We get new music from Odd Future ringleader Tyler, the Creator.
Tyler puts his bizzare spin on the classic song for Mark Ryden’s concept album, The Gay Nineties Old Tyme Music: Daisy Bell.
The album was released in conjunction with Ryden’s art exhibition “The Gay Nineties West,” which opened in L.A. earlier this month. Watch their creepy collab below
Last week, Odd Future frontman Tyler, the Creator was arrested in an Austin Texas for inciting a riot. Tyler was in the city to perform for fans at a show during the SXSW music festival.
Tyler has released an official statement concerning his arrest and he’s adamant that what he caused was not a riot.
In the statement, Tyler’s attorney Perry Q. Minton writes:
At no time during the… concert did Tyler seek to incite or participate in riotous activity as has been reported in the press. It is clear from video clips and witness reports that the patrons and fans attending the show on that date were full of positive energy appropriate for this type of event and never exhibited any anger or aggression whatsoever… For law enforcement or the media to describe the rush of fans through the gate and the subsequent benign, boisterous activity as a riot is an unfortunate and inaccurate description of what occurred… Tyler is not a violent individual and would never deliberately engage in any activity that would put another person at risk of being hurt.
We always knew that Tyler, the Creator and his Odd Future crew are a wild bunch, but who would’ve guessed that they were “get banned from a country” wild.
“Odd Future has been deemed to be a potential threat to public order and the public interest for several reasons, including incidents at past performances in which they have incited violence,” read the official statement from New Zealand Immigration Authorities, as they banned Odd Future from entering their country today, Thursday, February 13th.
The California collective was supposed to perform on Saturday, February 15th, in Auckland alongside headliner Eminem. Unfortunately for fans, the crew were denied entry to the country according to Border Operations Manager Karen Urwin. The issue stems from a 2011 incident that occurred in Boston where fans allegedly attacked police due to Odd Future’s influence on them.
Ms. Urwin commented briefly on the matter, stating; “It’s not a decision we take lightly and not one that happens often. If we banned people who used swear words, we wouldn’t have many people left in New Zealand.”
Of course, Tyler didn’t bite his tongue. He took to twitter to give a piece of his mind
DUDE SERIOUSLY IF I WASNT ABLE TO GO BACK TO WATERLOO OR FITZROY I WOULD ACTUALLY LOSE MY MIND. IM NOT ANGRY THO, BUT IF….
— Tyler, The Creator (@fucktyler) February 13, 2014
THE IRONY IS THAT, WE CANT GET IN TO OPEN FOR EMINEM. HAHAHAHA, LIKE HE DIDNT MAKE ‘KILL YOU’ OR ‘KIM’ HAHAHAHAHAHAH
— Tyler, The Creator (@fucktyler) February 13, 2014
He then showed fans the actually document stating that New Zealand wanted nothing to do with Odd Future as a record label, gang or a unit
I LOVE NZ THO pic.twitter.com/D9yTYrXlXa
— Tyler, The Creator (@fucktyler) February 13, 2014
Tough break for OF fans.
ScHoolboy Q fans got a chance to hear their favorite rappers give details about his debut album, “Oxymoron.” After being pushed back from it’s intial December release, his freshman set is set to drop February 25th.
School spoke to all his fans during a live version of Reddt AMA where he lets fans what they can expect from the album. One thing he did confirm was that Odd Future frontman Tyler, The Creator will be featured on a track as well as Raekwon.
Q: Who are your biggest influences? *Any dream collabs? What’s your favorite song you’ve done so far? What happened to the song with Tyler?
A: “my biggest influences r… biggie nas 50 jigga kendrick my fav song i done…. song on OXY CALLED blind tHreats feat raekwon song wit tyler is on my album FEB. 25TH”
“Oxymoron” drops February 25th.
Hip Hop was certainly in the building for the VGX 2013. Held in Los Angeles, the event formerly known as the Videogame Awards featured guest appearances from Tyler, The Creator, The Game, Earl Sweatshirt and more
Check out some pictures as well as a performance from Earl Sweatshirt below
Tyler, The Creator took to his tumblr page to pen a letter to his fans about the Campe Flog Gnaw festival and the surprise performance from his mentor (strangely enough, West calls Tyler his mentor) Kanye West.
Read his entire letter below:
Its Been A Week Since The Carnival, Which I Have Now Realized Was The Greatest Day Of My Life. Seeing Everyone I Care About There Was Crazy. No, Thats Not Even The Part That Got Me Excited. Seeing What Some Stupid Little ideas Can Turn Into Is What Shocks Me. The Little Stupid Cats And Graphics I Made On Photo Shop Out Of Boredom On Flags And Murals; Seeing That Donut I Drew When I Was 15 On Stages And Everyones Bag; 10 Thousand People Came To A Place Called ‘Camp Flog Gnaw’, Wow. I Remember When I Came Up With That Name Summer 2011. I Never Been To Camp And In My Head, I Created A Place That I Figured Would Never Exist, But That Changed. Just Fliping The First Letters Of Wolf Gang Turned Into Its Own Separate Thing. Seeing All Different Races From Skinny To Fat To Everything All In One Place With Something In Common Was Mind Blowing. The Zipper Is My Favorite Ride In The World. Not That You Care, But That Fact That I Figured Out How To Get That Thing And Ride It For As Many Times As I Want Without Waiting In Line IS Fucking Amazing. I Have An Amazing Team With Me. No Matter How Crazy And Offensive Or Weird My Ideas Were, They Put Their Trust In Me And Allowed Me To Move Forward.Like Dude, We Threw A Fucking Carnival In The Middle Of Los Angeles With 10k Plus People. We Didnt Have Any Crazy Sponsors And I Didnt Have To Suck Up to Anyone Or Any Of That Shit, WE Did It. And The Skatepark? Did You See That Skatepark? I Was Up Till 2 Am Painting That Bitch! Growing Up In Hawthorne At The Dirty ( skatepark) And Seeing My Old Friends From There Getting Clips Was Prolly The Craziest Shit Ive Seen. How Far Ive Came With Every Little Idea that I Believed In No Matter Who Did Or Didnt. Walking Around Seeing Kids In EXACT Things That I Wear Is Mind Blowing. Something That I Just Naturally Like And Put On, Its Some Kid Out There That Studies Every Article Of Clothing That Was Put On And Emulates That. Thats Crazy To Me. I Used To Do That With P, So Know That Someone IS Looking At Me The Way I Look At Him Is Really Amazing To Me. I Didnt Think I Would Change So Many Lives. Someone Retweeted An Old Tweet Of Mine From Feb 2012 Yesterday And It Read ’ I Had A Dream That Kanye Invited Me To Perform LATE With Him. I Wish’. Kanye Came To The Carnival And I Performed Late With Him. My Favorite Song By Kanye, AN Album Cut He NEVER Does, Was Performed Not Only With But During My Set And My Carnival! No Matter if You Hate Me Think Im Stupid Untalented Annoying Or Whatever, I FUCKING WIN AND YOU CAN SUCK MY WHOLE SHIT. We Did This, OF Did This, Coming From Actually Jack Shit And Turned That Jack Shit In Something. I’m Just Blabbing Now. I Just Want Who Ever Reading This To Know That Anything Is Possible, No Matter How Crazy It May Seem, Anything IS Possible You Just Have To Figure It Out. Get Your Self Esteem Up And Like Yourself, Then Like Your Ideas. We Live In A World Where People Dont Even Like Their Own Ideas, That Why You Have People Copying One Thing Thats Working So Much, Then Everything Gets Over Saturated With The Same Shit, And That Goes With Fashion, Music And All That. If People Actually Loved Themselves And Believed In Themselves More You Know How Many More Crazy Things Would Be Created? There Is No Fucking Limit To Anything! ( Except Elevators). Its A World Of People Who Dont Give A Fuck About The Mall Or The Radio Or None Of That Shit, Who Dont Care About Race Or If Someone Is Gay Or What Not. Thats What I Was Trying To Say On That Arsenio Interview. I Prolly Came Of As An Idiot Tho. Im Really Passionate About Everything I Do. From Music To Clothing To Videos. I Love Make Videos So Much. I Just Want Some Millionaire To Throw Me Money To Be Creative And Get Shots. I Remember Kids In School Always Thought I Was Weird, Not Just Cause How I Dressed Or The Music I Liked Or That Fact I Was Just Different Overall( in comparison to them), But Because I Was So Open With Future Goals. I Would Always Say The Grammies Im Gonna Get, And The Number 1 Movie Im Going To Write And Direct, And Just Random Shit Im Gonna Do. Now Those Same Dude Who Shut Me Down Are Paying Shitty College Debt Doing Something They Hate, Because They Didnt Go Full Throttle On Their Own Dreams And Quickly Shitted On Mines. And Im Not Knocking Anyone In College, Please Get Your Education, Im Just Saying, Do What You Love And Be Happy, Dont Live For Anyone Else. I Dont Like The Color Black. I Dont Know What That Has To Do With Anything But I Like Colors, Bright Colors, Like Flowers. It Brings A Great Energy. Ok Im Just Talking Again. Its Prolly A lot Of Typos In This But Im Just Going Off Of What Ever Is Coming To My Head. This Photo Of Na-Kel Smith Skating In Front Of The GOLF Mural At The Skatepark Means So Much To Me. The World Is Yours Little Nigga, And I Mean That. They Are Them, We Are Us, Fuck Them All! OFWGKTA
Tyler, the Creator was a recent guest on Arsenio hall show. While on the show, Tyler spoke about why he criticized the Youtube awards, using the word “faggot” around Frank Ocean and describes President Barack Obama in one word.
Watch the clip below
More footage from the Odd Future carnival. Watch Tyler, The Creator perform with Odd Future affiliate Frank Ocean to perform “She.” Watch the footage below
18 year old DeWayne Jackson takes on Tyler, The Creator’s “Bastard.” Jackson uses the track to express the frustrations of feeling doubted by everyone around him.
DeWayne’s new mixtape #WhoIsHe? drops in December.
Stream his new freestyle here
You rarely hear people say that their mentor is someone who is easily 10 years or more younger than them, but that’s what Kanye West did in a recent interview.
While on-air with 97.1 in L.A., Ye mentioned how much Tyler, The Creator has meant to his creative process and how he was influential when it came to designing some of the Yeezus tour merchandise. He even went as far as calling the teen his mentor.
Watch the interview below
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