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Tyler, The Creator
American rapper and producer (born 1991)
Tyler Gregory Okonma, known professionally as Tyler, the Creator, is an American rapper, singer, record producer, and fashion designer. He is known for his eclectic and experimental music, raw lyrical style, and frequent use of alter egos and alternate personas across his albums.
During the 2010s and 2020s, he was described as an influential figure in alternative hip-hop.
labels: Columbia Records, Odd Future Records, Sony Music, RED Music, XL Recordings
genres: alternative hip-hop, neo soul, West Coast hip-hop, jazz rap, hardcore hip-hop, horrorcore
awards: Apple Music's Artist of the Year
plays: voice, piano, keyboard instrument
member of: Odd Future, I Smell Panties
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hip hophardcore hip hophorrorcorealternative hip hopwest coast hip hopcontemporary rap
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Early life and education
Tyler Gregory Okonma was born on March 6, 1991, in Hawthorne, California, a suburb of Los Angeles. He is the son of a Nigerian Igbo father and an African-American mother who is half-Canadian and multiracial. He spent his early life living in Hawthorne before moving to Ladera Heights at 17. At the age of seven, Okonma took covers out of CD cases and created covers for his own imaginary albums—including a tracklist with song lengths—before he could make music. He produced his first beat, on FL Studio, at age 12. At the age of 14, he taught himself to play the piano.
Tyler Okonma (born March 6, 1991 in Hawthorne, California), better known as Tyler the Creator, is an American rapper, record producer, actor and music video director. He rose to prominence as the leader and co-founder of the alternative hip hop collective Odd Future and has rapped on and produced songs for nearly every Odd Future release. Okonma creates all the artwork for the group's releases and also designs the group's clothing and other merchandise.
After releasing his debut album Goblin under XL Recordings in April 2011, Okonma signed a joint venture deal for him and his label Odd Future Records, with RED Distribution and Sony Music Entertainment. Following that he released his second studio album Wolf, which was met with generally positive reviews and debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 selling 90,000 copies in its first week.
In 2011, Okonma started the clothing company Golf Wang, and in 2012, he began hosting an annual music festival named the Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival. He runs his own streaming service named Golf Media; it contains original scripted series from Okonma himself and the Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival is annually streamed there.
Also known as: Tyle The Creator, Tyler, Tyler Creator, Tyler The Creator, タイラー・ザ・クリエイター
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Liner notes
Tyler, The Creator, the records, oldest first
At Your Own Risk
2007 album
I Smell Panties
2008 ep
DINОSAUR
2009 album
Bastard
2009 album
Goblin
2011 album
Wolf
2013 album
Cherry Bomb
2015 album
Flower Boy
2017 album
wanted
IGOR
2019 album
CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST
2021 album
NUMBER, NUMBER
2023 ep
CHROMAKOPIA
2024 album
wanted
DON’T TAP THE GLASS
2025 album
HOUSE ON FIRE
2025 album
Records from MusicBrainz; covers from the Cover Art Archive.
2024 single by Tyler, the Creator featuring GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne
"Sticky" is a song by American rapper and producer Tyler, the Creator from his eighth studio album, Chromakopia, which features fellow American rappers GloRilla, Sexyy Red and Lil Wayne. It also features uncredited background vocals by Solange Knowles.
It was released through Columbia Records on November 12, 2024, as the second single from the album. The song contains samples from "Get Up Offa That Thing" by James Brown and "Get Buck" by Young Buck.
Critical reception
The song was well-received by music critics. Alexander Cole of HotNewHipHop commented the song has "very interesting features" and "Tyler has decided to hide his feature list, which is taking a page out of the Travis Scott playbook. Either way, it pays off as this will prove to be a nice surprise for a whole lot of fans." Steven Loftin of The Line of Best Fit commented it "bolsters things with a swaggering proverbial dick-swinging, before finding momentum once again after the low point of the meandering "Judge Judy". Consequence's Jonah Krueger called it "as fun-loving and sex-obsessed as Chromakopia gets". Clash's Niall Smith described it as a "mean-mug-worthy Southern rap detour" and part of the "winning streak" in the mid-section of...
"See You Again" is a song written, produced, and performed by American rapper and producer Tyler, the Creator featuring vocals from Colombian-American singer Kali Uchis. It was released as the fourth single from Tyler's fifth studio album Flower Boy (2017) on August 29, 2017.
The single went viral on TikTok, leading the song to enter several charts around the world for the first time as a sleeper hit in April 2023.
Background
Tyler, the Creator initially created the instrumental for the song in 2013, with his friend Hodgy Beats posting a snippet of it via Vine. This song was first recorded during a studio session in 2014 with Kali and Tyler.
Music video
The music video was directed by Tyler, the Creator under the alias of Wolf Haley and uploaded on YouTube on August 8, 2018. ASAP Rocky makes a cameo to the video, as well as Tyler Baudelaire, the alter ego later used for the promotion of Call Me If You Get Lost (2021).
