A tab with Pirate Bay, a tab of the software vendor's website, an article with "50 best VST plugins" open...

And on the Pirate Bay tab he had searched for Xfe... (the name of the plugin vendor, so probably typed "Xfer records Serum").

Sure looks like he was downloading it...

(Btw, I recommended anybody interest in electronic music product checks it out, it's an excellent wavetable/additive synthesis audio plugin with crazy good filters to avoid aliasing).

Agree it isn't proof, but still seems fishy. I agree with the article though that he should take the chance to plug Tidal and should be playing his music through the service he is using, no?

He was only in there to get directions on how to get away from there. Right Principal Skinner?

TorrentFreak comments in more detail on the screenshot: https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-offers-tech-support-to-p... and makes it seem less likely.

To be fair we don't even know if this is his computer. It could have been in the studio or maybe on of his assistants told him "Hey Kanye listen to this" and he just took a pic of it.

That "Attention" tab..I get that when using my VPN and hitting any CloudFlare site.

Amen. He could well be seeding his own indie tracks.

Not sure if you are joking, but the tab title ends with Xfe[...], so it seems pretty likely that it's about Xfer Records Serum.