Tyler the Creator

Tyler "the Creator" Okonma is the ringleader of the California-based rap collective OFWGKTA (Odd Future Wolf Gang Kill Them All). In 2011, he released Goblin, on which he pushed the envelope with provocative language and shocking antics — the video for "Yonkers" finds him eating a cockroach and committing suicide by hanging. He won the MTV Video Music Award for Best New Artist in 2011, beating out Wiz Khalifa, Kreayshawn, Foster the People and Big Scan.
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Drop It Like It's Hot: Lost Endorsement Deals

It's been a rough week for your favorite rappers' favorite (read; lucrative) Mountain Dew endorsement deals. Weeks after the family of Emmett Till criticized Lil Wayne for vulgar lyrics about the slain civil rights martyr on the remix to Future's ...

Tyler, the Creator Responds to Mountain Dew Ad Pull

Odd Future frontman says he was offended, stereotyping was not his "intention."

Emmett Till's Family Rejects Lil Wayne's Apology

Family rep says the rapper's letter didn't contain an apology.

Tyler, The Creator Mountain Dew Ad Pulled

PepsiCo pulls ad criticized for racism and endangering women.

Tyler the Creator on getting writer’s block while working on his latest LP, Wolf

“I went through my phase of rapping about rape and s***. I rant about every serial killer so what the f*** else? I had a writer’s block until I was like, ‘oh s***, I can just write about how much money I made last year…’” (Photo: Winston Burris...

Tyler, the Creator Knew About Frank Ocean’s Sexuality

Odd Future frontman Tyler, the Creator says something was "weird" about Ocean.
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