The Chainsmokers Brutally Respond To Cheat Codes After Recent Accusation
Just days after Cheat Codes got in a rather strange altercation with a fan at one of their recent shows, Cheat Codes are back in the news for calling The Chainsmokers “pussies.”
The dance music trio wrote to Twitter “What else are you pussies gunna copy? @TheChainsmokers.” Cheat Codes said that it was their thing to bring $1,000 in cash and throw it out in the middle of the crowd. While we’re not sure exactly what, The Cheat Codes implied that The Chainsmokers copied something else as well.
Shaun Frank responded to Cheat Codes to say that they better call out Fetty Wap while they are at it. Read the whole Twitter beef below.
Cheat Codes Twitter Beef
What else are you pussies gunna copy? @TheChainsmokers 🤔💸 pic.twitter.com/OjDbcHWC0Z
— Cheat Codes (@CheatCodesMusic) May 5, 2018
Better hit your boy Feddy too 🤔 pic.twitter.com/c1038nhDo6
— RAVE DAD ROAD TRIP (@Shaun_Frank) May 5, 2018
we’ve never thrown money at a show. unlike you guys, we don’t have to pay people to come see us.
— THE CHAINSMOKERS (@TheChainsmokers) May 5, 2018
Read what the EDM community had to say about it.
I mean speaking of copying lmao. U guys def ripped off from @LouisTheChild pic.twitter.com/KiUf3cnB4W
— neutral. (@neutralSays) May 5, 2018
— MariR55sos|YOUTH (@Adriana18073091) May 5, 2018
A Rocky Week For Cheat Codes
This Twitter spat came at the tail end of a genuinely rough stretch for Cheat Codes, following directly on the heels of the fan altercation at one of their shows just days earlier. Trading barbs publicly with an act as prominent as The Chainsmokers only added more attention to a week the trio probably would have preferred to move past quietly. Public beefs like this tend to escalate quickly on social media, where a single tweet can spiral into a back-and-forth that outlasts whatever the original disagreement was actually about — in this case, an accusation over a crowd-engagement bit involving cash tossed into an audience.
Taking These Beefs With A Grain Of Salt
It’s worth noting that dance music Twitter spats like this one tend to be more theater than genuine hostility, and both acts have continued to coexist and even cross paths at festivals and radio in the years since. The Chainsmokers’ clipped, confident response and the pile-on from fans in the replies made this a moment that lived and died within a news cycle, the kind of minor industry drama that generates headlines for a day without leaving any lasting mark on either group’s career.
