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Tyler, the Creator

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  • At the age of seven, Tyler Gregory Okonma, known professionally as Tyler, the Creator, was already making albums that did not exist. He pulled the covers out of CD cases and made new ones for imaginary records, each with a tracklist and song lengths. He had no way to record the music yet. Years later, the American rapper and producer has turned that childhood game into a career that stretches from horror-tinged rap to dance music. His path raises questions that the rest of this documentary will answer. How did a boy removed from drama class and turned away from band become the leader of a rowdy collective? Why did the United Kingdom bar him from entering? And what made him walk away from the dark sound that first made him famous?

  • Tyler Gregory Okonma was born on the 6th of March 1991 in Hawthorne, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. His father is a Nigerian Igbo, and his mother is African-American, half-Canadian and multiracial. He stayed in Hawthorne until he moved to Ladera Heights at 17.

    Twelve years of schooling took him through twelve different schools in the Los Angeles and Sacramento areas. In the eighth grade he joined a drama class and was removed for being too hyperactive. In the ninth grade, the band class refused him because he could not read music. At 14 he taught himself to play the piano anyway. At Westchester High School he befriended Lionel Boyce in a theater class.

    Work did not hold him for long either. He lasted under two weeks at FedEx, but he stayed at Starbucks for over two years.

    The internet gave him a stage that classrooms never did. At 15 he ran a YouTube channel called bloxhead, and its first video went up on the 28th of February 2008. The channel was first named for a comedy hip-hop duo he formed with Jasper Dolphin. His stage name came from a Myspace page where he posted his creative projects. He kept uploading until October 2009, when he stopped to work on an album.

  • Odd Future began in 2007, when Tyler co-founded the collective with Hodgy, Left Brain and Casey Veggies. The group self-released The Odd Future Tape in November 2008. Inside the group Tyler rapped, produced, directed and acted, and he produced studio albums for its other members.

    On the 25th of December 2009 he self-released Bastard, his first solo album. Pitchfork Media later ranked it 32nd on its list of the top albums of 2010. The real jolt came on the 11th of February 2011, when he released the music video for Yonkers. Online outlets noticed it quickly, and an extended version with a third verse appeared on iTunes. Kanye West posted it on Twitter and called it "the video of 2011". The song also won Tyler Best New Artist at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards.

    Record executives and stars began to circle. Steve Rifkind, Jimmy Iovine, Rick Ross and Jay-Z were among the figures showing interest in early 2011. In April, Tyler and the rest of Odd Future signed with Red Distribution and Sony. Goblin, his second studio album, followed on the 10th of May 2011.

    Television arrived just as fast. On the 16th of February 2011, Tyler and Hodgy Beats made their television debut on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, performing Sandwitches. A month later they played the 2011 mtvU Woodie Awards, where other members of the group joined them.

    Bastard and Goblin led fans and publications to file Tyler under horrorcore. He vehemently rejected the connection.

    The group soon had a show of its own. Loiter Squad was confirmed as a 15-minute live-action program of sketches, man-on-the-street segments, pranks and music. Dickhouse Productions, the partnership behind Jackass, was set to produce it. It premiered on Adult Swim on the 25th of March 2012 and ran for three seasons, with guests including Johnny Knoxville, Lil Wayne and Seth Rogen. In 2015 Tyler said the show "is no more".

  • "I just like to piss off old white dudes." That was Tyler's answer when asked why his early lyrics were so offensive, and he added that they "are not offensive". The dark tone of Bastard and Goblin drew on Eminem, especially Eminem's 2009 album Relapse, which Tyler has named as a favorite. Online music communities attacked the nihilistic mood, citing lyrics about rape and murder. The Yonkers video, in which Tyler eats a cockroach, stirred controversy in the media as well.

    Between 2010 and 2011, Tyler also sent a series of sexually explicit comments to Selena Gomez over Twitter. In a 2013 interview he said the two did not get along. In 2021 he made a public apology in the song Manifesto, on Call Me If You Get Lost.

    The law caught up with him more than once. In 2011 he was arrested on suspicion of vandalism after allegedly destroying equipment at The Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood. A fan's video showed him throwing a microphone at a sound engineer, and he paid $8,000 in damages. In 2014 he was arrested in Austin, Texas, for inciting a riot after telling fans at South by Southwest to push past security guards. He faced up to a year in prison and a $4,000 fine. His lawyer, Perry Minton, called the charge overblown, and the charges were later dropped.

    The Cherry Bomb World Tour of 2015 met official resistance abroad. Tyler cancelled the Australian leg after the grassroots group Collective Shout campaigned to keep him out. The group argued that his music promotes and glorifies violence against women.

    On the 26th of August 2015, Tyler revealed that he had been banned from the United Kingdom for three to five years. The ban forced him to cancel tour dates, including the Reading and Leeds Festivals. His manager, Christian Clancy, said a letter from then Home Secretary Theresa May delivered the news. She cited lyrics from Bastard, although Tyler had toured the UK several times since its release. Tyler said he felt treated "like a terrorist". He implied the ban was racially motivated, saying "they did not like the fact that their children were idolizing a black man."

    The ban is believed to have ended in February 2019, around a scheduled London show for Igor. Police forcibly cancelled that show, citing safety concerns that the venue was overcrowded and too rowdy. At the 2020 Brit Awards, Tyler won International Male Solo Artist and used his speech to thank the woman who had kept him out five years earlier. He ended with, "Thank you, Theresa May."

  • In early 2011, Tyler told fans on Formspring that his third album would be called Wolf and would arrive in May 2012. It slipped. On the 14th of February 2013, an Odd Future video of Lionel Boyce's nickname L-Boy skydiving set a new date, the 2nd of April 2013. The same day, Tyler revealed three album covers on Instagram.

    Wolf debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 with 90,000 copies sold in its first week. Tyler produced every track himself except the last, Lone. The guests included Frank Ocean, Pharrell, Erykah Badu and Earl Sweatshirt. Critics heard a turn toward melodic, accessible sounds, blending jazz, R&B and soul. Tyler also looked inward, rapping about his father's abandonment in the song Answer.

    Pharrell Williams was no accident on that guest list. Tyler credits Pharrell's work with N.E.R.D and The Neptunes in the 2000s as his greatest inspiration.

    Cherry Bomb broke the pattern. Tyler released the music video for one of its songs on the 9th of April 2015, and the album followed digitally on the 13th. Physical copies arrived on the 28th of April with five different covers. Kanye West, Lil Wayne and Schoolboy Q appeared on it. At Coachella, where the tour opened, Tyler scolded the VIP section for lacking enthusiasm, even though many of them were celebrities.

    Fans and critics gave the record a mixed reception. Tyler had set out to make only songs, with no thread linking them, and the sound was aggressive and noisy. The Medium later argued that it paved the way for Flower Boy and Igor. Around this time, Tyler stepped away indefinitely from his duties with Odd Future and signed with Columbia Records.

    Flower Boy came out on the 21st of July 2017 and drew rave reviews. Its lyrics, including "I been kissing white boys since 2004", prompted speculation that Tyler was coming out. In a 2018 interview with Fantastic Man he said, "Even though I'm considered loud and out there, I'm private, which is a weird dichotomy." The album earned a Best Rap Album nomination at the 60th Grammy Awards, his second nomination after his contribution to Channel Orange. Kendrick Lamar's Damn took the prize that year.

  • On the 6th of May 2019, Tyler posted two short video clips of himself dancing erratically in a long blonde wig, a multicolored suit, black sunglasses and a grill. Eleven days later, on the 17th of May, Igor arrived. Tyler kept the costume for the singles and the music videos. The album was a concept record about being the odd man out in a love triangle, and many listeners read it as the story of a romance with a closeted bisexual man. It became his first number-one album in the United States, and its song Earfquake peaked at number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100.

    Igor's chart win set off a feud. DJ Khaled, whose album Father of Asahd it had outsold, posted an Instagram video mocking "mysterious" music that nobody hears on the radio. He later deleted it. In 2021 on Hot 97, Tyler said he enjoyed watching a man "die inside because the weirdo is winning". After his 2022 Grammy win he tweeted "MYSTERIOUS MUSIC! HA!" By November 2023, Rolling Stone reported that DJ Khaled wanted to collaborate with him.

    On the 26th of January 2020, Igor won Tyler his first Grammy, for Best Rap Album. He said he was "very grateful", yet called the rap label a "backhanded compliment". He objected that artists who look like him get sorted into rap or urban categories whenever they do something genre-bending. He said he wanted to be recognized at a more mainstream level.

    For Call Me If You Get Lost, Tyler put billboards in major cities worldwide showing a phone number. Callers heard a recorded conversation between Tyler and his mother, which the album later included as Momma Talk. The lead single, Lumberjack, came out on the 16th of June 2021, and the album followed on the 25th of June. The record centers on a persona named Tyler Baudelaire, a suave, well-traveled gentleman with a taste for high art. It debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 and won Best Rap Album at the 64th Grammy Awards.

    On the 27th of March 2023, Tyler announced Call Me If You Get Lost: The Estate Sale, a set of songs cut from the album. He wrote on Twitter that it was the first album he made with a lot of songs that did not make the final cut. It was released on the 31st of March 2023.

    The honors piled up. The Wall Street Journal named him Music Innovator of the Year in 2019. Accepting the Cultural Influence Award at the BET Awards, he thanked Q-Tip, Andre 3000, Chad Hugo, Kanye West, Missy Elliott, Busta Rhymes and Hype Williams as his influences.

  • Wolf Haley is the name on every music video and promotional clip Tyler has directed in his career. His credits as director begin with the 2010 video for Bastard, which he co-directed with Taco Bennett, and run through the 2025 videos for Sticky and Sugar on My Tongue. When he directed Come On, Let's Go in 2022, he was credited as Tyler Okonma.

    Clothing was the next canvas. Golf Wang became his streetwear brand, known for a striking, colorful look, and he has collaborated with Lacoste, Converse and Louis Vuitton. His high-end line, Golf le Fleur, is described as embodying the globe-trotting scenes of Call Me If You Get Lost.

    Louis Vuitton's Men's Fall-Winter 2022 show at the Carreau du Temple in Paris was one of the last assembled by the late creative director Virgil Abloh. Tyler scored it. Arthur Verocai arranged the music, and Gustavo Dudamel conducted the live performance by the Chineke! Orchestra.

    Since 2012, Tyler has also run the Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival, an annual music festival. Kanye West, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Lana Del Rey and Billie Eilish have all appeared there.

    Television gave him more outlets. In 2017 he wrote, produced and performed the theme song for Bill Nye Saves the World. His own show Nuts + Bolts premiered on Viceland on the 3rd of August 2017, explaining how things he finds interesting are made. He announced The Jellies! on the 14th of September 2017, and it premiered on the 22nd of October 2017. He has also voiced Jesus Christ on Big Mouth and provided additional voices in Grand Theft Auto V.

    Odd Future's do-it-yourself approach left a mark on hip-hop. The group posted music whenever it wanted, through YouTube, Tumblr and Myspace, and inspired other artists to build careers outside the usual routes. Media comparisons to the Wu-Tang Clan annoyed Tyler, who answered, "we are in a completely different thing". Frank Ocean and Earl Sweatshirt went on to successful careers, and The Internet, led by Syd and Steve Lacy, emerged from the same circle.

    Tyler has skateboarded since 2002 and collects BMX bicycles, and he became a familiar sight riding around Los Angeles. He has asthma and has been seen using an inhaler on stage, which is why he follows a straight edge lifestyle.

  • On the 13th of April 2024, Tyler closed out the Saturday night of Coachella as a headliner. He began by bursting through the wall of a fake trailer amid pyrotechnics. Childish Gambino, ASAP Rocky and Kali Uchis joined him, and Charlie Wilson sang a duet of Earfquake with him. Critics called the show an "exhilarating, high-stakes spectacle" and a "brilliant reminder of a cult hero's power".

    On the 16th of October 2024, a teaser video titled St. Chroma revealed the name of his next album, Chromakopia. The single Noid arrived on the 21st of October, and the album was released on the 28th. It debuted at number one in the United States and produced the highest first-week sales of his career. He performed it at smaller venues and in public, then at the tenth Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival on the 16th of November. A world tour, his seventh headlining concert tour, began on the 4th of February 2025 in Saint Paul and was set to end on the 21st of September 2025 in Quezon City. Lil Yachty and Paris Texas were its supporting acts.

    Tyler quietly started his ninth album, Don't Tap the Glass, in January 2025 while on that tour. On the 18th of July he put up an art installation outside a concert venue. The next day a website appeared, and merchandise for the album briefly replaced the Golf Wang products. On the eve of release, he held a listening party for 300 guests at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery, with phones and cameras banned. The album came out on the 21st of July through Columbia Records, and critics described it as a dance, techno and house record. Tyler said it grew from the habit of filming concerts, which he blamed for the decline of dancing in public. He urged fans to play it "at full volume" and dance.

    The video for Sugar on My Tongue followed on the 12th of August 2025. The song spent seventeen weeks on the Billboard chart, his longest-charting song. That year Tyler also made his feature film debut as Wally in the A24 sports film Marty Supreme, alongside Timothee Chalamet, credited under his birth name. On the 20th of November, Apple Music named him Artist of the Year for 2025.

    The 68th Grammy Awards gave him six nominations for Chromakopia and Don't Tap the Glass, including Album of the Year. At the ceremony on the 1st of February, he won in the new Best Album Cover category for Chromakopia. That made his third Grammy, and he performed Thought I Was Dead and Sugar on My Tongue on the main show.

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Who is Tyler, the Creator?

Tyler, the Creator is the professional name of Tyler Gregory Okonma, an American rapper and record producer born on the 6th of March 1991 in Hawthorne, California. He co-founded the collective Odd Future and has released nine studio albums, from Bastard in 2009 to Don't Tap the Glass in 2025.

Where does the name Tyler, the Creator come from?

Tyler took his stage name from a Myspace page he used to post his creative projects. He was also a YouTube uploader at 15 under the channel name bloxhead.

Why was Tyler, the Creator banned from the United Kingdom?

Tyler revealed on the 26th of August 2015 that he was banned from the UK for three to five years. A letter from then Home Secretary Theresa May cited lyrics from his 2009 album Bastard as the reason.

Which Tyler, the Creator albums won Grammy Awards?

Igor won Best Rap Album at the 62nd Grammy Awards and Call Me If You Get Lost won the same award at the 64th. His third Grammy came for Chromakopia in the new Best Album Cover category.

What is Odd Future and how is Tyler, the Creator connected to it?

Odd Future is an alternative hip-hop collective that Tyler co-founded in 2007 with Hodgy, Left Brain and Casey Veggies. Tyler acted as rapper, producer, director and actor in the group, which also made the Adult Swim show Loiter Squad.

What was the Call Me If You Get Lost billboard campaign by Tyler, the Creator?

Tyler placed billboards in major cities worldwide showing a phone number for the album Call Me If You Get Lost. Callers heard a recorded conversation between Tyler and his mother, which appears on the album as Momma Talk.

What is Tyler, the Creator's Don't Tap the Glass album about?

Don't Tap the Glass was released on the 21st of July 2025 through Columbia Records and is described by critics as a dance, techno and house album. Tyler said it was inspired by people filming concerts instead of dancing, and he urged listeners to play it at full volume and dance.

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  1. 1Tyler, the Creator – Summer Camp MixPetar Kujundzic
  2. 2NewsOdd Future Record Deal Is Complete, Manager ConfirmsRob Markman — MTV News — April 26, 2011
  3. 3Tyler, the Creator Accepts Cultural Influence Award at 2021 BET Hip Hop AwardsOctober 6, 2021
  4. 4Tyler, the Creator Wins Best Rap Album for Call Me If You Get Lost at the 2022 GrammysApril 3, 2022
  5. 5MagazineTyler the Creator's Surreal, Summery 'IGOR'Danny Schwartz — May 20, 2019
  6. 6Tyler, the Creator named Music Innovator of the YearVictoria Moorwood
  7. 7NewsThe Creators: A Hollywood trailblazer, a gaming visionary, a horror genius ...June 2, 2024
  8. 8Tyler Gregory Okonma, Rapper Known As 'Tyler, The Creator,' Arrested At The Roxy TheatreDecember 23, 2011
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  10. 10Bonita Smith, Tyler, The Creator's Mother, Is Behind A Health And Wellness Spa Providing Holistic Healing In Woodland Hills, CASamantha Dorisca — 2023-12-26
  11. 11Tyler the Creator to Nardwuar: “You with the Feds??” #tylerthecreator #nardwuar #shorts
  12. 12Tyler the Creator Injury – Sandwitches (Live) Breaks Foot / Loiter Squad @ House of Blues 6/18/11June 19, 2011
  13. 13yo can someone change my wiki. im from hawthorne ca and stayed in lower ladera when i was 17Tyler Okonma — April 28, 2022
  14. 1410 Things to Know About VMA Winner Tyler, The CreatorHaley Longman — August 30, 2011
  15. 15Stussy Beat Makers: Tyler, the CreatorCorey K — September 28, 2011
  16. 16Tyler, the Creator: The Odd Future Is NowTimothy Baker — Punctum Books — August 17, 2024
  17. 17Howling WolvesWeiss, Jeff — April 10, 2011
  18. 18Tyler, The Creator – WSJ 2019 Music Innovator Award PresentationNovember 7, 2019
  19. 19NewsTyler, the Creator Always Does Things His WayAdam Bradley — 2025-10-09
  20. 20Tyler, The Creator Worked at StarbucksJune 12, 2015
  21. 21Tyler, The Creator's Name Started on MySpaceJimmy Kimmel Live — June 12, 2015
  22. 2215 YouTube Videos That Every Tyler, The Creator Fan Should Watch
  23. 23YouTube – bloxhead's ChannelMay 13, 2011
  24. 24The Top 50 Albums of 2010 – Page 2December 16, 2010
  25. 25Tyler, The Creator Gets Odd In 'Yonkers'MTV — February 11, 2011
  26. 26Video: Tyler, The Creator "Yonkers"Complex.com — February 11, 2011
  27. 27Tyler, The Creator – "Yonkers" VideoStereogum — February 13, 2011
  28. 28Watch: Shocking Clip From Odd Future FrontmanFebruary 11, 2011
  29. 29Yonkers – Single by Tyler, The Creator – Download Yonkers – Single on iTunesiTunes Store — February 14, 2011
  30. 30Tyler, The Creator Nabs Best New Artist VMAAmy Wilkinson — MTV News — August 29, 2011
  31. 31Who Ever The Fuck On Rap Radar Called Me Horrorcore, FUCK YOUTyler Okonma
  32. 32Rick Ross Wanted To Sign Tyler, The Creator Back In 2011
  33. 33Odd Future To Ink Deal With Sony's RED DistributionRob Markman — MTV News
  34. 34Consultation: A Review of Tyler, The Creator's GOBLIN
  35. 35Odd Future: 'Sandwitches' – Video – NBC.comLate Night with Jimmy Fallon
  36. 36VideoRap Radar Odd Future Performs At Woodie AwardsPedro Madeira — March 18, 2011
  37. 37Waka Flocka Flame Wants Tyler, the Creator To Direct His VideoJuly 30, 2011
  38. 38SlossFest Preview: Tyler, The Creator finds his wingsJuly 15, 2015
  39. 39Tyler, The Creator Expands "Wolf" Tour, Adds Dates With Earl SweatshirtSteven J. Horowitz — March 16, 2013
  40. 40Watch the Video for Tyler, the Creator's New Single "Domo 23" – XXLXxlmag.com — February 15, 2013
  41. 41MagazineTyler, the Creator Debuts New Music on 'Fallon'February 26, 2013
  42. 42Mac DeMarco and Tyler, the Creator Are Working TogetherLindsay Zoladz — January 31, 2014
  43. 43Tyler, the Creator releases new song "Fucking Young"April 9, 2015
  44. 44Article on new album 'Cherry Bomb' and newly released songsApril 9, 2015
  45. 45WANTED TO MAKE THE MUSIC I LISTEN TO. THANK YOU CHARLIE WILSON, CHAZ BUNDICK AND COLE FROM THE BLACK LIPS FOR YOU CONTRIBUTION TO FY/DCTyler Okonma
  46. 46Tyler the Creator announces Cherry Bomb collaborators via TwitterApril 12, 2015
  47. 47iTunes Music – Cherry Bomb by Tyler, The CreatoriTunes Store — April 13, 2015
  48. 48Tyler, the Creator's Cherry Bomb Gets Five Album Covers, Physical Release DateApril 13, 2015
  49. 49CHERRY BOMB. ITUNES. PLAY IT LOUD. PHYSICALS COME OUT ON THE 28TH instagram.com/p/1ZmAEynAOJ/Tyler Okonma
  50. 50physical comes out on the 28TH its 5 coversTyler Okonma
  51. 51Tyler, the Creator releases new song "Fucking Young"April 12, 2015
  52. 52MagazineStream Tyler, the Creator's New Album 'Cherry Bomb'April 13, 2015
  53. 53Tyler, the Creator announces new album "Cherry Bomb"April 9, 2015
  54. 54NewsTyler the Creator cancels Australian tourJenna Clarke — August 10, 2015
  55. 55Tyler The Creator Banned From U.K., Forced To Cancel ShowsBallerStatus.com — August 26, 2015
  56. 56NewsTyler, the Creator, meets his match in Theresa, the Home Secretary, head of the UK branch of Catholics AnonymousMarina Hyde — August 27, 2015
  57. 57NewsUS rapper Tyler the Creator banned from the UK over lyricsAugust 28, 2015
  58. 58NewsTyler, the Creator on being banned from the UK: 'I'm being treated like a terrorist'August 28, 2015
  59. 59MagazineTyler, The Creator's Show 'Nuts and Bolts' Debuting on Viceland in AugustMay 9, 2017
  60. 60Tyler, the Creator's New Album Not Actually Titled Scum Fuck Flower BoyJuly 19, 2017
  61. 61Fall 2017 TV Preview: Premiere Dates for Stranger Things, Walking Dead and MoreIGN — September 2017
  62. 62Tyler, the Creator Drops New Song "OKRA": ListenMatthew Strauss — March 29, 2018
  63. 63Tyler, The Creator – OKRATyler, The Creator — March 29, 2018
  64. 64Throwaway is used as ITS NOT GOING ON AN ALBUM, ITS NOT A SINGLE FOR AN UPCOMING PROJECT, ITS NOT AN EXAMPLE OF THE SOUND IM GOING FOR NEXT, ITS JUST ITS OWN ONE OFF THING THAT EXIST ON ITS OWN THAT I WANTED TO SHARE COME ON NOW YALLTyler Okonma
  65. 65NewsTyler, The Creator Shares New Song "435"May 22, 2018
  66. 66HighSnobietyCandice Nembhard — July 24, 2018
  67. 67IGOR: smarturl.it/tylerthecreatorigorTyler Okonma
  68. 68Tyler, the Creator Beats DJ Khaled to Hit No. 1 With 'Igor'Ben Sisario — May 27, 2019
  69. 69MagazineEarfquake Chart History Billboard
  70. 70MagazineTyler, the Creator Drops Two New Songs: 'Best Interest,' 'Group B'Jon Blistein — December 23, 2019
  71. 712020 Grammy Awards: Complete Winners ListNational Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences — November 20, 2019
  72. 72Tyler, The Creator slams Grammys' 'urban' category as a politically correct version of the n-wordToyin Owoseje — CNN — January 27, 2020
  73. 73MagazineTyler, The Creator Reveals His New Album 'Call Me If You Get Lost' Is Arriving SoonGil Kaufman — June 17, 2021
  74. 74Stream Tyler, the Creator's New Album Call Me If You Get LostBethy Squires — June 25, 2021
  75. 75Tyler, The Creator's "Call Me If You Get Lost" Album Sales Projections Are InKyle Eustice — June 27, 2021
  76. 76New album from Tyler, the Creator teased on mysterious website and billboardJune 10, 2021
  77. 77Tyler, The Creator – "Lumberjack"June 16, 2021
  78. 78Tyler, the Creator Releasing New Album Call Me If You Get Lost Next WeekMatthew Strauss — June 17, 2021
  79. 79Tyler, the Creator's 'Call Me If You Get Lost' Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard 200Brad Callas
  80. 80MagazineTyler, the Creator, Tame Impala & Jack Harlow to Headline 2022 Forecastle FestivalTaylor Mims — January 6, 2022
  81. 81Tyler, the Creator Scores Virgil Abloh's Louis Vuitton Fashion ShowJanuary 23, 2022
  82. 82Tyler, the Creator scores Virgil Abloh's Louis Vuitton fashion show in ParisWill Richards — January 23, 2022
  83. 83Tyler, The Creator & Pharrell Reunite On Nigo's 'Come On, Let's Go'Andy Bustard — March 24, 2022
  84. 84Tyler, the Creator Announces Call Me If You Get Lost: The Estate Sale, Shares Video for New Song 'Dogtooth': WatchMatthew Strauss — March 27, 2023
  85. 85MagazineTyler, the Creator Issues Warning About Social Climbing Men on New Single 'Dogtooth'Larisha Paul — March 27, 2023
  86. 86Tyler, the Creator Shares Video for New Song "Sorry Not Sorry"Matthew Strauss — March 29, 2023
  87. 87MagazineWatch Tyler, the Creator, A$AP Rocky Take a Trip in 'Wharf Talk' VideoEmily Zemler — March 31, 2023
  88. 88Tyler, the Creator Performs With A$AP Rocky, Childish Gambino, and Kali Uchis at Coachella 2024April 14, 2024
  89. 89NewsTyler, the Creator at Coachella review – an exhilarating, high-stakes spectacleAlaina Demopoulos — April 14, 2024
  90. 90Tyler, The Creator live at Coachella: a brilliant reminder of a cult hero's powerRhian Daly — April 14, 2024
  91. 91MagazineTyler, the Creator Casts Ayo Edebiri as Crazed Fan in Video for New Song 'Noid'Steven J. Horowitz — October 21, 2024
  92. 92MagazineTyler, The Creator Plots Return With 'Chromakopia'October 17, 2024
  93. 93MagazineTyler, the Creator Announces 'Chromakopia' Album Release Date & Reveals Cover ArtMichael Saponara — October 17, 2024
  94. 94Tyler, the Creator rocks Brooklyn with '30 Minutes Of CHROMAKOPIA' showNovember 6, 2024
  95. 95MagazineTyler, the Creator Details Massive 2025 'Chromokopia' World TourJon Blistein — October 23, 2024
  96. 96Tyler, the Creator announces 2025 arena tour with Lil Yachty & Paris TexasAmanda Hatfield
  97. 97Tyler, The Creator Recalls Making "Don't Tap The Glass" During His "Chromakopia" TourCaroline Fisher — 2025-07-21
  98. 98Tyler, the Creator Teases Don't Tap the GlassMatthew Strauss — 2025-07-19
  99. 99MagazineClipse & LeBron James Make Cameos in Tyler, the Creator's 'Stop Playing With Me' Video: WatchMichael Saponara — 2025-07-21
  100. 100MagazineTyler, The Creator Explains Urgency Behind 'Don't Tap The Glass' LP in Note to Fans: 'This Album Was Not Made For Sitting Still'Carl Lamarre — 2025-07-21
  101. 101Tyler, the Creator Gets Freaky, Surreal, and Shirtless in "Sugar on My Tongue"2025-08-12
  102. 102MagazineTyler, The Creator Throws a Rave in BDSM-Themed, NSFW 'Sugar on My Tongue' Music VideoMichael Saponara — 2025-08-12
  103. 103Tyler, the Creator and Timothée Chalamet Star in First Trailer for New Movie Marty SupremeMatthew Strauss — 2025-08-13
  104. 104Tyler, The Creator is Apple Music's Artist of the Year for 2025
  105. 105Grammys 2026: Tyler, the Creator, the Cure, and More Nominated for Best Alternative Music AwardsWalden Green — 2025-11-07
  106. 106Watch Tyler, The Creator Perform A Mega Medley Of "Thought I Was Dead," "Like Him" & "Sugar On My Tongue" 2026 Grammys GRAMMY.com
  107. 107Tyler Creates New Shoes for Converse FashionAnya Athwal — 2026-07-23
  108. 108Tyler, The Creator was the top artist-songwriter in Q3 2023 on the NMPA's Gold & Platinum program (based on RIAA Certifications)Mandy Dalugdug — January 9, 2024
  109. 109Tyler, the Creator: A Story Of Evolution And DevelopmentSam Le Roy — July 13, 2021
  110. 110MagazineEvery Tyler, the Creator Project RankedAndre J. Gee — March 10, 2020
  111. 111MagazineThe 100 Greatest West Coast Hip-Hop Songs of All TimeMay 1, 2023
  112. 112Magazine20 horrorcore albums that are better than your favorite scary movieGledre Matulaityte — September 4, 2020
  113. 113Tyler, The Creator on Pharrell and the first time he heard N.E.R.D.((Power 106 Los Angeles)) — May 9, 2013
  114. 114In Search of... did more for me than Illmatic
  115. 115Tyler, the Creator Explains How Pharrell Changed His LifeAugust 31, 2018
  116. 116MagazineTyler, The Creator Meets EminemSeptember 1, 2011
  117. 117PLEASE IF THERE IS A GOD PLEASE LET RELAPSE 2 COME OUT OF SOMEWHERE PLEASE THATS ALL I WANT PLEASE 😔😔😔 MARSHALL PLEASETyler Okonma
  118. 118Odd Future's Tyler, The Creator: 'My lyrics aren't offensive' – videoApril 11, 2012
  119. 119Kanye West Thinks Tyler, the Creator Has the Video of The Year
  120. 120Method Man Comments On Odd Future, Wu-Tang ComparisonsMTV — June 14, 2011
  121. 121Tyler, The Creator Explains How Comparisons Between Odd Future & Wu-Tang Frustrate Him
  122. 122Revisiting Odd Future's Members And Their InfluenceCaleb Hardy — May 2, 2023
  123. 123The Impact Of Odd FutureJune 1, 2019
  124. 124How Golf Wang Evolved With Tyler, the Creator's Career
  125. 125The Soft Power of Cycling's Public ImageJames — March 1, 2022
  126. 126Tyler, The Creator Talks Skateboarding With Tony HawkJanuary 28, 2012
  127. 127Tyler, the Creator: Wolf
  128. 128Flower Boy: a conversationJanuary 22, 2018
  129. 129Review: 'Call Me If You Get Lost' sees Tyler, the Creator return to his roots, now more matured and refined
  130. 130Tyler, The Creator's new Golf le Fleur line is a travel fantasy extravaganzaMark Wilson — December 8, 2021
  131. 131Tony Hawk interviews Tyler The Creator of Odd Future – Dissent TVRIDE Channel — January 27, 2012
  132. 132How Being a Fan of Tyler, The Creator Molded Me and Maybe an Entire GenerationKaje Collins — December 1, 2017
  133. 133Tyler, The Creator Discusses Religious ViewsDecember 27, 2014
  134. 134Q&A: 10 Facts We Learned About Tyler, The Creator From Formspring
  135. 135Cakes & Brains: Tyler, The Creator Presents: BastardCakes & Brains — December 25, 2009
  136. 136Odd Future's Tyler The Creator Busted In LA, "I Swear To Atheist God, F*ck Cops"S. Samuel — May 11, 2011
  137. 137Tyler, The Creator – Earfquake / New Magic Wand (Live at the 2020 Grammys)January 28, 2020
  138. 138MagazineTyler, the Creator, 'Wolf': Track-By-Track ReviewKathy Iandoli
  139. 139Tyler the Creator has been 'coming out' as gay or bisexual for years and no-one caredJuly 11, 2017
  140. 140Tyler The Creator Is The Latest Male Celebrity To Reveal He's BisexualDaisy Murray — August 17, 2017
  141. 141Tyler the Creator Likes Girls But 'Ends Up F**king Their Brother'November 20, 2019
  142. 142Tyler, The Creator speaks about the "grey area" around his sexualityLewis Corner — September 20, 2018
  143. 143The hidden symbols in Tyler, The Creator's 'Igor'El Hunt — May 24, 2019
  144. 144'Igor' Explained: A Guide To The Story, Themes, And Devices Of Tyler The Creator's 2019 AlbumChris Lambert
  145. 145With Igor, Tyler, the Creator finds the beauty in moving onThomas Hobbs — May 21, 2019
  146. 146Tyler, The Creator Apologizes For Hiding Sexuality On New SongAndre Ellington — March 29, 2023
  147. 147NewsIs hip-hop homophobia at a tipping point?Alex MacPherson — May 10, 2011
  148. 148NewsOdd Future Plays Secret L.A. ShowTodd Gilchrist — May 13, 2011
  149. 149Pattison, Louis (2011) "Tyler, The Creator Goblin", NME, May 14, 2011, p. 12
  150. 150Lester, Paul (2011) "Tyler the Creator in the UK: forget hip-hop, we're the new Sex Pistols! ", The Guardian, May 7, 2011. Retrieved May 14, 2011
  151. 151Tyler, The Creator Defends His Use Of The Other F-WordMTV
  152. 152GLAAD calls VMA winner Tyler, The Creator 'violently anti-gay'Pink News — August 31, 2011
  153. 153Frank Ocean Gets Support From Tyler, The Creator, Russell Simmons On Coming OutMTV
  154. 154Fans Think Tyler The Creator Is Admitting He's Gay On Leaked "Flower Boy" LPKyle Eustice — July 10, 2017
  155. 155Tyler, the Creator (maybe) opens up about his sexuality on leaked new albumGrant Rindner — July 11, 2017
  156. 156Tyler the Creator Arrested in West Hollywood (Video)December 23, 2011
  157. 157MagazineTyler, The Creator Pays $8,000 in Vandalism CaseLauren Savage — March 5, 2012
  158. 158NewsRapper Tyler, The Creator arrested at South By SouthwestFox News — March 16, 2014
  159. 159NewsAs rapper's riot charge is dropped, legal experts question arrestJazmine Ulloa
  160. 160News'Rowdy' crowd stops rapper's surprise gigMay 18, 2019
  161. 161Why Tyler, The Creator thanked Theresa May during his Brit Awards speechCharlie Duffield — February 19, 2020
  162. 162MagazineTyler, the Creator Apologizes to Selena Gomez for Past Tweets in New Song 'Manifesto'
  163. 163Selena Gomez Just Received an Apology From Tyler, the Creator for Those Explicit TweetsJune 27, 2021
  164. 164Tyler, The Creator on Selena GomezMay 9, 2013
  165. 165Tyler, the Creator Addressed Explicit Tweets He Once Wrote About Selena GomezJune 27, 2021
  166. 166Tyler, the Creator apologizes to Selena Gomez for his past sexually explicit tweets towards her on his new song "Manifesto"
  167. 167MagazineTyler, the Creator apologizes to Selena Gomez for past explicit tweets on new song
  168. 168MagazineTyler, the Creator Is Trapped in an Online-Discourse VortexJeff Ihaza — 2025-10-21
  169. 169Tyler, The Creator faces backlash over resurfaced anti-Black posts from his early careerPop Culture & Art — 2025-10-20
  170. 170Eminem Reveals Tyler, The Creator Diss Was Because Tyler And Earl Sweatshirt Criticized His MusicElijah C. Watson — September 14, 2018
  171. 171Tyler The Creator Disses Eminem Says 'Walk On Water' Is TrashSoje Leslie — November 14, 2017
  172. 172Eminem Slammed for Homophobic Diss About Tyler, The Creator on His New AlbumAugust 31, 2018
  173. 173Tyler, the Creator: 'Theresa May's gone, so I'm back in the UK'October 5, 2019
  174. 174DJ Khaled Appears To Shade Tyler, The Creator For Beating Him To #1June 8, 2019
  175. 175Tyler, The Creator says he watched DJ Khaled "die inside" after chart battle lossAugust 9, 2021
  176. 176Tyler, the Creator Appears to Troll DJ Khaled After Earning Another No. 1 Album
  177. 177MagazineInside DJ Khaled's Relentlessly Joyous World
  178. 178Tyler, the Creator reveals Wolf album covers, announces tour datesFebruary 14, 2013
  179. 179Tyler, the Creator announces 2014 tour dates
  180. 180NewsTyler, The Creator OKAGA, CA TourFebruary 25, 2016
  181. 181MagazineTyler, the Creator Plots Fall 'Flower Boy' U.S. TourRyan Reed — August 23, 2017
  182. 182ASAP Rocky and Tyler, the Creator team up for US tourAugust 4, 2015
  183. 183Kid Cudi Announces Tour Dates with Tyler, the Creator x Big Sean x LogicJuly 19, 2013
  184. 184Punk'd " Full EpisodesMTV
  185. 185Eric Andre Show AppearanceJanuary 10, 2015
  186. 186Tyler, The Creator To Star In Jim Carrey's Comedy Series "Kidding"February 8, 2020
  187. 187Watch Tyler, the Creator Voice Jesus in Netflix's 'Big Mouth'October 30, 2022
  188. 188Tyler, the Creator reveals he voiced 'Grand Theft Auto V' charactersMiri Teixeira — December 2, 2020
  189. 189VideoSTOP PLAYING WITH ME (Official Video)Tyler, The Creator — 2025-07-21

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