If you’ve recently tried to find retrosynther Robots With Rayguns on SoundCloud, you’ve probably seen an error message that reads, “Sorry! We can’t find that user.”
But SoundCloud knows where he is: He’s in exile. The company banned him for copyright infringement, because of his excellent remixes of the likes of Taylor Swift, Nicki Minaj, and others.
RWR announced the breakup on Feb. 10 on his Facebook page. When I reached out to RWR (AKA Lucas Smith) today, he told me he’s revamping his website