pay about as much to see her ‘perform’ as [race car driving] fans would pay to watch me struggle to get out of first gear and 20 feet off the starting grid in an Indy500 race without ending up in a wreck,” a bitter Deadmau5 said on his blog.
Deadmau5 is campaigning for other DJs in the industry to be paid more
In his view, it's unfair that Paris gets that kind of money simply because of her name and that other artists struggle for years and don't end up making half as much.
“So, dont you think it would be a tad insulting to the professionals and fans of the driving world if i just showed up one day… dated a driver, then hopped on the circuit the following week ‘just coz i can?’ god… even i know my [expletive] limits… [expletive],” the Mouse continues.
So far, Paris has taken the high road and chose not to respond to the allegations that she's a bad DJ and gets off on simply being a celebrity, but she did gloat to her fans, saying that she enjoyed “killing it” in clubs around the world with her sets and making money off it.