10 Things You Didn't Know About Tyler, The Creator

FreeAgent · Apr 18, 2015

Apr 18, 2015

Tyler, The Creator has never shied away from the spotlight. Ever since the video for "Yonkers" dropped back in 2011, he has invited controversy and bucked convention with a unique mix of sarcasm, subordination, and dope music.

From Odd Future to his sock line to his TV show, Tyler has had a well-documented path to success. But there's another Tyler you might not know: a quarter-Canadian, Bow Wow-trolling golf hater.

His mom is half Canadian.
Nardwuar the Human Serviette's research yielded that Tyler's mom—famous for high-fiving her son and catching the holy ghost at the VMAs in 2011—is actually half Canadian. Obviously, the Canadian tradition of mild manners skipped a generation.

He met (and trolled) Bow Wow back in 2008.
"i Wanted A Kiss But His Body Guard Was About To f--- Me Up."

Justin Bieber couldn't co-sign Tyler on Twitter.
Back when Tyler was still gestating in the blogosphere, co-signs were currency. A retweet from a high profiled artist or taste-maker could make an artist's career. But when perenially shirtless Canadian wunderkind Justin Bieber and Tyler started to hang out, there was a hitch: Tha Biebz couldn't retweet any of Tyler's tweets or photos because of Tyler's NSFW handle (@fucktyler, if you were wondering).

Tyler has written sketches for Loiter Squad that have been legally questionable.
In an interview with HuffPost Live, Tyler, Earl, Jasper and co. divulged that while Adult Swim have been incredibly lax about reining in Loiter Squad's outlandish content, there have been sketches so distasteful that they did not air in order to avoid lawsuits. Tyler was hesitant to give any details, saying that he was "trying to figure out how to do them" anyway.

The cockroach in the "Yonkers" video was named Nissan.
RIP little guy.

He doesn't even like golf.
Despite emblazoning the word on countless pieces of OF merch and Golf Wang apparel, Tyler told Billboard that golf was his "least favorite sport, to be honest... the word just looks sick." It's worth noting that Tyler hates most sports, anyway, so imagine how little he f---s with golf.

He hates having his glass of water refilled.
Tyler really can't stand being micromanaged when he goes to restaurants. He told a bunch of English fans that he hates having his glass refilled when he's only halfway done with it.

He used to lurk forums.
Tyler used to post on the Hypebeast forums under the screenname 'bloxheads.' Here's what he had to say about Kanye West's My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy:

"you dont have to like it, but you have to respect it. everyone is so stuck inside of that first album box, that it blinds them when they release new music. for instance, i f---ing hate Recovery. Eminem is my favorite rapper. but i respect the project because of where he is in his life. and seriously, i dont want to hear a slim shady LP 10 years later. Progression is a really important part in a career. anyone who has success has moved foward. for instance, 50 talks about the same s---. wait, let me rephrase that, 50 wants to make s--- like get rih or die trying again, forcing some s---, where mentally thats not where he's at, and his fans are like WTF? thats why mussiclly no one f---s with him like that anymore. if you want that college drop out s---, go listen to that. kanye isnt there anymore. people say he;s changed. no f---ing s---. im 19 right now, i can gurantee i will not be talking about the same s--- at 27 that i was talkign about at 19. its called Growing. xswag"

The only members of OF he competes with are Earl and Hodgy.
The OF camp has members in tons of fields, from photography to skateboarding to music, but Tyler's not sweating his fellow members' output—with two exceptions. He tries to keep up with Earl and Hodgy, rapping-wise.

"I try to keep up with Earl," says Tyler. "He’s a really, really, really good rapper. Hodgy though, n----s sleep on Hodgy. His verse on 'Jamba' is so f---ing good. He has my favorite verse on the whole album. When Hodgy’s in his zone he’s the f---ing best. I love that dude."

He no longer designs the Odd Future merch.
Tyler may have been 15 when he first drew that iconic doughnut, but he has since ceded creative control over Odd Future's apparel and aesthetic to a Portland-based graphic designer named Chris Burnett.

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reservoirGod · Apr 18, 2015

Apr 18, 2015
I already knew all of that.

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